Sections
| Title | Starting Page | Number of Pages |
|---|
| CONTENTS | 9 | 3 |
| A Short Health Care Industry Glossary | 12 | 19 |
| INTRODUCTION | 31 | 2 |
| HOW TO USE THIS BOOK | 33 | 4 |
| Chapter 1 MAJOR TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGIES AFFECTING THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY | 37 | 44 |
| 1) Introduction to the Health Care Industry | 38 | 2 |
| 2) Continued Rise in Health Care Costs | 40 | 1 |
| 3) Employers Push Health Care Costs onto Employees/On-Site Clinics Begin to Appear | 40 | 1 |
| 4) Medicare and Medicaid Spending Continue to Surge/Oldest Baby Boomers Hit 65+ Years of Age | 41 | 1 |
| 5) U.S. Health Care Reform Act of 2010 Set to Bring Big Changes | 42 | 1 |
| 6) Insurance Companies Change Strategies Due to Health Care Reform Act | 43 | 1 |
| 7) Vast Number of Uninsured and Underinsured Americans | 44 | 1 |
| 8) Few New Blockbusters: Major Drug Patents Expire While Generic Sales Growth Continues | 44 | 2 |
| 9) Biotech and Orphan Drugs Pick Up the Slack as Blockbuster Mainstream Drugs Age | 46 | 1 |
| 10) Quality of Care and Health Care Outcomes Data Become Available Online | 47 | 1 |
| 11) Malpractice Suits Are Blamed for Rising Health Care Costs/Tort Reform Is Capping Awards for Damages | 48 | 1 |
| 12) Transplants are Big Business | 49 | 1 |
| 13) Obesity Sparks Government Action | 49 | 2 |
| 14) Health Care Goes Offshore, Medical Tourism and Clinical Trials Thrive in China, India and Elsewhere | 51 | 2 |
| 15) Disease Management Programs Take Root | 53 | 1 |
| 16) Clinics Open in Retail Store Settings and Employer Sites | 53 | 1 |
| 17) Health Care Industry Grows Rapidly in China and India | 54 | 1 |
| 18) Health Care Technology Introduction | 55 | 1 |
| 19) Health Information Research Remains a Leading Use of the Internet | 56 | 1 |
| 20) RFID Will Help Manage Hospital and Pharmacy Inventories | 57 | 1 |
| 21) Electronic Health Records (EHR) Digitize Patient Records at an Accelerating Pace | 57 | 2 |
| 22) Remote Patient Monitoring Advances Through Wireless Systems | 59 | 1 |
| 23) Stem Cells Multiple Sources Stem from New Technologies | 60 | 1 |
| 24) Government Support for Stem Cell Research Evolves | 61 | 1 |
| 25) Stem Cells Therapeutic Cloning Techniques Advance | 62 | 1 |
| 26) Stem Cells A New Era of Regenerative Medicine Takes Shape | 63 | 2 |
| 27) Gene Therapies and Patients Genetic Profiles Promise a Personalized Approach to Medicine | 65 | 2 |
| 28) Breakthrough New Drug Delivery Systems Evolve | 67 | 1 |
| 29) Advances in Cancer Research and Therapies | 68 | 1 |
| 30) Proton Beams The Ultimate Radiation Therapy | 69 | 1 |
| 31) Better Imaging, including MRI, PET and 320-Slice CT, Creates Advances in Detection | 70 | 2 |
| 32) Molecular Imaging will Lead to Early Detection and Early Cure of Cancerous Tumors | 72 | 1 |
| 33) Advances in Laboratory Testing | 73 | 1 |
| 34) Advances in Surgery | 74 | 2 |
| 35) Other Treatment Technologies | 76 | 3 |
| 36) Nanotechnology Makes Breakthroughs in Health Care | 79 | 2 |
| Chapter 2 HEALTH CARE STATISTICS | 81 | 47 |
| I. Health Care Industry Overview | 82 | 1 |
| U.S. Health Care Industry Overview | 83 | 1 |
| Global Health Statistics | 84 | 1 |
| Affordable Care Act Overview | 85 | 2 |
| Domestic &Foreign Pharmaceutical Sales, PhRMA Member Companies: 1975-2010 | 87 | 1 |
| Employment in the Health Care Industry, U.S.: 2005-2010 | 88 | 2 |
| Employment &Earnings in Health Care Practitioner &Technical Occupations, U.S.: May 2010 | 90 | 1 |
| Employment &Earnings in Health Care Support Occupations, U.S.: May 2010 | 91 | 1 |
| Federal R&D &R&D Plant Funding for National Institutes of Health, U.S.:Fiscal Years 2009-2011 | 92 | 1 |
| The U.S. Drug Discovery &Approval Process | 93 | 1 |
| U.S. FDA New Drug (NDA) and Biologic (BLA) Approvals, 2010 | 94 | 1 |
| II. U.S. Health Care Expenditures &Costs | 95 | 1 |
| National Health Expenditures &Average Annual Percent Change: Selected Calendar Years, 2005-2020 | 98 | 1 |
| National Health Expenditure Amounts by Type of Expenditure with Affordable Care Act Impacts, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 2005-20201 | 99 | 1 |
| National Health Expenditure Amounts by Type of Expenditure without Affordable Care Act Impacts, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 2005-20201 | 100 | 1 |
| Hospital Care Expenditures &Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 2005-2020 | 101 | 1 |
| Hospital Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution &Per Capita Amount, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 2005-2020 | 102 | 1 |
| Nursing Home Care Expenditures &Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 2005-2020 | 103 | 1 |
| Nursing Home Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution &Per Capita Amount: Selected Calendar Years, 2005-2020 | 104 | 1 |
| Home Health Care Expenditures and Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 2005-2020 | 105 | 1 |
| Home Health Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution &Per Capita Amounts, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 2005-2020 | 106 | 1 |
| Prescription Drug Expenditures, U.S.: 1965-20201 | 107 | 2 |
| U.S. Prescription Drug Expenditures &Average Annual Percent Change: Selected Calendar Years, 2005-2020 | 109 | 1 |
| U.S. Prescription Drug Expenditures, Percent Distribution &Per Capita Amount: Selected Calendar Years, 2005-2020 | 110 | 1 |
| III. Medicare &Medicaid | 111 | 1 |
| Medical Care Benefits in the U.S.: Access, Participation and Take-Up Rates, March 2011 | 112 | 1 |
| Medicare Enrollment, 1970-2085 | 113 | 1 |
| Medicare Cost &Non-Interest Income by Source as a Percent of GDP, 1967-2081 | 114 | 1 |
| Medicare Part D Enrollment, 2010 | 115 | 1 |
| Medicare Beneficiaries with Prescription Drug Coverage, Summary Report: July 2011 | 116 | 1 |
| IV. U.S. Health Insurance Coverage &The Uninsured | 117 | 1 |
| Number &Percent of Persons of All Ages with and without Health Insurance Coverage, U.S.: 1999-2010 | 118 | 1 |
| Number &Percent of Persons of All Ages without Health Insurance Coverage, by Race/Ethnicity, U.S.: 2002-2010 | 119 | 1 |
| Number &Percent of Persons without Health Insurance Coverage, by Age Group, U.S.: 1999-2010 | 120 | 1 |
| Number &Percent of Persons without Health Insurance Coverage, by Age Group &Sex: U.S.: 2010 | 121 | 1 |
| V. U.S. Vital Statistics &Population Indicators | 123 | 1 |
| Life Expectancy at Age 65, U.S. | 124 | 1 |
| Current Cigarette Smoking by Persons 18 Years of Age &Over: Selected Years, 1997-2010 | 125 | 1 |
| Current Cigarette Smoking by Age Group and Sex, 2010 | 126 | 1 |
| Overweight &Obesity Among Persons 20 Years of Age &Over, According to Sex, Race &Hispanic Origin: Selected Years, 1960-2008 | 127 | 1 |
| Chapter 3 IMPORTANT HEATLHCARE INDUSTRY CONTACTS | 128 | 44 |
| Chapter 4 THE HEALTH CARE 500:WHO THEY ARE AND HOW THEY WERE CHOSEN | 172 | 510 |
| INDUSTRY LIST, WITH CODES | 173 | 2 |
| INDEX OF COMPANIES WITHIN INDUSTRY GROUPS | 175 | 12 |
| ALPHABETICAL INDEX | 187 | 3 |
| INDEX OF U.S.HEADQUARTERS LOCATION BY STATE | 190 | 3 |
| INDEX OF NON-U.S.HEADQUARTERS LOCATION BY COUNTRY | 193 | 1 |
| INDEX BY REGIONS OF THE U.S. WHERE THE FIRMS HAVE LOCATIONS | 194 | 9 |
| INDEX OF FIRMS WITH INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS | 203 | 2 |
| Individual Profiles On Each Of THE HEALTH CARE 500 | 205 | 477 |
| ADDITIONAL INDEXES | 682 | 33 |
| INDEX OF FIRMS NOTED AS HOT SPOTS FOR ADVANCEMENT FOR WOMEN &MINORITIES | 683 | 2 |
| INDEX OFSUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS | 685 | 30 |
