Sections
| Title | Starting Page | Number of Pages |
|---|
| COVER | 1 | 3 |
| PLUNKETT S HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY ALMANAC 2017 | 4 | 4 |
| CONTENTS | 8 | 3 |
| INTRODUCTION | 11 | 2 |
| HOW TO USE THIS BOOK | 13 | 3 |
| Chapter 1 MAJOR TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGIES AFFECTING THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY | 16 | 34 |
| 1) Introduction to the Health Care Industry | 17 | 2 |
| 2) Continued Rise in Health Care Costs | 19 | 1 |
| 3) Employers Fight Rapidly Growing Health Care Premiums/Require Employees to Pay a Significant Share of Costs | 19 | 1 |
| 4) Medicare and Medicaid Spending Continue to Surge/More Baby Boomers Hit 65+Years of Age | 20 | 1 |
| 5) U.S. Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 Rewrote the Rules and Increased Coverage, But Costs Continue to Rise | 21 | 1 |
| 6) Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and Hospital Mergers Result from the Affordable Care Act/Many Hospital Chains Grow Dramatically in Market Share | 22 | 1 |
| 7) Concierge Care/Direct Primary Care Are on the Rise/New Twists on House Calls | 22 | 1 |
| 8) Insurance Companies Change Strategies Due to Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Rapidly Rising Costs of Care | 23 | 1 |
| 9) Number of Uninsured Americans Declines But Remains High | 24 | 1 |
| 10) New Blockbuster Drugs Come to Market/Drug Prices Soar | 24 | 1 |
| 11) Generic Drugs Have Major Market Share By Volume, but not by Total Sales | 25 | 1 |
| 12) Coupons and Other Marketing Schemes Obscure the Retail Prices of Drugs in the U.S., Which Are Vastly Higher than Prices Paid in Other Nations | 26 | 1 |
| 13) Biotech and Orphan Drugs Create New Revenues for Drug Firms | 27 | 1 |
| 14) Quality of Care and Health Care Outcomes Data Are Available Online, Creating a New Level of Transparency | 28 | 1 |
| 15) Malpractice Suits Are Blamed for Rising Health Care Costs/Tort Reform Is Capping Awards for Damages | 29 | 1 |
| 16) Obesity Sparks Government, School and Corporate Initiatives/Snack Foods Get Healthier/Taxes on Unhealthy Foods | 30 | 2 |
| 17) Health Care Goes Offshore, Medical Tourism and Clinical Trials Continue in China, India and Elsewhere | 32 | 1 |
| 18) Retail Clinics, Urgent Care Centers and Employer Sites Increase Health Care Options/Reduce Costs | 33 | 1 |
| 19) Health Care Industry Grows Rapidly in China, India and Mexico | 34 | 1 |
| The Outlook for Health Care Technology | 35 | 1 |
| 20) Health Care Technology Introduction | 35 | 1 |
| 21) RFID Helps Manage Hospital and Pharmacy Inventories | 35 | 1 |
| 22) Electronic Health Records (EHR) Digitize Patient Data at an Accelerating Pace | 36 | 1 |
| 23) Telemedicine and Remote Patient Monitoring Rely on Wireless | 37 | 1 |
| 24) Stem Cells Multiple Sources Stem from New Technologies | 38 | 1 |
| 25) Government Support for Stem Cell Research Evolves | 39 | 1 |
| 26) Stem Cells Therapeutic Cloning Techniques Advance | 39 | 1 |
| 27) Stem Cells A New Era of Regenerative Medicine Takes Shape | 40 | 1 |
| 28) Health Care Robotics | 41 | 1 |
| 29) Patients Genetic Profiles Plummet in Price as DNA Sequencing Technologies Advance | 41 | 2 |
| 30) Advances for Cancer Patients in Chemotherapy and Radiation, Including Proton Beams and IMRT | 43 | 2 |
| 31) Better Imaging, including MRI, PET and 320-Slice CT, Creates Advances in Detection | 45 | 2 |
| 32) Nanotechnology Makes Breakthroughs in Health Care | 47 | 1 |
| 33) Artificial Intelligence (AI), Deep Learning and Machine Learning Advance into Commercial Applications, Including Health Care and Robotics | 48 | 2 |
| Chapter 2 HEALTH CARE STATISTICS | 50 | 42 |
| I. Health Care Industry Overview | 51 | 1 |
| U.S. Health Care Industry Statistics and Market Size Overview | 52 | 1 |
| Global Health Statistics, 2011-2016 | 53 | 1 |
| Affordable Care Act Overview | 54 | 1 |
| Domestic &Foreign Pharmaceutical Sales, PhRMA Member Companies: 1980-2015 | 55 | 1 |
| Employment in the Health Care Industry, U.S.: 2011-June 2016 | 56 | 2 |
| Employment &Earnings in Health Care Practitioner &Technical Occupations, U.S.: May 2015 | 58 | 1 |
| Employment &Earnings in Health Care Support Occupations, U.S.: May 2015 | 59 | 1 |
| The U.S. Drug Discovery &Approval Process | 60 | 1 |
| U.S. FDA New Drug (NDA) and Biologic (BLA) Approvals, 2015 | 61 | 1 |
| Federal R&D &R&D Plant Funding for National Institutes of Health, U.S.: Fiscal Years 2014-2016 | 62 | 1 |
| II. U.S. Health Care Expenditures &Costs | 63 | 1 |
| The Nation's Health Dollar: 2016 Where It Came From (Estimated) | 64 | 1 |
| The Nation's Health Dollar: 2016 Where It Went (Estimated) | 65 | 1 |
| National Health Expenditures &Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2009-2025 | 66 | 1 |
| National Health Expenditures by Type of Expenditure with Affordable Care Act Impacts, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years,2010-2025 | 67 | 1 |
| Hospital Care Expenditures &Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2009-2025 | 68 | 1 |
| Hospital Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution &Per Capita Amount, U.S.: 2009-2025 | 68 | 1 |
| Hospital Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution &Per Capita Amount, U.S.: 2009-2025 | 69 | 1 |
| Nursing Home Care Expenditures &Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2009-2025 | 70 | 1 |
| Nursing Home Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution &Per Capita Amount, U.S.: 2009-2025 | 71 | 1 |
| Home Health Care Expenditures &Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2009-2025 | 72 | 1 |
| Home Health Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution &Per Capita Amount, U.S.: 2009-2025 | 73 | 1 |
| Prescription Drug Expenditures, U.S.: 1995-2025 | 73 | 2 |
| Prescription Drug Expenditures &Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2009-2025 | 75 | 1 |
| Prescription Drug Expenditures, Percent Distribution &Per Capita Amount, U.S.: 2009-2025 | 76 | 1 |
| III. Medicare &Medicaid | 77 | 1 |
| Medicare Enrollment, 1970-2090 | 78 | 1 |
| Medicare Cost &Non-Interest Income by Source as a Percent of GDP, 1970-2090 | 79 | 1 |
| Medicare Beneficiaries with Prescription Drug Coverage, Summary Report: August 2016 | 80 | 1 |
| Medicaid Enrollment &Expenditures for Medical Assistance Payments &Administration: Selected Years, 1966-2024 | 81 | 1 |
| Medicaid Enrollment and Expenditures, by Enrollment Group: Fiscal Year 2014 | 82 | 1 |
| IV. U.S. Health Insurance Coverage &The Uninsured | 83 | 1 |
| Number &Percent of Persons of All Ages with and without Health Insurance Coverage, U.S.: 1999-2015 | 84 | 1 |
| Number &Percent of Persons without Health Insurance Coverage, by Age Group, U.S.: 1999-2015 | 85 | 1 |
| Medical Care Benefits in the U.S.: Access, Participation and Take-Up Rates, March 2016 | 85 | 2 |
| Employers' Costs for Total Compensation and Health Insurance, by Selected Characteristics, U.S.: Selected Years, 2010-2015 | 87 | 1 |
| V. U.S. Vital Statistics &Population Indicators | 88 | 1 |
| Life Expectancy at Age 65, U.S. | 89 | 1 |
| Current Cigarette Smoking by Persons 18 Years of Age &Over: 1997-2015 | 90 | 1 |
| Prevalence of Obesity Among Adults, by Age, Sex and Race/Ethnicity: U.S., 2015 | 91 | 1 |
| Chapter 3 IMPORTANT HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY CONTACTS | 92 | 44 |
| Chapter 4 THE HEALTH CARE 500: WHO THEY ARE AND HOW THEY WERE CHOSEN | 136 | 524 |
| INDEX OF COMPANIES WITHIN INDUSTRY GROUPS | 137 | 13 |
| ALPHABETICAL INDEX | 150 | 3 |
| INDEX OF U.S.HEADQUARTERS LOCATION BY STATE | 153 | 3 |
| INDEX OF NON-U.S.HEADQUARTERS LOCATION BY COUNTRY | 156 | 2 |
| Individual Profiles On Each Of THE HEALTH CARE 500 | 158 | 502 |
| ADDITIONAL INDEXES | 660 | 23 |
| INDEX OF FIRMS NOTEDAS HOT SPOTS FOR ADVANCEMENT FOR WOMEN &MINORITIES | 661 | 2 |
| INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS | 663 | 20 |
| A Short Health Care Industry Glossary | 683 | 21 |
