Sections
| Title | Starting Page | Number of Pages |
|---|
| CONTENTS | 8 | 2 |
| Chapter 1 | 10 | 26 |
| The Outlook for Health Care Technology | 10 | 1 |
| Health Care Technology Introduction | 10 | 1 |
| Information Technology and Health Care | 11 | 4 |
| Stem Cells Multiple Sources Stem from New Technologies | 15 | 2 |
| U.S. Government Reverses Ban on Funding for New Stem Cell Research | 17 | 1 |
| Stem Cells Therapeutic Cloning Techniques Advance | 18 | 1 |
| Stem Cells A New Era of Regenerative Medicine Takes Shape | 19 | 1 |
| Gene Therapies and Patients Genetic Profiles Promise a Personalized Approach to Medicine | 20 | 2 |
| Breakthrough New Drug Delivery Systems Evolve | 22 | 1 |
| Advances in Cancer Research and Therapies | 22 | 2 |
| Proton Beams The Ultimate Radiation Therapy | 24 | 1 |
| Better Imaging, including MRI, PET and 320-Slice CT, Creates Advances in Detection | 25 | 2 |
| Molecular Imaging will Lead to Early Detection and Early Cure of Cancerous Tumors | 27 | 1 |
| Advances in Laboratory Testing | 28 | 1 |
| Advances in Surgery | 29 | 2 |
| Other Treatment Technologies | 31 | 3 |
| Nanotechnology Makes Breakthroughs in Health Care | 34 | 2 |
| Chapter 2 | 36 | 45 |
| Health Care Industry Overview | 37 | 1 |
| U.S. Health Care Industry Overview | 38 | 1 |
| Top 10 Global Health Insurance Companies by Revenues: 2008 | 39 | 1 |
| Employment in the Health Care Industry, U.S.: 2002-2008 | 40 | 2 |
| Employment &Earnings in Health Care Practitioner &Technical Occupations, U.S.: May 2008 | 42 | 1 |
| Employment &Earnings in Health Care Support Occupations, U.S.: May 2008 | 43 | 1 |
| Federal R&D &R&D Plant Funding for National Institutes of Health, U.S.: Fiscal Years 2007-2009 | 44 | 1 |
| U.S. Health Care Expenditures &Costs | 45 | 1 |
| National Health Expenditures &Selected Economic Indicators, Levels &Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Years, 1990-2018 | 48 | 1 |
| National Health Expenditures &Average Annual Percent Change: Selected Calendar Years 1980-2018 | 49 | 1 |
| National Health Expenditure Amounts by Type of Expenditure, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2018 | 50 | 1 |
| Hospital Care Expenditures &Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years 1980-2018 | 51 | 1 |
| Hospital Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution &Per Capita Amount, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years 1980-2018 | 52 | 1 |
| Nursing Home Care Expenditures &Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2018 | 53 | 1 |
| Nursing Home Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution &Per Capita Amount: Selected Calendar Years 1980-2018 | 54 | 1 |
| Prescription Drug Expenditures, U.S.: 1965-2018 | 55 | 2 |
| U.S. Prescription Drug Expenditures &Average Annual Percent Change: Selected Calendar Years 1990-2018 | 57 | 1 |
| U.S. Prescription Drug Expenditures, Percent Distribution &Per Capita Amount: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2018 | 58 | 1 |
| Index Levels of Medical Prices, U.S.: 2003-2008 | 59 | 1 |
| Medicare &Medicaid | 60 | 1 |
| Projected Federal Spending on Medicare &Medicaid: 2005-2014 | 61 | 1 |
| U.S. Medicare Enrollment Estimates, Selected Years 2007-2080 | 62 | 1 |
| Medicare Aged &Disabled Enrollees: 1980-2008 | 63 | 1 |
| Medicare Enrollment by Type of Coverage, 1980-2008 | 64 | 1 |
| U.S. Medicare Enrollment Trends, Part A Hospital Insurance (HI): July 1970-2008 | 65 | 1 |
| U.S. Medicare Enrollment Trends, Part B Supplemental Medical Insurance (SMI): 1970-2008 | 66 | 1 |
| Medicare Beneficiaries with Prescription Drug Coverage, Summary Report: September 2009 | 67 | 1 |
| U.S. Health Insurance Coverage &the Uninsured | 68 | 1 |
| Percent of Persons of All Ages without Health Insurance Coverage, U.S.: 1997-2008 | 69 | 1 |
| Number &Percent of Persons without Health Insurance Coverage, by Age Group, U.S.: 1998-2008 | 70 | 1 |
| People without Health Insurance for the Entire Year, U.S.: 2007-2008 | 71 | 1 |
| Percent of Persons under Age 65 Years without Health Insurance Coverage, by Age Group &Sex: U.S.: 2008 | 72 | 1 |
| Percent of Persons under Age 65 with Public Health Plan Coverage &Private Health Insurance Coverage by Age Group, U.S.: 1997-2008 | 73 | 1 |
| Percent of Persons of All Ages without Health Insurance Coverage, by Race/Ethnicity, U.S.: 2008 | 74 | 1 |
| U.S. Vital Statistics &Population Indicators | 76 | 1 |
| Projected U.S. Population Distribution by Age and Sex: 2000-2050 | 77 | 1 |
| Life Expectancy at Age 65, U.S. | 78 | 1 |
| Current Cigarette Smoking by Persons 18 Years of Age &Over According to Sex &Race, U.S.: Selected Years, 1965-2007 | 79 | 1 |
| Overweight &Obesity Among Persons 20 Years of Age &Over, According to Sex, Race &Hispanic Origin: Selected Years, 1960-2004 | 80 | 1 |
