Sections
| Title | Starting Page | Number of Pages |
|---|
| CONTENTS | 7 | 2 |
| Chapter 1 | 9 | 27 |
| Health Care Technology Introduction | 9 | 1 |
| Information Technology and Health Care | 10 | 5 |
| Stem Cells Multiple Sources Stem from New Technologies | 15 | 1 |
| U.S. Government Stance on Funding for New Stem Cell Research Unclear | 16 | 1 |
| Stem Cells Therapeutic Cloning Techniques Advance | 17 | 1 |
| Stem Cells A New Era of Regenerative Medicine Takes Shape | 18 | 1 |
| Gene Therapies and Patients Genetic Profiles Promise a Personalized Approach to Medicine | 19 | 2 |
| Breakthrough New Drug Delivery Systems Evolve | 21 | 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 | 27 | 2 |
| Advances in Surgery | 29 | 1 |
| Other Treatment Technologies | 30 | 4 |
| Nanotechnology Makes Breakthroughs in Health Care | 34 | 2 |
| Chapter 2 | 36 | 48 |
| I. Health Care Industry Overview | 37 | 10 |
| U.S. Health Care Industry Overview | 38 | 1 |
| Global Health Statistics | 39 | 1 |
| Affordable Care Act Overview | 40 | 2 |
| Employment in the Health Care Industry, U.S.: 2004-2009 | 42 | 2 |
| Employment &Earnings in Health Care Practitioner &Technical Occupations, U.S.: May 2009 | 44 | 1 |
| Employment &Earnings in Health Care Support Occupations, U.S.: May 2009 | 45 | 1 |
| Federal R&D &R&D Plant Funding for National Institutes of Health, U.S.: Fiscal Years 2008-2010 | 46 | 1 |
| II. U.S. Health Care Expenditures &Costs | 47 | 16 |
| National Health Expenditures &Average Annual Percent Change: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2019 | 50 | 1 |
| National Health Expenditure Amounts by Type of Expenditure, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2019 | 51 | 1 |
| Hospital Care Expenditures &Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2019 | 52 | 1 |
| Hospital Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution &Per Capita Amount, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2019 | 53 | 1 |
| Nursing Home Care Expenditures &Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2019 | 54 | 1 |
| Nursing Home Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution &Per Capita Amount: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2019 | 55 | 1 |
| Home Health Care Expenditures and Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2019 | 56 | 1 |
| Home Health Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution &Per Capita Amounts, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2019 | 57 | 1 |
| Prescription Drug Expenditures, U.S.: 1965-2019 | 58 | 2 |
| U.S. Prescription Drug Expenditures &Average Annual Percent Change: Selected Calendar Years, 1990-2019 | 60 | 1 |
| U.S. Prescription Drug Expenditures, Percent Distribution &Per Capita Amount: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2019 | 61 | 1 |
| Index Levels of Medical Prices, U.S.: 2004-2009 | 62 | 1 |
| III. Medicare &Medicaid | 63 | 7 |
| Medical Care Benefits in the U.S.: Access, Participation and Take-Up Rates, March 2010 | 64 | 1 |
| Projected Federal Spending on Medicare &Medicaid: 2006-2015 | 65 | 1 |
| Medicare Enrollment, 1970-2080 | 66 | 1 |
| Medicare Cost &Non-Interest Income by Source as a Percent of GDP | 67 | 1 |
| Medicare Part D Enrollment, 2010 | 68 | 1 |
| Medicare Beneficiaries with Prescription Drug Coverage, Summary Report: April 2010 | 69 | 1 |
| IV. U.S. Health Insurance Coverage &TheUninsured | 70 | 6 |
| Number &Percent of Persons of All Ages with &without Health Insurance Coverage, U.S.: 1999-2009 | 71 | 1 |
| Number &Percent of Persons of All Ages without Health Insurance Coverage, by Race/Ethnicity, U.S.: 2002-2009 | 72 | 1 |
| Number &Percent of Persons without Health Insurance Coverage, by Age Group, U.S.: 1999-2009 | 73 | 1 |
| Number &Percent of Persons without Health Insurance Coverage, by Age Group &Sex: U.S.: 2009 | 74 | 1 |
| V. U.S. Vital Statistics &Population Indicators | 76 | 8 |
| 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: Selected Years, 1997-2009 | 79 | 1 |
| Current Cigarette Smoking by Age Group and Sex, 2009 | 80 | 1 |
| Overweight &Obesity Among Persons 20 Years of Age &Over, According to Sex, Race &Hispanic Origin: Selected Years, 1960-2006 | 81 | 3 |
