Sections
| Title | Starting Page | Number of Pages |
|---|
| CONTENTS | 7 | 2 |
| Chapter 1 MAJOR TECHNOLOGIES AFFECTING THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY | 9 | 26 |
| 1) Health Care Technology Introduction | 9 | 1 |
| 2) Health Information Research Remains a Leading Use of the Internet | 10 | 1 |
| 3) RFID Will Help Manage Hospital and Pharmacy Inventories | 11 | 1 |
| 4) Electronic Health Records (EHR) Digitize Patient Records at an Accelerating Pace | 12 | 1 |
| 5) Remote Patient Monitoring Advances Through Wireless Systems | 13 | 1 |
| 6) Stem Cells Multiple Sources Stem from New Technologies | 14 | 1 |
| 7) Government Support for Stem Cell Research Evolves | 15 | 1 |
| 8) Stem Cells Therapeutic Cloning Techniques Advance | 16 | 2 |
| 9) Stem Cells A New Era of Regenerative Medicine Takes Shape | 18 | 1 |
| 10) Gene Therapies and Patients Genetic Profiles Promise a Personalized Approachto Medicine | 19 | 2 |
| 11) Breakthrough New Drug Delivery Systems Evolve | 21 | 1 |
| 12) Advances in Cancer Research and Therapies | 22 | 1 |
| 13) Proton Beams The Ultimate Radiation Therapy | 23 | 1 |
| 14) Better Imaging, including MRI, PET and 320-Slice CT, Creates Advances in Detection | 24 | 3 |
| 15) Molecular Imaging will Lead to Early Detection and Early Cure of Cancerous Tumors | 27 | 1 |
| 16) Advances in Laboratory Testing | 27 | 1 |
| 17) Advances in Surgery | 28 | 2 |
| 18) Other Treatment Technologies | 30 | 4 |
| 19) Nanotechnology Makes Breakthroughs in Health Care | 34 | 1 |
| Chapter 2 HEALTH CARE STATISTICS | 35 | 1 |
| I. Health Care Industry Overview | 36 | 1 |
| U.S. Health Care Industry Overview | 37 | 1 |
| Global Health Statistics | 38 | 1 |
| Affordable Care Act Overview | 39 | 2 |
| Domestic &Foreign Pharmaceutical Sales, PhRMA MemberCompanies: 1975-2010 | 41 | 1 |
| Employment in the Health Care Industry, U.S.: 2005-2010 | 42 | 2 |
| Employment &Earnings in Health Care Practitioner &Technical | 44 | 1 |
| Employment &Earnings in Health Care Support Occupations, U.S.: May 2010 | 45 | 1 |
| Federal R&D &R&D Plant Funding for National Institutes of Health, U.S.: Fiscal Years 2009-2011 | 46 | 1 |
| The U.S. Drug Discovery &Approval Process | 47 | 1 |
| U.S. FDA New Drug (NDA) and Biologic (BLA) Approvals, 2010 | 48 | 1 |
| II. U.S. Health Care Expenditures &Costs | 49 | 1 |
| National Health Expenditures &Average Annual Percent Change: Selected Calendar Years, 2005-2020 | 52 | 1 |
| National Health Expenditure Amounts by Type of Expenditure with Affordable Care Act Impacts, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 2005-20201 | 53 | 1 |
| National Health Expenditure Amounts by Type of Expenditure without Affordable Care Act Impacts, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 2005-20201 | 54 | 1 |
| Hospital Care Expenditures &Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 2005-2020 | 55 | 1 |
| Hospital Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution &Per Capita Amount, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 2005-2020 | 56 | 1 |
| Nursing Home Care Expenditures &Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 2005-2020 | 57 | 1 |
| Nursing Home Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution &Per Capita Amount: Selected Calendar Years, 2005-2020 | 58 | 1 |
| Home Health Care Expenditures and Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 2005-2020 | 59 | 1 |
| Home Health Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution &Per Capita Amounts, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 2005-2020 | 60 | 1 |
| Prescription Drug Expenditures, U.S.: 1965-20201 | 61 | 2 |
| U.S. Prescription Drug Expenditures &Average Annual Percent Change: Selected Calendar Years, 2005-2020 | 63 | 1 |
| U.S. Prescription Drug Expenditures, Percent Distribution &Per Capita Amount: Selected Calendar Years, 2005-2020 | 64 | 1 |
| III. Medicare &Medicaid | 65 | 1 |
| Medical Care Benefits in the U.S.: Access, Participation and Take-Up Rates, March 2011 | 66 | 1 |
| Medicare Enrollment, 1970-2085 | 67 | 1 |
| Medicare Cost &Non-Interest Income by Source as a Percent of GDP,1967-2081 | 68 | 1 |
| Medicare Part D Enrollment, 2010 | 69 | 1 |
| Medicare Beneficiaries with Prescription Drug Coverage,Summary Report: July 2011 | 70 | 1 |
| IV. U.S. Health Insurance Coverage &The Uninsured | 71 | 1 |
| Number &Percent of Persons of All Ages with and without Health Insurance Coverage, U.S.: 1999-2010 | 72 | 1 |
| Number &Percent of Persons of All Ages without Health Insurance Coverage, by Race/Ethnicity, U.S.: 2002-2010 | 73 | 1 |
| Number &Percent of Persons without Health Insurance Coverage, by Age Group, U.S.: 1999-2010 | 74 | 1 |
| Number &Percent of Persons without Health Insurance Coverage, by Age Group &Sex: U.S.: 2010 | 75 | 1 |
| V. U.S. Vital Statistics &Population Indicators | 77 | 1 |
| Life Expectancy at Age 65, U.S. | 78 | 1 |
| Current Cigarette Smoking by Persons 18 Years of Age &Over: Selected Years, 1997-2010 | 79 | 1 |
| Current Cigarette Smoking by Age Group and Sex, 2010 | 80 | 1 |
| Overweight &Obesity Among Persons 20 Years of Age &Over,According to Sex, Race &Hispanic Origin:Selected Years, 1960-2008 | 81 | 2 |
