Offers a complete reference to the American Health Care Industry and its leading corporations. No other source provides this massive book's easy-to-understand comparisons of national health expenditures, emerging technologies, patient populations, hospitals, clinics, corporations, research, Medicare, Medicaid, managed care and many other areas of vital importance.

Introduction 1How to Use This Book 3Chapter 1: Major Trends and Technologies Affecting the Health Care Industry 71) Introduction to the Health Care Industry 82) Continued Rise in Health Care Costs 103) Employers Fight Rapidly Growing Health Care Premiums/Require Employees to Pay a Significant Share of Costs 114) Medicare and Medicaid Spending Continue to Surge/More Baby Boomers Hit 65 Years of Age 125) U.S. Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 Rewrote the Rules and Increased Coverage, But Costs Continue to Rise 126) Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and Hospital Mergers Result from the Affordable Care Act/Many Hospital Chains Grow Dramatically in Market Share 137) Concierge Care/Direct Primary Care Are on the Rise/New Twists on House Calls 148) Insurance Companies Change Strategies Due to Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Rapidly Rising Costs of Care 149) Number of Uninsured Americans Declines But Remains High 1510) New Blockbuster Drugs Come to Market/Drug Prices Soar 1511) Generic Drugs Have Biggest Market Share By Unit Volume, but not by Total Revenues 1612) 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 1713) Biotech and Orphan Drugs Create New Revenues for Drug Firms 1814) Quality of Care and Health Care Outcomes Data Are Available Online, Creating a New Level of Transparency 1915) Malpractice Suits Are Blamed for Rising Health Care Costs/Tort Reform Is Capping Awards for Damages 2016) Obesity Sparks Government Action/Snack Foods Get Healthier/Taxes on Unhealthy Foods 2117) Health Care Goes Offshore, Medical Tourism and Clinical Trials Continue in China, India and Elsewhere 2318) Retail Clinics, Urgent Care Centers and Employer Sites Increase Health Care Options/Reduce Costs 2419) Health Care Industry Grows Rapidly in China, India and Mexico 25The Outlook for Health Care Technology: 2620) Health Care Technology Introduction 2621) RFID Helps Manage Hospital and Pharmacy Inventories 2622) Electronic Health Records (EHR) Digitize Patient Records at an Accelerating Pace 2723) Telemedicine and Remote Patient Monitoring Rely on Wireless 2824) Stem Cells—Multiple Sources Stem from New Technologies 2925) Government Support for Stem Cell Research Evolves 3026) Stem Cells—Therapeutic Cloning Techniques Advance 3027) Stem Cells—A New Era of Regenerative Medicine Takes Shape 3128) Health Care Robotics 3229) Patients’ Genetic Profiles Plummet in Price as DNA Sequencing Technologies Advance 3230) Advances for Cancer Patients in Chemotherapy and Radiation, Including Proton Beams and IMRT 3431) Better Imaging, including MRI, PET and 320-Slice CT, Creates Advances in Detection 3632) Nanotechnology Makes Breakthroughs in Health Care 3833) Artificial Intelligence (AI), Deep Learning and Machine Learning Advance into Commercial Applications, Including Health Care and Robotics 39Chapter 2: Health Care Industry Statistics 41I. U.S. Health Care Industry Overview 43U.S. Health Care Industry Statistics and Market Size Overview 44Global Health Statistics, 2011-2017 45Affordable Care Act Overview 46Domestic & Foreign Pharmaceutical Sales, PhRMA Member Companies: 1980-2015 47Employment in the Health Care Industry, U.S.: 2012- May 2017 48Employment & Earnings in Health Care Practitioner & Technical Occupations, U.S.: May 2016 50Employment & Earnings in Health Care Support Occupations, U.S.: May 2016 51The U.S. Drug Discovery & Approval Process 52U.S. FDA New Drug (NDA) and Biologic (BLA) Approvals, 2016 53Federal R&D & R&D Plant Funding for National Institutes of Health, U.S.: Fiscal Years 2015-2017 54II. U.S. Health Care Expenditures & Costs 55The Nation's Health Dollar: 2017 Where It Came From (Estimated) 56The Nation's Health Dollar: 2017 Where It Went (Estimated) 57National Health Expenditures & Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2009-2025 58National Health Expenditures by Type of Expenditure with Affordable Care Act Impacts, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 2010-2025 59Hospital Care Expenditures & Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2009-2025 60Nursing Home Care Expenditures & Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2009-2025 61Home Health Care Expenditures & Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2009-2025 62Prescription Drug Expenditures, U.S.: 1995-2025 63Prescription Drug Expenditures & Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2009-2025 64III. Medicare & Medicaid 65Medicare Enrollment, 1970-2091 66Medicare Cost & Non-Interest Income by Source as a Percent of GDP, 1970-2091 67Medicare Beneficiaries with Prescription Drug Coverage, Summary Report: July 2017 68Medicaid Enrollment & Expenditures for Medical Assistance Payments & Administration: Selected Years, 1966-2025 69Medicaid Enrollment and Expenditures, by Enrollment Group: Fiscal Year 2015 70IV.U.S. Health Insurance Coverage & The Uninsured 71Number & Percent of Persons of All Ages with and without Health Insurance Coverage, U.S.: 1999-2015 72Employers' Costs for Health Insurance, Amount & Percent of Total Compensation, U.S.: Selected Years, 2010-2016 73V. U.S. Vital Statistics & Population Indicators 75Life Expectancy at Age 65, U.S. 76Prevalence of Obesity Among Adults, by Age, Sex and Race/Ethnicity: U.S., 2016 77Chapter 3: Important Health Care Industry Contacts 79(Addresses, Phone Numbers and Internet Sites) Chapter 4: THE HEALTH CARE 500: Who They Are and How They Were Chosen 123Index of Companies Within Industry Groups 124Alphabetical Index 136Index of U.S. Headquarters Location by State 138Index of Non-U.S. Headquarters Location by Country 141Individual Data Profiles on Each of THE HEALTH CARE 500 143Additional IndexesIndex of Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities 636Index by Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations 638A Short Health Care Industry Glossary 657