HEALTHCARE MARKET RESEARCH, HEALTH CARE BUSINESS ANALYSIS, MANAGED CARE, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH PRODUCTS, HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES, PHARMACEUTICALS, IMAGING INDUSTRY, MEDICINES, DRUGS, MEDICAL MARKET RESEARCH, HEALTHCARE TRENDS ANALYSIS, COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE & STATISTICS

Our healthcare market research, health care business analysis, trends analysis, statistics and competitive intelligence, focusing on: managed care, health services, health care products, diagnostics, health technologies and systems, pharmaceuticals, drugs, medicines, hospitals, clinics, long term care, outpatient surgery, supplies, imaging, and payors, such as Medicare, Medicaid, HMOs, PPOs, benefits, insurance, Employers and Health Savings Accounts. Includes analysis of finances, markets, and profiles of leading health industry firms. Executive mailing lists on CD-ROM.

Plunkett's Health Care Industry Almanac

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2006 Edition ISBN 1-59392-046-6 Print or PDF $299.99 Includes CD-ROM 713 Pages Publication Date: October 2005

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Plunkett's Health Care Industry Almanac is the only complete reference to the American Health Care Industry and its trends, technologies and leading corporations. Whatever your purpose for researching the healthcare field, you'll find this massive book to be a valuable guide. No other source provides this book's easy-to-understand comparisons of national health expenditures, emerging technologies, information systems, pharmaceuticals, patient populations, imports, exports, corporations, research, Medicare, Medicaid, managed care, outpatient surgery, funding, medical equipment and supplies, diagnostics and many other areas of vital importance.

Included in the market research sections are dozens of statistical tables covering every aspect of the industry, from Medicare expenditures to hospital utilization, from insured and uninsured populations to revenues to health care expenditures as a percent of GDP. A special area covers vital statistics and health status of the U.S. population. Included is an analysis of medical and health technologies, patient care, payors and information systems.

The corporate analysis section features in-depth profiles of the 500 major companies (which we call "The Health Care 500") within the many industry sectors that make up the health care system, from the leading corporations in pharmaceuticals to the major managed care companies. Details for each corporation include executives by title, phone, fax, website, address, growth plans, divisions, subsidiaries, brand names and financial results.

The exciting new book and Online Research Center cover competitive intelligence, market research and business analysis--everything you need to know about the medical business, its trends, health technologies and leading healthcare companies, including:

1. Healthcare trends analysis
2. Healthcare corporate mergers, finances, funding and costs
3. Managed care, HMOs, PPOs, drug benefits, provider systems and other payors
4. Medicare and Medicaid, including recent reforms, senior drug benefits and the use of HMOs and PPOs
5. Pharmaceuticals, over the counter drugs and generic drugs
6. Medical technologies, including advances in imaging and diagnostics
7. Research breakthroughs in such areas as cancer treatment and artificial organs
8. Health information systems, including patient information systems and other uses of computer technology in hospitals, clinics and doctors’ offices
9. Hospital utilization, medical markets and national healthcare costs
10. Profiles of leading hospital companies, outpatient surgery firms and clinics
11. Profiles of companies in physician practice management and dental practice management
12. Health industry growth statistics and business intelligence
13. Employee health benefits trends and costs, including health savings accounts and the growing use of higher co-payments for employees
14. Discussions of leading firms in medical supplies, disposables, support and delivery
15. A discussion of trends in health care logistics and inventory management, including the use of RFID in hospitals
16. Medical claims processing
17. Health care trends online, including telemedicine and access to patient records

Next, we profile hundreds of leading companies. Our company profiles include complete business descriptions and up to 27 executives by name and title. Both online and printed versions of Plunkett's Health Care Industry enable you to search, filter and view selected companies and organizations, and then to export selected company contact data, including executive names, either online or via the CD-ROM that is included with the book versions.

In one superb, value-priced package, you’ll find a complete overview, industry analysis and medical market research report. This book includes statistical tables, a health care industry glossary, health care industry contacts and associations, and thorough indexes. The corporate profiles section includes our proprietary, in-depth profiles of the 500 leading companies in all facets of the healthcare, managed care, health products, supplies and pharmaceuticals business. This data is available in printed almanac, eBook and online versions. Purchasers of the book or eBook versions may also receive a copy of the company profiles database on CD-ROM at no additional charge. This same database can be accessed by online subscribers.

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"Includes the latest statistics on health care trends, including the medical industry's growth rates…Highly recommended for corporate, academic, and community library…reference collections."

Midwest Book Review

"True to the publisher's claim, this is the only complete guide to the health care industry in the U.S… Highly recommended."

CHOICE magazine

"…Makes it easy to understand managed care, medical finances and the technology behind today's health care. Business people, marketers, researchers and professionals…who need in-depth information on the health care industry can benefit from this unique resource."

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