| A Short
Health Care Industry Glossary |
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| Introduction
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| How to use this
book |
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| Chapter 1: Major
Trends Affecting the Health Care Industry |
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1) Introduction to the Health Care
Industry |
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2) Continued Rise in Health Care
Costs
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3) Employers Push Health Care Costs
onto Employees
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4) Medicare and Medicaid Spending
Will Continue to Surge as Baby Boomers
Pass 60 Years of Age |
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5) Medicare Changes Include Drug
Benefits for Seniors for the First Time |
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6) Health Savings Accounts and Health
Reimbursement Accounts Gain Traction |
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7) Vast Number of Uninsured and
Underinsured Americans |
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8) Cost of Pharmaceuticals Soars
in U.S., Controversy over Drug Prices Rages
On |
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9) Boom in Surgery Centers |
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10) Managed Care Becomes More Patient-Friendly |
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11) Growing Use of Managed Care
by Medicare |
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12) Malpractice Suits Are Blamed
for Rising Health Care Costs |
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13) Transplants Are Big Business
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14) Hospitals are Reengineering |
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15) Health Care Goes Offshore, Private
Clinics Thrive in China and India |
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16) Disease Management Programs
Take Root |
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17) Clinics Open in Retail Store
Settings |
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The Outlook for Health Care
Technology |
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18) Health Care Technology Introduction |
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19) Information Technology and Health
Care |
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20) Stem Cells—Controversy
in the U.S. Threatens to Leave America Far
Behind in the Research
Race |
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21) Stem Cell Funding Trickles at
the Federal Level While California Creates
Funding of Its Own |
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22) Stem Cells—Therapeutic
Cloning Techniques Advance |
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23) Stem Cells—A New Era of
Regenerative Medicine Looms |
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24) Gene Therapies and Patients’
Genetic Profiles Promise a Personalized
Approach to Medicine |
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25) New Drug Delivery Systems |
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26) Advances in Cancer Research |
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27) Advances in Diagnostic Imaging
and Monitoring |
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28) Advances in Laboratory Testing |
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29) Advances in Surgery |
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30) Other Treatment Technologies |
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| Chapter 2: Health
Care Industry Statistics |
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I. U.S. Health Care Industry
Overview |
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II. U.S. Health Care Expenditures
& Costs |
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The Nation's Health Dollar, 2005
(Estimated), Where It Came From |
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The Nation's Health Dollar, 2005 (Estimated),
Where It Went |
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National Health Expenditures and Average Annual
Percent Change: Selected Calendar Years 1980-2013
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National Health Expenditures, Selected Economic
Indicators and Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Calendar
Years 1990-2013
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National Health Expenditure Amounts, By Type
of Expenditure, U.S.:
Selected Calendar Years 1980-2013
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Hospital Care Expenditures and Average Annual
Percent Change, U.S.:
Selected Calendar Years 1980-2013
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Hospital Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution
and Per Capita Amount, U.S.:
Selected Calendar Years 1980-2013 |
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Home Health Care Expenditures and Average Annual
Percent Change, U.S.:
Selected Calendar Years 1980-2013
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Home Health Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution
and Per Capita Amounts, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years 1980-2013
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Nursing Home Care Expenditures and Average
Annual Percent Change, U.S.:
Selected Calendar Years 1980-2013
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Nursing Home Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution
and Per Capita Amount, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years 1980-2013 |
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U.S. Prescription Drug Expenditures and Average
Annual Percent Change:
Selected Calendar Years 1990-2013
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U.S. Prescription Drug Expenditures, Percent
Distribution and Per Capita Amount:
Selected Calendar Years 1980-2013 |
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Index Levels of Medical Prices, U.S.: 2000-2004 |
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U.S. Community Hospital Statistics: 2001-2004 |
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III. Medicare & Medicaid |
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Medicare and Medicaid Spending: 2002-2005 |
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Number of Medicare Beneficiaries 1970-2030 |
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U.S. Medicare Enrollment by Coverage Type; Selected
Years 1970-2080 |
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U.S. Medicare Enrollment Trends, Part A Hospital
Insurance (HI): July 1970-2004 |
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U.S. Medicare Enrollment Trends, Part B Supplemental
Medical Insurance (SMI): July 1970-2004 |
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Medicare Deductible, Co-insurance and Premium
Amounts, 2005 |
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IV. U.S. Health Insurance
Coverage & the Uninsured |
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People Without Health Insurance for the Entire
Year, U.S.: 2002, 2003 and 2004 |
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Number and Percent of Persons Without Health
Insurance Coverage, by Age Group, U.S.: 1997-2004
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Percent of Persons of All Ages Without Health
Insurance Coverage, U.S.: 1997-2004 |
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Percent of Persons of All Ages Without Health
Insurance Coverage, U.S.: 1997-2004 |
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Percent of Persons Under Age 65 Years Without
Health Insurance Coverage,
by Age Group and Sex U.S., 2004
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Employers' Costs for Health Insurance, Amount
and Percent of Total Compensation, U.S.: Selected Years 2000-2004 |
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V. U.S. Vital Statistics
& Population Indicators |
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Percent of Population in Three Age Groups, U.S.:
1950, 2000 and 2050 |
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Life Expectancy at Birth, U.S. |
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Life Expectancy at Age 65, U.S. |
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Infant Mortality Rates, U.S.: Selected Years
1985-2004 |
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Percentage of Children 19-35 Months Vaccinated
for Select Diseases, U.S.:
2001-2004 |
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| Estimated Numbers of Deaths of Persons With
AIDS, U.S.: 1999–2003 |
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Employment, Hours and Earnings in Private Health
Service Establishments by Type
of Establishment, U.S.: 2000-2004 |
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Current Cigarette Smoking by Persons 18 Years
of Age and Over According to Sex and Race: United States, Selected
Years 1991-2002 |
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Overweight, Obesity and Healthy Weight Among
Persons 20 Years of Age and Over, According to Sex, Race, and
Hispanic Origin Selected Years: 1960-2002 |
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| Chapter 3: Important
Health Care Industry Contacts |
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Addresses, Telephone Numbers and
World Wide Web Sites |
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| Chapter 4: :
THE HEALTH CARE 500: |
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Who They Are and How They
Were Chosen |
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Industry List, With Codes |
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Index of Rankings Within Industry
Groups |
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Alphabetical Index |
155 |
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Index of Headquarters Location
by U.S. State |
158 |
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Index of Non-U.S. Headquarters
Location by Country |
162 |
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Index by Regions of the U.S. Where
THE HEALTH CARE 500 Have Locations |
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Index by Firms with Operations
Outside the U.S. |
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| Individual Profiles
on each of THE HEALTH CARE 500 |
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| Additional Indexes |
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Index of Hot Spots for Advancement
for Women/Minorities |
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Index by Subsidiaries, Brand Names
and Selected Affiliations |
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