Plunkett’s Industry Almanacs in Printed and eBook Formats

Key Findings:

A complete market research report, including forecasts and market estimates, technologies analysis and developments at innovative firms within the Health Care Industry. Gain vital insights that can help shape strategy for business development, product development and investments.

Key Features:

• Business trends analysis
• In-depth industry overview
• Technology trends analysis
• Forecasts
• Spending, investment, and consumption discussions
• In-depth industry statistics and metrics
• Industry employment numbers
  
  

Additional Key Features Include:

Industry Glossary

Industry Contacts list, including Professional Societies and Industry Associations

Profiles of industry-leading companies

• U.S. and Global Firms
• Publicly held, Private and Subsidiaries
• Executive Contacts
• Revenues

• For Public Companies: Detailed Financial Summaries

• Statistical Tables
  
  

Key Questions Answered Include:

• How is the industry evolving?
• How is the industry being shaped by new technologies?
• How is demand growing in emerging markets and mature economies?
• What is the size of the market now and in the future?
• What are the financial results of the leading companies?
• What are the names and titles of top executives?
• What are the top companies and what are their revenues?
  
  

This feature-rich report covers competitive intelligence, market research and business analysis—everything you need to know about the Health Care Industry.

Plunkett Research Provides Unique Analysis of the Following Major Trends and Technologies Affecting the Health Care Industry

1. Major Trends Affecting the Health Care Industry

2. Introduction to the Health Care Industry

3. Continued Rise in Health Care Costs

4. Employers Fight Rapidly Growing Health Care Premiums/Require Employees to Pay a Significant Share of Costs

5. Medicare and Medicaid Spending Continue to Surge/More Baby Boomers Hit 65+ Years of Age

6. U.S. Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 Rewrote the Rules and Increased Coverage, But Costs Continue to Rise

7. Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and Hospital Mergers Result from the Affordable Care Act/Many Hospital Chains Grow Dramatically in Market Share

8. Concierge Care/Direct Primary Care Are on the Rise/New Twists on House Calls

9. Insurance Companies Change Strategies Due to Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Rapidly Rising Costs of Care

10. Number of Uninsured Americans Remains High

11. Health Sharing Ministries Attract Millions of Members

12. Massive R&D Investment Required for Development and Approval of New Blockbuster Drugs/Drug Prices Soar

13. Fast Track Drugs Come to Market in the U.S. with FDA Cooperation

14. Generic Drugs Have Biggest Market Share By Unit Volume, but not by Total Revenues

15. America Pays Higher Prices for Drugs Than Other Nations/U.S. Government Launches Drug Price Negotiation and Control Powers for Medicare

16. Biotech and Orphan Drugs Create New Revenues for Drug Firms

17. Revolutionary New Drugs (Zepbound, Wegovy and Ozempic) Treat Obesity, Diabetes and Addiction/Show Promise for Treating Many Other Diseases

18. Quality of Care and Health Care Outcomes Data Are Available Online, Creating a New Level of Transparency

19. Obesity Sparks Government, School and Corporate Initiatives/Snack Foods Get Healthier

20. Health Care Goes Offshore, Medical Tourism and Clinical Trials Continue in China, India and Elsewhere

21. Retail Clinics, Urgent Care Centers and Employer Sites Increase Health Care Options but Suffer Challenges

22. Health Care Industry Grows Rapidly in China, India and Mexico

    The Outlook for Health Care Technology:

23. Health Care Technology Introduction

24. Electronic Health Records (EHR) Digitize Patient Records at an Accelerating Pace

25. Telemedicine and Remote Patient Monitoring Rely on Wireless

26. Stem Cells and 3D Printing—A New Era of Regenerative Medicine Takes Shape

27. Health Care Robotics

28. Patients’ Genetic Profiles Plummet in Price as DNA Sequencing Technologies Advance

29. Advances for Cancer Patients in Chemotherapy and Radiation, Including Proton Beams and IMRT

30. Immunotherapy, ADCs, Protein Degraders and CAR-T Create Exciting New Approach to Fighting Cancers

31. Better Imaging, including MRI, PET and 640-Slice CT, Creates Advances in Detection

32. Artificial Intelligence (AI), Deep Learning and Machine Learning Advance into Commercial Applications, Including Health Care and Robotics

Plunkett Research Provides In-Depth Tables for the Following Health Care Industry Statistics

1. U.S. Health Care Industry Overview
   U.S. Health Care Industry Statistics and Market Size Overview
   Global Health Statistics, 2020-2025
   Employment in the Health Care Industry, U.S.: 2021 - August 2026
   U.S. FDA New Drug (NDA) and Biologic (BLA) Approvals, 2025
   The U.S. Drug Discovery & Approval Process
   Federal R&D & R&D Plant Funding for Health and Human Services, U.S.: Fiscal Years 2024-2026
   Research Funding for Biological Sciences, U.S. National Science Foundation Fiscal Years 2025-2027

2. U.S. Health Care Expenditures & Costs
   The Nation's Health Dollar: 2026 Where It Came From (Projected)
   The Nation's Health Dollar: 2026 Where It Went (Estimated)
   National Health Expenditures & Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2018-2034
   National Health Expenditures by Type of Expenditure with Affordable Care Act Impacts, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 2021-2034
   Hospital Care Expenditures & Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2018-2034
   Nursing Home Care Expenditures & Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2018-2034
   Home Health Care Expenditures & Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2018-2034
   Prescription Drug Expenditures & Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2018-2034

3. Medicare & Medicaid
   Medicare Enrollment, 1975-2100
   Medicaid Enrollment & Expenditures for Medical Assistance Payments & Administration: Selected Years, 1966-2034

4. U.S. Health Insurance Coverage & The Uninsured
   Number & Percent of Persons of All Ages with and without Health Insurance Coverage, U.S.: 2007-2025
   Employers' Costs for Total Compensation and Health Insurance, by Selected Characteristics, U.S.: Selected Years, 2022-2026