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2006
Edition
ISBN 1-59392-714-2
PDF $99.99
58 Pages
October
2005
This report is summarized from our award-winning
Plunkett's Health Care Industry Almanac. You'll receive
health care market research and statistics, as well as an
analysis of the trends shaping the health care industry
today. Topics inlcude: 1)Introduction to the Health Care
Industry; 2)Continued Rise in Health Care Costs; 3)Employers
Push Health Care Costs onto Employees; 4)Medicare Changes
Include Drug Benefits for Seniors for the First Time; 5)Health
Savings Accounts and Health Reimbursement Accounts Gain
Traction; 6)Vast Number of Uninsured and Underinsured Americans;
7)Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Face Challenges, Massive
Costs in New Drug Development; 8)Cost of Pharmaceuticals
Soars in U.S., Controvery over Drug Prices Rages On; 9)Boom
in Surgery Centers; 10)Managed Care Becomes More Patient-Friendly;
11)Growing Use of Managed Care by Medicare; 12)Giant Mergers
at Manged Care Providers; 13)Critical Lack of Qualified
Nurses; 14)Malpractice Suits are Blamed for Rising Health
Care Costs; 15) Patients' Rights Evolve. This report also
includes dozens of tables of statistics.
