Plunkett's Health Care Industry Almanac

2011 Book & CD Edition
Softbound, 720+ pages + bonus CD-ROM
Size: 8.5" x 11"
ISBN 1593921837
978-1593921835
Plunkett Research
November 2010
(click below for the best currently available price for this important resource)

2010 Book & CD Edition
Softbound, 720+ pages + bonus CD-ROM
Size: 8.5" x 11"
ISBN 1593921543
978-1593921545
Plunkett Research
November 2009
(click below for the best currently available price for this important resource)

This award-winning book (which comes with a database on CD-ROM) is a complete reference tool for everything you need to know about the medical business, its trends, technologies, finances, and leading companies, including:

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

Plunkett's Health Care Industry Almanac is the only complete reference to the American Health Care Industry and its leading corporations. Whatever your purpose for researching the health care field, you'll find this massive, 720+ page book to be a valuable guide. It features medical technologies, finances, markets, and profiles of leading firms. In one package, you’ll find a complete overview, industry analysis and market research report. No other source provides this book's easy-to-understand comparisons of:

national health expenditures,
emerging technologies,
patient populations,
imports,
exports,
corporations,
research,
Medicare,
Medicaid,
managed care, and
many other areas of vital importance.

Included in the market research sections are 32 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.

The corporate profiles section of the book includes in-depth profiles of the 500 leading companies in all facets of the health care, managed care, health products, supplies and pharmaceuticals business. Purchasers will receive a free copy of the company profiles database on CD-ROM. The corporate analysis section features in-depth profiles of the major for-profit firms (which they call "The Health Care 500") within the many industry sectors that make up the health care system, from the leading companies 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, competitive advantage and financial results.

This Almanac gives you information about healthcare providers, pharmaceuticals and managed care. It emphasizes business trends analysis, statistics and competitive intelligence focusing on:

medical
hospitals, acute care & long term care
drugs & supplies
outpatient surgery
Medicare & Medicaid
HMOs & PPOs

"…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." - Health Care Quarterly- The Business Journal

This book also includes:

statistical tables,
consulting industry glossary,
consulting industry contacts and associations and
thorough indexes.

Plunkett Research, Ltd. is a leading provider of industry sector analysis and research, industry trends and industry statistics. Their research reports are used by the world’s top corporations, consultants, universities, libraries and government agencies. Plunkett Research, Ltd. was established in 1985. Plunkett’s products save time and effort when you need competitive intelligence, market research, vertical industry marketing data, or industry trends analysis.

(information from the publisher)

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