Plunkett's Health Care Industry Almanac 2025: Health Care Industry Market Research, Statistics, Trends and Leading Companies

PLUNKETT'S HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY ALMANAC 2025

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. Introduction to the Health Care Industry
2. The Coronavirus’ Effect on 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 Declines But 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. Malpractice Suits Are Blamed for Rising Health Care Costs/Tort Reform Is Capping Awards for Damages
20. Obesity Sparks Government, School and Corporate Initiatives/Snack Foods Get Healthier
21. Health Care Goes Offshore, Medical Tourism and Clinical Trials Continue in China, India and Elsewhere
22. Retail Clinics, Urgent Care Centers and Employer Sites Increase Health Care Options but Suffer Challenges
23. Health Care Industry Grows Rapidly in China, India and Mexico

The Outlook for Health Care Technology:

24. Health Care Technology Introduction
25. Electronic Health Records (EHR) Digitize Patient Records at an Accelerating Pace
26. Telemedicine and Remote Patient Monitoring Rely on Wireless
27. Stem Cells and 3D Printing—A New Era of Regenerative Medicine Takes Shape
28. Health Care Robotics
29. Patients’ Genetic Profiles Plummet in Price as DNA Sequencing Technologies Advance
30. Advances for Cancer Patients in Chemotherapy and Radiation, Including Proton Beams and IMRT
31. Better Imaging, including MRI, PET and 320-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

I. U.S. Health Care Industry Overview

U.S. Health Care Industry Statistics and Market Size Overview
Global Health Statistics, 2017-2024
Employment in the Health Care Industry, U.S.: 2019 - June 2024
U.S. FDA New Drug (NDA) and Biologic (BLA) Approvals, 2024
The U.S. Drug Discovery & Approval Process
Federal R&D & R&D Plant Funding for Health and Human Services, U.S.: Fiscal Years 2022-2024

II. U.S. Health Care Expenditures & Costs

The Nation's Health Dollar: 2024 Where It Came From (Projected)
The Nation's Health Dollar: 2024 Where It Went (Estimated)
National Health Expenditures & Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2016-2032
National Health Expenditures by Type of Expenditure with Affordable Care Act Impacts, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 2020-2032
Hospital Care Expenditures & Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2016-2032
Nursing Home Care Expenditures & Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2016-2032
Home Health Care Expenditures & Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2016-2032
Prescription Drug Expenditures & Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2016-2032

III. Medicare & Medicaid

Medicare Enrollment, 1975-2097
Medicaid Enrollment & Expenditures for Medical Assistance Payments & Administration: Selected Years, 1966-2027

IV. U.S. Health Insurance Coverage & The Uninsured

Number & Percent of Persons of All Ages with and without Health Insurance Coverage, U.S.: 2007-2022
Employers' Costs for Total Compensation and Health Insurance, by Selected Characteristics, U.S.: Selected Years, 2020-2024

V. U.S. Vital Statistics & Population Indicators
Prevalence of Obesity Among Adults, by Age, Sex and Race/Ethnicity: U.S., 2018"