Item Description: Includes bibliographical references (pages 593-601).
PART I. AMERICA'S HEALTH -- 1. General health -- 2. Personal health -- 3. Prevalence of disease & illness -- 4. State health rankings -- 5. State health system performance -- 6. County health rankings -- 7. At-risk behaviors -- 8. Causes of death.
PART II. HEALTHCARE SPENDING -- 9. National health expenditures -- 10. Health expenditures by state -- 11. State spending for hospital care -- 12. Regional variations in healthcare spending.
PART III. HOSPITALS AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS -- 13. Accountable care organizations -- 14. Ambulatory surgery centers -- 15. Best places to work -- 16. Children's hospitals -- 17. Community health centers -- 18. Complementary & alternative medicine -- 19. Corporate wellness programs -- 20. Design & construction -- 21. Digital healthcare -- 22. Economic contribution of hospitals -- 23. Electronic health records -- 24. Emergency departments -- 25. Fundraising -- 26. Health information exchanges -- 27. Healthcare management consulting -- 28. Home care -- 29. Hospice & palliative care -- 30. Hospital mergers & acquisitions -- 31. Hospital patient diagnoses & procedures -- 32. Hospital profile -- 33. Information technology -- 34. Laboratory services -- 35. Largest healthcare systems -- 36. Largest hospitals -- 37. Medical liability -- 38. Medical tourism -- 39. Micro-hospitals -- 40. Most wired hospitals -- 41. Patient communications -- 42. Patient satisfaction -- 43. Patients from overseas -- 44. Population health management -- 45. Post-acute & long-term care -- 46. Preparedness -- 47. Price transparency -- 48. Primary care -- 49. Prison healthcare -- 50. Professional services -- 51. Provider ratings online -- 52. Publicly traded healthcare providers -- 53. Quality & patient safety -- 54. Radiology -- 55. Readmissions -- 56. Retail clinics -- 57. Rural healthcare -- 58. Telemedicine -- 59. Top 100 hospitals -- 60. Top cardiovascular hospitals -- 61. Top health systems -- 62. Top issues confronting hospitals -- 63. Top issues confronting the healthcare industry -- 64. Top-ranked hospitals in specialty fields -- 65. Urgent-care clinics -- 66. Value-based purchasing -- 67. Veterans Health Administration.
PART IV. HEALTH INSURANCE -- 68. Affordable Care Act -- 69. Employer-sponsored health insurance -- 70. Individual-market health plans -- 71. Provider-owned health plans -- 72. Largest health insurers -- 73. Long-term care insurance -- 74. Medical spending for PPO-covered families -- 75. MEDICAID & CHIP -- 76. MEDICARE -- 77. Uninsured.
PART V. PHARMACEUTICALS & MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY -- 78. U.S. pharmaceutical market -- 79. Top medicines -- 80. Drug classification -- 81. Medical devices & equipment -- 82. Medical marijuana -- 83. Top biotechnology companies -- 84. Top medical device companies -- 85. Largest pharmaceutical companies.
PART VI. GENOMIC & REGENERATIVE MEDICINE -- 86. Personalized medicine -- 87. Genetic testing -- 88. Gene therapy -- 89. Stem cells.
PART VII. DISEASES, CONDITIONS & TREATMENTS -- 90. Acid reflux -- 91. Allergies -- 92. Alzheimer's Disease & dementia -- 93. Arthritis -- 94. Asthma -- 95. Autism -- 96. Back pain & spinal surgery -- 97. Bariatric surgery -- 98. Cancer -- 99. Cardiovascular disease -- 100. Cholesterol levels -- 101. Chronic conditions -- 102. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease -- 103. Colds -- 104. Cosmetic & reconstructive surgery -- 105. Diabetes -- 106. End-of-life care -- 107. Geriatric medicine -- 108. Headaches & migraines -- 109. HIV & AIDS -- 110. Hypertension -- 111. Infections -- 112. Infectious diseases -- 113. Influenza -- 114. Injuries -- 115. Joint replacement -- 116. Kidney disease -- 117. Obesity -- 118. Obstetrics -- 119. Ophthalmology & optometry -- 120. Organ transplants -- 121. Osteoporosis -- 122. Pain management -- 123. Parkinson's Disease -- 124. Rare diseases -- 125. Robotic surgery -- 126. Screening -- 127. Shared decision making -- 128. Sleep disorders -- 129. Surgery.
PART VIII. BEHAVIORAL & MENTAL HEALTH -- 130. Prevalence of mental illness -- 131. Cost of mental illness -- 132. Behavioral health providers -- 133. Access & coverage -- 134. Alcohol-use disorder -- 135. Drug abuse & addiction -- 136. Opioid addiction -- 137. Suicide -- 138. State of mental health.
PART IX. MARKETING -- 139. Hospital marketing -- 140. Pharmaceutical marketing -- 141. Public relations & marketing agencies -- 142. Healthcare marketing impact awards.
PART X. ACADEMICS -- 143. Medical schools -- 144. Nursing schools -- 145. Pharmacy programs -- 146. Public health programs -- 147. University programs in health administration -- APPENDIX A. Analysts -- APPENDIX B. Associations -- APPENDIX C. Federal agencies -- APPENDIX D. Periodicals -- REFERENCES.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (601 pages).
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 593-601).
ISBN: 9781577832720
1577832728
ISSN: 2472-5013.