The 2008 Healthcare Business Market Research Handbook is an Indispensable Tool Designed...

The 2008 Healthcare Business Market Research Handbook is an Indispensable Tool Designed to Help You Manage and Expand Your Healthcare Operations

DUBLIN, Ireland--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3ec96f/the_2008_healthcar)
has announced the addition of the "The 2008 Healthcare Business Market
Research Handbook" report to their offering.

Twelfth Edition. This is a comprehensive analysis of the $2.3
trillion U.S. healthcare marketplace and will provide you with the
most recent statistics and data available. It is designed to be a
strategic business planning resource for executives in all medical and
healthcare organizations, from hospitals to integrated networks, from
health plans to suppliers. This is the best selling publication of its
kind available from any source.

Healthcare business and market data is scattered through a myriad
of sources. This handbook compiles top-line data into a single
easy-to-use reference, with information sourced from the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality, Alzheimer's Association, American
Cancer Society, American Diabetes Association, American Heart
Association, American Health Care Association, American Health
Information Management Association, American Hospital Association,
American Lung Association, American Medical Association, American
Society of Plastic Surgeons, Arthritis Foundation, Asthma and Allergy
Foundation of America, Center for Studying Health System Change,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, Harris Interactive, Healthcare Information and
Management Systems Society, Healthcare Financial Management
Association, IMS Health, Ingenix, Irving Levin Associates, MetLife
Mature Market Institute, Modern Healthcare, National Institutes of
Health, National Association of Children's Hospitals, National
Alliance on Mental Illness, Press Ganey Associates,
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Sg2, The
Advisory Board Company, The Gallup Organization, The Henry J. Kaiser
Family Foundation, The Leapfrog Group, The Wall Street Journal,
Thomson Reuters Healthcare, United Health Foundation, and Verispan,
among others.

The handbook also includes assessments and discussions on topics
such as quality and patient safety, patient satisfaction, marketing
and community outreach, financial management and reimbursement, and
IT. Over 800 website links -- directly embedded into the electronic
edition -- will direct you to additional market research information
and other resources.

The 2008 Healthcare Business Market Research Handbook is an
indispensable tool designed to help you manage and expand your
healthcare operations. If you have not yet used our studies, we invite
you to join over 15,000 organizations who have used our approach to
market research.

Key Topics Covered:

Part I: Market Overview

1 Healthcare Spending

2 State-By-State Assessment

3 Hospitals

4 Marketshare Leaders

Part Ii: Management Issues & Strategic Planning

5 Priorities In Healthcare Management

6 Billing & Collections

7 Design & Construction

8 Disaster & Pandemic Preparedness

9 Electronic Health Records

10 Hospital-Physician Relations

11 Information Technology

12 Medical Liability

13 Pay-For-Performance

14 Quality & Patient Safety

15 The Uninsured & Underinsured

16 Transparency

Part Iii: Patient Focus & Marketing

17 Community Support & Outreach

18 Healthcare & The Internet

19 Marketing

20 Patient Amenities

21 Patient-Focused Programs

22 Patient Satisfaction

Part Iv: Inside The Hospital

23 Emergency Departments

24 Intensive Care Units

25 Outpatients

26 Supply Chain Management

27 Outsourcing

Part V: Healthcare Professionals

28 Healthcare Salaries Surveys

29 Physicians

30. Hospitalists

31 Nurses

Part Vi: Segmentation

32 Specialty Hospitals & Centers

33 Pediatrics & Children's Hospitals

34 Geriatrics

35 Rural Hospitals

36 Post-Acute & Long-Term Care

37 Convenient-Care Clinics

Part Vii: Healthcare Consumers

38 Consumer Health

39 High-Risk Patients

40 Baby Boomer-Driven Healthcare

41 Medical Tourism

Part Viii: Treatments & Specialist Markets

42 Alcohol & Drug Addiction

43 Allergies

44 Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia

45 Arthritis

46 Bariatric Surgery

47 Behavioral & Mental Health

48 Cancer

49 Cardiovascular Disease

50 Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery

51 Dermatology

52 Diabetes

53 Headaches & Migraines

54 Hiv & Aids

55 Infectious Diseases

56 Kidney Disease

57 Obstetrics & Gynecology

58 Ophthalmology

59 Orthopedics

60 Osteoporosis

61 Pain Management

62 Respiratory Diseases

63 Sleep Disorders

64 Surgery

65 Transplants

Market Resources

References

Companies Mentioned:

- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

- Alzheimer's Association

- American Cancer Society

- American Diabetes Association

- American Heart Association

- American Health Care Association

- American Health Information Management Association

- American Hospital Association

- American Lung Association

- American Medical Association

- American Society of Plastic Surgeons

- Arthritis Foundation

- Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America

- Center for Studying Health System Change

- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

- Harris Interactive

- Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society

- Healthcare Financial Management Association

- IMS Health

- Ingenix

- Irving Levin Associates

- MetLife Mature Market Institute

- Modern Healthcare

- National Institutes of Health

- National Association of Children's Hospitals

- National Alliance on Mental Illness

- Press Ganey Associates

- PricewaterhouseCoopers

- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

- Sg2

- The Advisory Board Company

- The Gallup Organization

- The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

- The Leapfrog Group

- The Wall Street Journal

- Thomson Reuters Healthcare

- United Health Foundation

- Verispan

For more information visit
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3ec96f/the_2008_healthcar

Research and Markets
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