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Plunkett's Health Care Industry Almanac 2013: Health Care Industry Market Research, Statistics, Trends & Leading Companies

Home Health Care Expenditures and Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2006-2021 69

Home Health Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution & Per Capita Amounts, U.S.: 2006-2021 70

Prescription Drug Expenditures, U.S.: 1970-2021 71

U.S. Prescription Drug Expenditures & Average Annual Percent Change: 2006-2021 73

U.S. Prescription Drug Expenditures, Percent Distribution & Per Capita Amounts: 2006-2021 74

III. Medicare & Medicaid 75

Medicare Enrollment, 1970-2085 76

Medicare Cost & Non-Interest Income by Source as a Percent of GDP, 1967-2081 77

Medicare Beneficiaries with Prescription Drug Coverage, Summary Report: August 2012 78

Medicaid Enrollment & Expenditures for Medical Assistance Payments & Administration:

Selected Years, 1966-2020 79

Medicaid Enrollment & Expenditures, by Enrollment Group: Fiscal Year 2010 80

IV. U.S. Health Insurance Coverage & The Uninsured 81

Number & Percent of Persons of All Ages with and without Health Insurance Coverage, U.S.:

1999-2011 82

Number & Percent of Persons of All Ages without Health Insurance Coverage, by Race/

Ethnicity, U.S.: 2002-2011 83

Number & Percent of Persons without Health Insurance Coverage, by Age Group, U.S.:

1999-2011 84

Number & Percent of Persons without Health Insurance Coverage, by Age Group & Sex:

U.S.: 2011 85

Medical Care Benefits in the U.S.: Access, Participation and Take-Up Rates, March 2012 86

Employers' Costs for Health Insurance, Amount & Percent of Total Compensation,

U.S.: Selected Years, 2005-2012 87

V. U.S. Vital Statistics & Population Indicators 88

Life Expectancy at Age 65, U.S., Selected Years 89

Current Cigarette Smoking by Persons 18 Years of Age & Over: Selected Years, 1997-2011 90

Current Cigarette Smoking by Age Group and Sex, 2011 91

Overweight & Obesity Among Persons 20 Years of Age & Over, According to Sex, Race &

Hispanic Origin: Selected Years, 1960-2010 92

Chapter 3: Important Health Care Industry Contacts 93

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