Current environment
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Healthcare services have above-average price inflation rate. The recent introduction of expensive medical devices such as drug-coated coronary stents and implantable defibrillators used in heart ailments will also add to medical care costs in future. The impacts of the high medical care costs on the mounting U.S. and international budget deficits and the prospective medical reimbursements are discussed.
Publication Name: Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys: Health Care
Subject: Health care industry
ISSN: 0196-4666
Year: 2004
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Key industry ratios and statistics
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Important ratios for assessing the financial performance of pharmaceutical companies are discussed. The analysis of medicaid spending, research and development expenses are few methods used to analyze the performance of industry.
Publication Name: Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys: Health Care
Subject: Health care industry
ISSN: 0196-4666
Year: 2006
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