Health and Health Care 2010: The Forecast, The Challenge
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INSTITUTE FOR THE FUTURE is an indepAndent, nonprofit research firm specializing in long-term forecasting, envisioning alternative future scenarios, and anticipating the effects of next-generation technologies on health, society, and business. Located in Silicon Valley, the Institute is ideally situated to track emerging trAnds in biotechnology, information technology, and other critical factors that will have an impact on the strategic plans of organizations. For more than thirty years, the Institute has forecasted critical technological, demographic, health, and business trAnds.About the SponsorThe Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, based in Princeton, New Jersey, is the nation's largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health and health care. It concentrates its grant making in three goal areas: to assure that all Americans have access to basic health care at reasonable cost; to improve care and support for people with chronic health conditions; and to reduce the personal, social, and economic harm caused by substance abuse-tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs.

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Figures.

Tables.

Sidebars.

Abbreviations and Acronyms.

Introduction.

Health and Health Care Forecast / Executive Summary.

Demographic Trends and the Burden of Disease / Increasing Diversity.

Health Care's Demand Side / Will Future Growth Rates Be Like Those of the Past 5 Years or the Past 30?

Health Insurance / The Three-Tiered Model.

Health Care Providers / Themes of the Future Delivery System.

Health Care Workforce / Future Supply and Demand.

Medical Technologies.

Information Technologies / Will Health Care Join in the Information Age?

Health Care Consumers.

Public Health Services / A Challenging Future.

Health Behaviors / Small Steps in the Right Direction.

Expanded Perspective on Health / Beyond the Curative Model.

Glossary.

Index.

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"The book is an excellent contribution toward predicting the next decade of healthcare experience in the United States. I know of no other resource that provides such a high-level analysis with efficiency and clarity. 4 Stars!" (Doody Publishing, Inc.)

"Superb analyses for policymakers and health care providers forecasting trends in health insurance, technology and workforce." (The American Journal of Nursing/American Nurses Association 2000 Book of the Year Award; (winner in the category of Community and Public Health))

"Overall, the report is easy to read, data and graphs are presented clearly, and information is based on an integration of diverse research." (Journal for Healthcare Quality, 12/01)

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