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Article: Healthcare Industry in United States - This Essential Report is Now Available.
- Article from:
- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- November 4, 2009
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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/86f077/healthcare_industr) has announced the addition of the "Healthcare Industry in United States" report to their offering (see also Research and Markets).
Health care in the United States is provided by many separate legal entities. Current estimates put US healthcare spending at approximately 15% of GDP, which is the highest in the world. The United States spends the highest percentage of health care costs on pharmaceuticals in the world. The health share of gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to hold steady in 2006 before resuming its historical upward trend, reaching 19.6 percent of GDP ...