What is the Market for Urgent Care Centers?? What Services are they Selling?? Who is Selling Testing and Vaccine Products to Urgent Care? Kalorama’s comprehensive report answers these questions, and more. With approximately 10,000 locations across the country, urgent care clinics (UCCs), are an increasingly important of the U.S. health care marketplace. They offer walk-in […]

With a demand in healthcare to lower unneeded emergency room visits and provide more options for patients, more and more customers will seek urgent care in the coming years.? This report will provide marketers and business planners with the important data they need on this emerging channel of business.? Kalorama has covered the urgent care […]

This report estimates U.S. consumer out-of-pocket spending on healthcare, particularly direct payments to providers and financed payments.

Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Expenditures in the United States Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Expenditures in the United States examines the average person’s out-of-pocket medical costs, including: Distribution of Out-of-Pocket Spending for the Average Person, 2016, 2021 Consumer Out-of-Pocket Expenditures per Worker, 2011–2021 Consumer Out-of-Pocket Expenditures by Type, 2011–2021 Proportion of Consumer Out-of-Pocket Spending by Type of Healthcare Expenditure, 2011, […]

The Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Expenditures in the United States Out-of-pocket expenditures for health care products and services in the United States continue to rise and in 2015 represent a significant portion of consumers’ incomes. This is the result of a variety of factors including an aging U.S. population, rising utilization of medical products and services, and […]

The Impact of Healthcare Reform (PPACA) On the U.S. IVD Industry The “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” (H.R. 3590) is complex legislation that affects virtually every aspect of health care, and many of its provisions are beginning to take effect now.? IVD manufacturers who have different needs and strategies are now considering the legislation […]

Kalorama Information publishes its third edition of this detailed report on the long term care industry at a time of growth but also change and concern for the long term care industry. The economy has challenged the business strategies of key players, while the recent healthcare legislation introduces changes that may affect revenues. These twin […]

It was less than one year ago that Kalorama Information surveyed the market for electronic medical records. Yet much has changed and the changes may reach into every aspect of healthcare. Since our last report, the U.S. Government has decided to incentivize the use of EMRs through extra Medicare payments, companies have merged and new […]

Current economic conditions dominate business strategies. While healthcare has fared better than other industries, it will not be immune from the effects of the current recession. But what aspects of healthcare will be impacted? How much of spending will be out of the consumer’s pocket? How will some novel trends (retail clinics, medical tourism) fit […]

In the last decade the importance of reaching the Hispanic market has become increasingly apparent to marketing practitioners in all industries. Hispanics have not only increased in numbers to become the largest ethnic minority population in the United States, but also increased in purchasing power, representing an estimated $680 billion in 2004 and expected to […]