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Report: December 1999
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Sizing Healthcare eCommerce | |
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Healthcare
Internet commerce is poised to explode in the US, reaching $370
billion by 2004. To get there, firms will organize around a
healthcare eBusiness network that serves consumers, providers,
distribution chains, and payers. |
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by
Elizabeth W. Boehm with Eric G.
Brown, Victoria M. Chiou, Sara E. Aurentz, Stephanie Smith
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Retail health sites expect nearly fifty-fold growth by
2002.Global 2,500 healthcare companies see 32% of revenue coming over
the Internet during the next three years.
Consumer health eCommerce will grow to $22 billion.Business trade soars to $348 billion by 2004.
Online pharmacies must push technology to doctors.Hospital procurement departments must circumvent
IT.
National health expenditure will exceed HCFA projections.Patients will turn to Internet sources for second
opinions.
Figure 1. Online Health Retailers Expand
Into New Product Categories
Figure 2. Healthcare's Internet Revenues
Soar
Figure 3. Health Dollars Flow Online
Figure 4. Healthcare eCommerce Reaches
$370 Billion By 2004
Figure 5. Prescription Drugs Dominate US
Online Health Retail
Figure 6. Internet Claims Dominate Online
Business Trade
Figure 7. Doctors' Offices Lead The
Internet Claims Charge
Figure 8. The Healthcare eBusiness Network
Emerges
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