Fitch Ratings has published its 'U.S. Healthcare Stats Quarterly' report for the first quarter of 2012 (1Q'12).
The report provides a summary of the operating performance and credit metrics of the companies in this sector over the past four years. It includes company-specific key credit strengths and concerns and a summary of the companies' liquidity positions, including debt maturities, as of the end of the 1Q'12. Aggregated credit trends and uses of cash are depicted in more than 50 charts, and a summary of Fitch's latest ratings changes are also included.
The report is available on the Fitch web site at 'www.fitchratings.com.'
Additional information is available at 'www.fitchratings.com'.
Applicable Criteria and Related Research:
Navigating the Drug Channel
--'Retail Pharmacies: The Last Link' May 11, 2012;
--'Long-Term Care Pharmacies: At the Mouth' April 20, 2012;
--'Pharmacy Benefit Managers: In Flux' March 27, 2012;
--'Drug Distributors: A Deeper Dive' March 13, 2012;
--'Pharmaceutical Manufacturers: At the Source' Feb. 28, 2012;
--'Getting to the Other Side: An Overview' Feb. 10, 2012.
Pharmaceuticals
--'Global Pharmaceuticals R&D Pipeline: Fourth Quarter 2011' May 4, 2011;
--'M&A Pressure to Persist for Global Pharmaceuticals Companies' Feb. 28, 2011.
For-Profit Hospitals
--'For-Profit Hospital Insights: Fitch's Annual Review of Bad Debt Accounting Policies and Practices' June 21, 2012;
--'For-Profit Hospital Quarterly Diagnosis: First-Quarter 2012' June 5, 2012;
--'For-Profit Hospital Insights: Electronic Healthcare Record Incentive Payments' March 7, 2012.
Regulatory
--'U.S. Healthcare Sector Legislative and Regulatory Register - Spring 2012: A Pathway to Biosimilars' Feb. 28, 2012.
2012 Outlooks
--'2012 Outlook: U.S. Healthcare' Dec. 7, 2012;
--'2012 Outlook: Nonprofit Hospitals and Healthcare Systems' Dec. 15, 2011;
--'2012 Outlook: U.S. Health Insurance and Managed Care' Dec. 14, 2011;
--'Global Economic Outlook' Dec. 12, 2011
Applicable Criteria and Related Research: U.S. Healthcare Stats Quarterly: First-Quarter 2012
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=682107
Navigating the Drug Channel -- Retail Pharmacies: The Last Link
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=678756
Navigating the Drug Channel: Long-Term Care Pharmacies: At the Mouth
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=676255
Navigating the Drug Channel: Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) in Flux
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=674982
Navigating the Drug Channel -- Drug Distributors: A Deeper Dive
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=673889
Navigating the Drug Channel -- Pharmaceutical Manufacturers: At the Source
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=672591
Navigating the Drug Channel ??? An Overview: Getting to the Other Side
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=670255
M&A Pressure to Persist for Global Pharmaceuticals Companies
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=670910
For-Profit Hospital Insights: Fitch's Annual Review of Bad Debt Accounting Policies and Practices
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=681330
For-Profit Hospital Quarterly Diagnosis
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=680916
For-Profit Hospital Insights: Electronic Health Record Incentive Payments
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=673291
U.S. Healthcare Sector Legislative and Regulatory Register -- Spring 2012: A Pathway to Biosimilars
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=672863
2012 Outlook: U.S. Healthcare -- Accelerating Regulatory and Fiscal Challenges
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=659178
2012 Outlook: Nonprofit Hospitals and Healthcare Systems
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=659704
2012 Outlook: U.S. Health Insurance and Managed Care
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=659847
Global Economic Outlook
http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=659329
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