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DATA MINE February 1, 2000 Health Care's Big Online Potential Online health-care transactions are poised to explode over the next five years. The amount of health-care money moving over the Internet will be 58 times 1999's total, or $370 billion, by 2004, according to Forrester Research. But don't count on online consumer purchases of pharmaceuticals, supplies, and vitamins to fuel that growth. The vast majority of health-care e-commerce -- some $348 billion, or 95% of the total -- will come from business-to-business transactions as hospitals start ordering supplies, doctors file insurance paperwork, and manufacturers sell drugs and equipment over the Web. (billions of dollars) Total online health-care transactions Online business- to-consumer transactions Online business- to-business transactions 1999 6.4 0.44 6.0 2000 16.0 1.0 15.0 2001 37.0 2.2 35.0 2002 87.0 4.9 81.0 2003 189.0 11.0 178.0 DATA: Forrester Research _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP					MORE NUGGETS The Mother Lode Collected nuggets from Data Mine