Industry Analysis Term Paper 1. Purpose The purpose of this term paper is to provide each student with the opportunity to apply economic analysis to a U.S. healthcare-related industry and to learn how to deal with business problems from an economic perspective. There are five industries related to U.S. healthcare for choices: private health insurance physician services hospital care pharmaceutical long-term care Students should choose one of the five choices to develop an analysis paper for the industry in the U.S. operation