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 National Healthcare Trends

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National Healthcare Trends

Producer Price Indices 1999–2005

Prices for pharmaceutical production and hospitals have increased faster than prices for medical laboratories, diagnostic imaging centers, and physicians.

*Data are for the month of April 2005.
Note: Data for all other years are annual.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics (2005b)


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