Hospital Prices Crawl Up 0.1% From December

From December to January, prices at acute-care hospitals rose a modest 0.1 percent, according to the latest Producer Price Index from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (pdf).

Compared with January 2012, hospital prices are up 2 percent.

The PPI also showed prices increased 0.4 percent for physician offices from December to January. Year over year, physician office prices are currently up 0.8 percent.

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