Total hospital revenue was $219.9 billion in the fourth quarter compared with $212.4 billion in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter of 2010, hospital revenue totaled $212.3 billion.
Hospital spending in the fourth quarter was the highest it has been in the past year and a half and was the only quarter-over-quarter increase in 2011.
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