PPI: Hospital Prices Inch Upward 0.2%

Hospital prices rose 0.2 percent from February to March, according to the most recent Producer Price Index from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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The PPI, a measure of inflation, also showed that hospital prices were up 2.7 percent year-over-year.

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