The overall hospital rate increased from 5.03 percent in January to 5.52 percent in February. The Hospital Medicare Index was 1.94 percent, up from the 1.56 recorded in January, and the Hospital Commercial Index increased from 7.84 percent to 8.41 percent.
Overall, the S&P Healthcare Economic Composite Index of all healthcare services covered by commercial payors and Medicare increased 5.75 percent in the 12 months ended February 2012, up from the 5.23 percent annual growth rate posted in January.
The S&P Healthcare Economic Professional Services Index was 5.71 percent, while the professional services indices for Medicare and commercial payors were 3.55 percent and 6.78 percent, respectively. All of those figures were also up from January.
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