That total is a deceleration from the 5.7 percent annual growth rate recorded in August 2012. S&P’s Hospital Index, in particular, hit its lowest annual rate since January 2005 at 3.84 percent.
Here are the latest S&P healthcare indices through September 2012.
S&P Healthcare Economic Indices (12-month moving average)
Composite Index: 5.06 percent
Medicare Index: 2.04 percent
Commercial Index: 7.05 percent
Hospital Index: 3.84 percent
Hospital Medicare Index: 2.17 percent
Hospital Commercial Index: 5.1 percent
Professional Services Index: 6.13 percent
Professional Services Medicare Index: 1.57 percent
Professional Services Commercial Index: 8.5 percent
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