Hospital, employment, and price indicators for the health care industry: second quarter 1999.
This feature presents highlights from statistics on health care utilization, prices, expenses, employment, and work hours, as well as on national economic activity, with brief analysis of these economic indicators. These statistics provide an early indication of changes occurring in the health care sector and within the general economy. Although most statistics include data for the second quarter of 1999, American Hospital Association data are through the third quarter of 1998.
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Office of Strategic Planning, Health Care Financing Administration, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850, USA. mseifert@hcfa.gov
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