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Hospital consumer prices increased 0.8% last month after the prior month's 0.2% rise, newly released federal figures show.
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Healthcare was again a bright spot as U.S. hiring picked up and the jobless rate fell to a four-year low of 7.7% in February, according to seasonally adjusted preliminary figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday morning.
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The acute-care hospital Producer Price Index edged upward 0.1% in the first month of the year after a dip of 0.2% the prior month, according to preliminary figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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The healthcare services sector added 23,000 jobs in January, which is in line with average monthly gains that the industry reported last year and about half what the sector added in December, according to preliminary seasonally adjusted data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Healthcare added nearly 45,000 jobs in December, more than twice the number added the previous month, and accounted for more than a quarter of the increase in overall nonfarm employment, according to preliminary seasonally adjusted data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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The healthcare services sector added 20,000 jobs in November, representing an increase of 0.1% from October and bringing total healthcare employment in the country to 14.5 million, according to preliminary seasonally adjusted data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Wholesale prices for acute-care hospitals climbed 0.9% in October after the prior month's 1.1% drop, newly released preliminary figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show.
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Healthcare added 43,500 jobs in September as the nation's economy grew by 114,000 jobs, according to newly released preliminary, seasonally adjusted figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Wholesale prices for acute-care hospital services saw their highest one-month spike since October 2009, climbing 1.7% in August, according to preliminary figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Produce Price Index.
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Healthcare job growth continued to drag in August as hospital hiring remained sluggish and physician offices added a mere 700 jobs. Healthcare added 16,700 jobs last month, a gain of 0.1%, to bring the industry's total employment to 14.4 million jobs, according to seasonally adjusted estimates...
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