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Article: Surgical instrument index leaps up 7.11%.(PRICE INDEX)(Illustration)

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May 1, 2005
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The overall medical-surgical price index for the fourth quarter of 2004 was 98.52, up 0.12% from the third quarter, and down 1.48% from the previous year.

Of the 21 categories surveyed, 10 were down for the quarter, and 11 were up, hut most varied by less than a percentage point. The average quarterly change was + 0.30%, and the average annual change was -0.37%. The highest quarterly increase was a steep 7.11% for surgical instruments. Autotransfusion declined the most, at -1.90%.

Annual changes ranged from -8.01% for diagnostic and therapeutic catheters to +6.60% for surgical instruments.

HMM obtains its indices from IMS Health. Plymouth ...

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