Incremental Budgeting Requires Identifying Input Price Increases, Based on the Producer

question 25

Multiple Choice

Incremental budgeting requires identifying input price increases, based on the Producer Price Index. Which of the following statements best describes recent inflation rates in health care?

• A) Producer prices have increased at similar rates as other industries
• B) Producer prices have increased at similar rates for all types of healthcare providers
• C) Producer prices have increased at different rates for different types of healthcare providers but at similar rates for the same type of providers,
• D) Producer prices have increased at different rates between different types of providers and within particular provider groups
• E)g., physicians and hospitals

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