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productivity growth in physicians' offices by the 10-year
moving average of productivity in the private nonfarm
business sector.
Table 32 presents a listing of the MEI cost categories
with associated weights and percent changes for price
proxies for the 2009 update. For CY 2009, the increase in
the MEI is 1.6 percent, which includes a 1.4 percent
productivity offset based on the 10-year moving average of
multifactor productivity. This is the result of a
3.6 percent increase in physician’s own time and a
2.4 percent increase in physician’s PE. Within the
physician’s PE, the largest increase occurred in
prescription drugs, which increased 6.0 percent, and
employee benefits, which increased 4.3 percent.
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