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year. In 1977-78, the goal was 12 ^percent, and Virginia hospitals beat that by holding their average rate of cost increase to 10.5 percent. At CMH, the rate was 8.6 percent. The last fiscal pear, 1978-79, had a goal of ■ only 10 percent, with the Culpeper facility keeping the hike at 8.9 percent.
Cost-control consciousness has been everywhere, as the hospital turned to out-patient surgery in the emergency room where admittance was not necessary and the patient could be sent home
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