But these have failed to bring down overall Medicare costs, a key indicator of medical costs generally.
Data showing rising bank loans and other credit, another key indicator, also might be inflated, according to Thornton.
January's increase comes after three months of declines in the index, which is a key indicator of inflation.
The Services PMI index is a key indicator of the European economy, more so than the index for manufacturing.
The PMI is a key indicator of the activity in the sector and a reading above 50 shows expansion.
These results often are a key indicator to the success in each relationship.
China's official Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), a key indicator of activity in the sector, stood at 50.6 in December.
Core private-sector machine orders - seen as a key indicator of corporate investment - were down by 4% from 2006.
Often the goal is to find the key indicator of a problem or to track the performance of a system.
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The measure is a key indicator of health because it strips out the impact of newly opened and closed locations.
The measure is a key indicator of a financial health because it strips out the impact of newly opened and closed locations.
When looking to where the next municipal bankruptcies may occur, one key indicator lies with public pensions that exist in an unsustainable environment.
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The watchdog said SMRs were a "key indicator of quality in healthcare" and that the case of Stafford Hospital was proof of this.
But a look at the statistics for patents - a key indicator of commercial intent - reveals how many countries and companies are prepared to throw the graphene dice.
The money for these acquisitions has come substantially from global financiers, a key indicator that business experts and analysts now see India as a country meriting serious levels of investment.
Retreating Arctic ice is considered a key indicator of the pace of global warming by environmentalists, and one that could have devastating knock-on repercussions for the wider climate, including warmer oceans and rising sea levels.
But consider patents as a key indicator.
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Mr. Khosla shared his advice at that event, as he did at SXSW, with a focus on the necessity and centrality of risk, and how it can be a key indicator that we are on the right track.
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Not surprisingly, vehicle sales have now become a key economic indicator and a number to watch closely.
Employment has been the key economic indicator to watch in recent months, and that has been steadily making progress.
Scientists at Glasgow University say they have found a key genetic indicator of how long an individual will live.
By implementing the aforementioned tactics, the company was able to correct the problem and generate a profitable CLV, which became a key performance indicator (KPI).
Another key financial performance indicator was that gross margins increased slightly to 74.1%.
The study subjects also saw their cholesterol levels - another key heart risk indicator - more than halved on average.
Net-revenue yields are a key cruise-industry indicator that measures revenues in relation to available capacity.
Economists pay close attention to the data, though, for their use as an indicator of consumer spending, the key driver of U.S. economic growth.
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So when BlackBerry, formerly known as Research In Motion, launched its new phones last month it was no surprise that those two key features that keep me in love with my BlackBerry, the indicator light and full keyboard, were still in play.
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