This means an increasing intensity of [medical] services are being provided to trauma patients.

Goods prices are deflating and continue to deflate, but services prices are by no means deflating, ... Overall, prices continue to rise, so I'm not concerned about deflation.

Goods prices are deflating and continue to deflate, but services prices are by no means deflating. Overall, prices continue to rise, so I'm not concerned about deflation.

We have no choice but to train nursing workers to provide all non-medical services to the patients and the elders, ranging from washing clothes to chatting with them to ease their pain.

Katrina was one of those we've seen increasing in intensity but we can't say Katrina by itself was part of this factor. There is a substantial amount of natural variability.

Many of us are alarmed at the skyrocketing cost of medical care, including patients, who are the consumers. However, medical malpractice is not the reason for these increasing costs.