USA Today Examines Recent U.S. Hospital Construction Boom

... USA Today on Tuesday examined how the U.S. is "in the middle of the biggest hospital-construction boom" in more than 50 years, a trend that likely will increase use of "high-tech medicine and add fuel to rising health care costs." The hospital industry has spent almost $100 billion in inflation-adjusted dollars in the past five years on new facilities, a 47% increase from the previous five years, with spending likely to reach a record $23... click link for more info. ...