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Show climbed 207, shoe repair cost rose 152.4, laundry aervice rates climbed 115.2, transportation rate rose 95.4 and auto repairs rose 93.9 m cost over the same period. Soma service such a television repair were not included in the pre-war consumer price index. However, from 1953 until this year TV repair price climbed 28.9, interior house painting 'rate rose 25.4 and general home maintenance mainten-ance and repair cost homeowners an added 14.8. Since 1958 physician phys-ician fee have risen 18.3, according ac-cording to the Bureau of Labor Statistic a. "No one will 'deny medical fee have risen substantially during the two decade period, but physician fee have been a follower in this trend, not a leader," said Harold Bowman, executive secretary of the Utah State Medical Association. 'The high cost of living, the increase in-crease in office costs, and the increased in-creased cost of supplies and office help are all reflected in the rist in medical bills," he pointed out. MEDICAL FEE RISE SLOWER THAN MOST SERVICES Physician fee increased ince the tart of the inflationary spiral at a lower rate than most other service, the Utah State Medical Association reports. A study released by the National Association of Clinic Manager, based upon the US. Department of Labor's Consumer Price Index, hows medical fee have risen 83.9 per cent since the principal inflationary infla-tionary push began in 1938. How-over, How-over, general domestic service cost roae 278.9, men' haircut price |