The report also found that the main driver of professional service spending growth was prices. While the overall intensity of services declined slightly (0.4 percent), unit price increased 3.7 percent. Spending growth from 2010 to 2011 was up 4.5 percent and the average professional service price in 2011 was $97, according to the report.
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