MCIR benefits health care organizations, schools, licensed childcare programs, pharmacies and Michiganâs citizens by consolidating immunization information from multiple providers into a comprehensive immunization record.
A constant dollar is an adjusted value of currency used to compare dollar values from one period to another. Due to inflation, the purchasing power of the dollar changes over time, so in order to compare dollar values from one year to another, they need to be converted from nominal (current) dollar values to constant dollar values. Constant dollar value may also be referred to as real dollar value.
Economists use the term âinflationâ to denote an ongoing rise in the general level of prices quoted in units of money. The magnitude of inflationâthe inflation rateâis usually reported as the annualized percentage growth of some broad index of money prices. With U.S. dollar prices rising, a one-dollar bill buys less each year. Inflation thus means an ongoing fall in the overall purchasing power of the monetary unit.