• HartfordBusiness.com, Monday, January 23, 2012 10:31 AM

After pulling back spending in recent years, some Connecticut hospitals are significantly increasing their advertising budgets as they try to compete for market share amid a changing and increasingly competitive health care environment. Connecticut’s 30 acute care hospitals pumped nearly $30 million into advertising spending in fiscal year 2010, an 18% increase from a year earlier, a Hartford Business Journal analysis of industry financial data has found.

Hartford Hospital showcased the biggest ad budget, spending $2.9 million in fiscal 2010, a 38% increase from a year earlier, according to a regulatory filing issued to the state’s Office of Health Care Access. Cross-town rival St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center spent $1.8 million on advertising, a year-over-year increase of 16%.

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