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Employee compensation accounts for roughly half of most hospitals' expenses, and paying employees too much can put a hospital in serious financial jeopardy. But paying below the fair market value of employees can be as financially devastating to a hospital as paying too much-leading to high turnover, difficulty recruiting and hiring the best candidates, staffing shortages, and employee relations problems.