Icelandic healthcare spend up 17% in 2008 – soon a gauge of global austerity?
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Iceland spent over IKr109bn ($963m) on healthcare in 2008, up 17.1% on the IKr93.3bn of the previous year, the treasury revealed this week. Spending in 2007 had also risen by 8.6% on the IKr86bn of 2006.