Small rise in Catalonian health budget:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The Catalonian health budget has risen a modest 3.5% to Pta 571,566 million ($4,570 million) this year. This will be of concern to the medtech industry since Catalonia is the second slowest payer in Spain after Andalucia, and owed Pta 14,070 million to medical device companies at the end of March this year.
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