Brussels, 28/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - Health spending continues to rise in OECD countries and, if the trend continues, governments will have to raise taxes, cut spending in other areas or make people pay more out of their own pockets, warns the OECD. According to OECD Health Data 2006, health spending between 1998 and 2004 grew faster than GDP in every OECD country except Finland. On average, it accounted for around 7% of GDP in 1990, but reached 8.9% in 2004.
Although the public share of...