Healthcare Expenditure To Be Flat In 2012

BMI View: A worsening economic outlook, combined with comments from the Czech health minister Leos Heger in mid-November 2011, indicate that public funding for healthcare services will be flat in 2012. This has led us to revise down our expectations for growth in healthcare services in 2012. While healthcare inflation is low, it continues to outpace meagre rises in public expenditure on medical services, suggesting there will be increased pressure on healthcare providers to maintain standards of care.

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