Health care spending in Canada expected to reach $183.1 billion in 2009:
Health care spending in Canada is expected to reach $183.1 billion in 2009, an estimated increase of $9.5 billion, or 5.5%, since 2008, according to new figures released today by the Canadian Institute for Health Information.
Average household spending in Canada declined 0.3% to $71,120 in 2009, when the economy was paralysed by a global economic downturn that began late in 2008, according to the results of a survey released Friday.