Holland: Spending on healthcare up 4.4 per cent

Spending on healthcare in the Netherlands rose by 4.4 per cent to 65.7bn euro in 2006, according to national statistics office CBS. This is the third consecutive year that the increase has been between 4 and 5 per cent - the average rise between 1998 and 2003 was 9 per cent.//DutchNews.nl