Healthcare market spending hits £4.4bn
Spending on health & care cover products in the UK, including private medical insurance, health cash plans, dental benefit plans and long term care insurance, reached £4.4 billion in 2005, according to a new report from leading independent analysts Laing and Buisson and sponsored by Accenture.
The largest portion of health & care cover, some £3.56 billion, was spent on private medical expenses cover (private medical insurance and self-insured corporate medical schemes).
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