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...ectations. Evidence of the strong growth in demand can be seen in the 4%sreal growth in health expenditure in 1997-2001 which exceeds that of previous years (3.7% in 1989-1992sand 2.5% in 1992-1997) (=-=OECD, 2003-=-a). On the other hand, supply is expected to fall or at best growsslowly (in the absence of countermeasures) as a result of a societal trend towards reduced hours of work,san ageing nurse workforce an...