The health care expenses in Canada are expected to shoot up to $183 billion for 2009 or $500 million a day.

The projection released by the Canadian Institute for Health Information means per capita health expenditures will touch $5,452.

The payment to doctors will be the largest growth factor and is expected to rise by 8.8% this year than the last one.

Graham Scott, chairman of the board of directors for the Canadian Institute for Health Information said, “If you look at the various provincial settlements with physicians’ groups, you will see that physicians have been beating the hell out of inflation for the last few years,”

He did stress on the point that the doctors should be paid well but the health system needs to also ensure that they are doing the job as well as they are being trained.

He said that the doctors should not be wasting time taking blood pressures which can be easily done by other health workers and concentrate more on the high-skill job.