The Swedish Health Care System: Recent Reforms, Problems, and Opportunities
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چکیده
Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 The Welfare State in Sweden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Swedish Ideology and Political Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Trends and Reforms in the 1990s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Private Care in Traditionally “Red” Regions: Current Developments . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Stockholm County and the Stockholm Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Experiences from the First Privately Run Primary Care Centre in Stockholm . . . . . . 26 St. George’s and Other Emergency Hospitals in Greater Stockholm . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Capio: The Largest Private Health Care Company in Sweden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 The Views of Patients, Staff, Unions, and Politicians Regarding Recent Changes . . . 32 Are Private Caregivers More Efficient? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Future Needs: Will There Be Enough Medical Staff? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 About the author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Number 59 SOURCES PUBLIC POLICY
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