Title: Health Care Systems in Sweden and China:legal and Formal Organisational Aspects
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The description of the Swedish system still needs to be improved. On page 10 it should be said that the Swedish health system has three administrative levels: The national level which has responsibility for law, regulations, monitoring, evaluation and some national state obligations like national disease control and drug registration and drug control; The county council level which has responsibility for all health care services including their public financing. Also, most county councils are the major providers of health services in their councils. Swedish health care is largely financed by a county council tax paid on individual incomes; The municipality level in charge of care for the elderly, including basic health care in the homes of the elderly or in nursing homes. After that it can be desscribed that the Swedish health system is functionally divided into three levels: Primary health care, county hospital(s) (and not as is said now “county level”) and regional hospital.
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Health care systems in Sweden and China: Legal and formal organisational aspects
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