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Is patient choice democratizing Swedish primary care?

Fredriksson, Mio - In: Health Policy 111 (2013) 1, pp. 95-98

Choice and competition reforms in healthcare often involve the idea of empowering patients through the mechanism of ‘exit’. Using Swedish healthcare as an example, this article illustrates that this kind of efforts to empower patients may not only affect patients’ chances of influencing...

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Non-prescription medicines for pain and fever—A comparison of recommendations and counseling from staff in pharmacy and general sales stores

Bardage, Carola; Westerlund, Tommy; Barzi, Sahra; … - In: Health Policy 110 (2013) 1, pp. 76-83

The purpose of this study is to map and analyze the content and quality of the encounter when customers buy non-prescription medicines for pain and fever.

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The Swedish A(H1N1) vaccination campaign—Why did not all Swedes take the vaccination?

Björkman, Ingeborg; Sanner, Margareta A. - In: Health Policy 109 (2013) 1, pp. 63-70

In Sweden, a mass vaccination campaign against the influenza A(H1N1) 2009 resulted in 60% vaccination coverage. However …

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Choice of primary care provider: Results from a population survey in three Swedish counties

Glenngård, Anna H.; Anell, Anders; Beckman, Anders - In: Health Policy 103 (2011) 1, pp. 31-37

Recent reforms in Swedish primary care have involved choice of provider for the population combined with freedom of establishment and privatisation of providers. This study focus to what extent individuals feel they have exercised a choice of provider, why they exercise choice and where they...

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Culture as a predictor of resistance to change: A study of competing values in a psychiatric nursing context

Johansson, Catrin; Åström, Sture; Kauffeldt, Anders; … - In: Health Policy 114 (2014) 2, pp. 156-162

It is well known that a conservative organizational culture can hinder the implementation of new organizational models. Prior to introducing something new it is important to identify the culture within the organization. This paper sets out to detect the feasibility of reform in a psychiatric...

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Organizational culture and the implementation of person centered care: Results from a change process in Swedish hospital care

Alharbi, Tariq Saleem J.; Ekman, Inger; Olsson, Lars-Eric; … - In: Health Policy 108 (2012) 2, pp. 294-301

Sweden has one of the oldest, most coherent and stable healthcare systems in the world. The culture has been described …

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The ICF: International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) – A Swiss army knife? Accessibility and disability in a Scandinavian disability magazine (SDM) – A...

Lundälv, Jörgen; Larsson, Per-Olof; Törnbom, Marie; … - In: Health Policy 108 (2012) 1, pp. 67-75

The study describes the extent to which the concept of accessibility and accessibility issues has been reported in a national Scandinavian disability magazine. In this study particular attention is paid to how the compatibility between the various domains of the international classification –...

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National public health policy in a local context—Implementation in two Swedish municipalities

Jansson, Elisabeth; Fosse, Elisabeth; Tillgren, Per - In: Health Policy 103 (2011) 2, pp. 219-227

In 2003 the wide-ranging Swedish National Public Health Policy (SNPHP), with a focus on health determinants, was adopted by the Swedish parliament. In the context of multilevel governance, SNPHP implementation is dependent on self-governed municipalities and counties. The aim of the study is,...

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Productivity and patient satisfaction in primary care—Conflicting or compatible goals?

Glenngård, Anna Häger - In: Health Policy 111 (2013) 2, pp. 157-165

Following recent reforms in Swedish primary care, providers are accountable to both citizens and county councils, in their role as payers. Productivity and quality measurement is fundamental for ensuring health care providers accountability to payers and that resources are spent as intended. The...

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A comparative study of the role of disease severity in drug reimbursement decision making in four European countries

Franken, Margreet; Stolk, Elly; Scharringhausen, Tessa; … - In: Health Policy 119 (2015) 2, pp. 195-202

disease severity in drug reimbursement decision making in Belgium, France, The Netherlands and Sweden. We investigated … Netherlands operationalizes disease severity using the proportional shortfall approach. Sweden uses categories to give an … indication of the level of severity. In The Netherlands and Sweden, severity only implicitly plays a role in the decision whether …

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