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Sweden

Content Provider	OECD iLibrary
Author	Winblad, Ulrika Hanning, Marianne
Abstract	Waiting times have been a salient problem in the Swedish health care system since the 1980s. Various initiatives have been taken at the national level since then to come to terms with this problem. The most prominent initiative has been the implementation of waiting time guarantees that set out specific time limits within which patients are to be treated. The last two decades display a pattern of temporarily reduced waiting times due to the guarantees. However, the current guarantee, designed in 2005, seems to have had a more positive, long-term effect on waiting times. More patients than before are receiving treatment and surgery within 90 days. The current guarantee, which was made statutory in 2010, is economically supported by the Queue Billion programme. The economic policy tools were weaker for the earlier guarantees, whereas the Queue Billion provides clear economic incentives for the individual clinics to cut waiting times. There is, however, a need for more thorough research to assess the causal mechanisms behind the reduced waiting times. Economic incentives, administrative interventions such as cleaning the waiting lists, and the purchase of services from other producers are mentioned in some counties as causes of the improvements.
Page Count	18
Starting Page	275
Ending Page	292
Language	English
Publisher	OECD Publishing
Publisher Date	2013-02-04
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Social Issues/Migration/Health
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter

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