Ilija Batljan

Ilija Batljan is Director and Chief Analyst at the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Sweden. He has a degree in Economics, and is a researcher at the Department of Social Work, Stockholm University, where he is also pursuing a PhD in Social Science. His research interests focus on aging, health care and care for the elderly, and he is the co-author of two books on macroeconomic analysis of future health and social care costs in Sweden (Will There be a Helping Hand, 2000 and Economy and the Welfare State, 1997).

Ilija Batljan has participated in several projects related to health care issues, among others he is co-author of Ministry of Health and Social Affairs report on the quality of health care and care for the elderly, year 2002. His latest publication is the article “Inpatient/outpatient health care costs and remaining years of life - effect of decreasing mortality on future acute health care demand”. 

• 2000- Chief Analyst and Director for Analyses and Statistics, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
• 2003-2004 Chairman of the Working party on child poverty, the working party’s report will be presented to the Swedish Government in June 2004.
• 2001-2004 Vice-Chairman of OECD:s Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Committee
• 2001-2003 Consultant, Health and Ageing in Latin America and the Caribbean, Inter-American Development Bank
• 2000-2001 Chairman of the Working party on low fertility, the working party’s report Focus on Fertility: from a Population Policy to a Child-Friendly Society was presented to the Swedish Government in October 2001.
• 2000-         Head of the Swedish delegation in the Nordic Social-Statistical Committee
• 1999-2000 Political Adviser, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
• 1997 The Commission on Metropolitan Areas, the author of the report on living conditions in metropolitan housing areas
• 1996-1999 Desk Officer at the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs