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Briefing note for OECD Health Data 2008: How Does Sweden Compare

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26-Jun-2008

Total health spending accounted for 9.2% of GDP in Sweden in 2006, slightly above the OECD average of 8.9%.

Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies in Sweden (Health Working Paper No. 28)

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26-Jul-2007

Pierre Moise and Elizabeth Docteur

The OECD has released an OECD Health Working Paper (No. 28) from the Pharmaceutical Pricing Policies and Innovation project. The paper describes and assesses pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement policies in Sweden.

Trends in Severe Disability Among Elderly People (Health Working Paper No. 26)

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30-Mar-2007

Gaétan Lafortune, Gaëlle Balestat

As the number and share of the population aged 65 and over will continue to grow steadily in OECD countries over the next decades, improvements in the functional status of elderly people could help mitigate the rise in the demand for, and hence expenditure on, long-term care.

Briefing note for OECD Health Data 2006: SWEDEN

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26-Jun-2006

Total health spending accounted for 9.1% of GDP in Sweden in 2004, slightly higher than the OECD average of 8.9%.

Hälsovårdsöversikt: OECD-indikatorer 2005 års upplaga. Sammanfattning på svenska

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08-Nov-2005

This third edition of Health at a Glance – OECD Indicators 2005 provides the latest comparable data and trends on different aspects of the performance of health systems in OECD countries.

Getting better value for money from Sweden's healthcare system

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26-Sep-2005

David Rae

Sweden has one of the OECD's better health systems, but this paper describes ways it can be improved further. Economics Department Working Paper 443.

Economic Survey of Sweden 2005: Improving quality and value for money in healthcare

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09-Jun-2005

Swedes can be pleased with their healthcare system. It provides high quality care, is relatively well funded and is managed in fairly efficient and innovative ways. But some reforms are needed to cope with the changing demands that are being placed on healthcare systems worldwide.

Economic Review of Sweden 2005: Best practice for reducing sickness and disability absences

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09-Jun-2005

Sweden’s single biggest economic problem is the high number of people absent from work due to sickness or disability. This chapter describes the problem and looks at what other countries have done to reduce absenteeism.

Performance Budgeting in OECD countries

This book reviews the experiences of eight OECD countries (Australia, Canada, Denmark, Korea, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States) which have developed and used performance information in the budget process.

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