Social Studies Chapter 7 by https://padlet.com/shanmuganathan_kumaraval/3ck8a9l9rrvo Government-Financed Healthcare in Sweden en-us 2016-10-31 03:23:30 UTC 2023-02-23 13:21:21 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Doubleheart.png Health Statistics Of Sweden shanmuganathan_kumaraval https://padlet.com/shanmuganathan_kumaraval/3ck8a9l9rrvo/wish/134132632 - Average life span of is  83.7 years for women and 80.1 years for men.
- Sweden has one of Europe's largest elderly populations. 
- The number of children born in Sweden has also been increasing each       year since the late 1990s.
- Total expenditure on health per capita (Intl $, 2014)  is $5,219.
- Total expenditure on health as % of GDP (2014)  is 11.9%.]]> 2016-10-31 03:30:52 UTC https://padlet.com/shanmuganathan_kumaraval/3ck8a9l9rrvo/wish/134132632 Sources Related To Topic shanmuganathan_kumaraval https://padlet.com/shanmuganathan_kumaraval/3ck8a9l9rrvo/wish/134133373 2016-10-31 03:40:46 UTC https://padlet.com/shanmuganathan_kumaraval/3ck8a9l9rrvo/wish/134133373 Government Financed Healthcare System shanmuganathan_kumaraval https://padlet.com/shanmuganathan_kumaraval/3ck8a9l9rrvo/wish/134133480 - Based on the fundamental belief that all citizens should have access to healthcare services regardless of background or socio-economic status. 
- This belief is established on the idea of social and economic equity.
- This system includes comprehensive assistance in the area of healthcare and substantial financial support. ]]> 2016-10-31 03:42:15 UTC https://padlet.com/shanmuganathan_kumaraval/3ck8a9l9rrvo/wish/134133480 Swedish Welfare Healthcare System shanmuganathan_kumaraval https://padlet.com/shanmuganathan_kumaraval/3ck8a9l9rrvo/wish/134135401 - Public Healthcare: 
  • Mostly owned and financed by the government. Primary care like GPs are privately owned. 
  •  Its 21 county councils(council for a division/part of Sweden)  are responsible for hospitals and GPs, while its 290 municipalities(local government in a town or district) provide municipal care. In Sweden, the county councils and municipalities are also the main providers of healthcare, with only about 10% of all health services delivered by private providers.
  • But both public and private providers are financed largely from public funds. The public funds are created when people pay a sum of money for healthcare services and part og co-payment. Thus the tax rates in Sweden are higher than other European countries. 

- Universal access to healthcare: 
  • Sweden provides basic access to healthcare for its people meaning that every Swede has equal access to healthcare services regardless of social class, income or place of residence.
 
- Choice of having private insurance:
  • In Sweden there are also private insurance policies such as the Voluntary Health Insurance(VHI). 
  • It is offered as a supplement to publicly financed healthcare. 
  • People who can afford it use it as it provides faster access to medical services at GP's and hospitals. 

]]> 2016-10-31 04:09:41 UTC https://padlet.com/shanmuganathan_kumaraval/3ck8a9l9rrvo/wish/134135401 <b>Sources Related To Topic</b> shanmuganathan_kumaraval https://padlet.com/shanmuganathan_kumaraval/3ck8a9l9rrvo/wish/134136859 2016-10-31 04:28:10 UTC https://padlet.com/shanmuganathan_kumaraval/3ck8a9l9rrvo/wish/134136859 Sources Related To Topic shanmuganathan_kumaraval https://padlet.com/shanmuganathan_kumaraval/3ck8a9l9rrvo/wish/134137329 2016-10-31 04:35:25 UTC https://padlet.com/shanmuganathan_kumaraval/3ck8a9l9rrvo/wish/134137329 Affordable Healthcare  shanmuganathan_kumaraval https://padlet.com/shanmuganathan_kumaraval/3ck8a9l9rrvo/wish/134137406 The government-financed approach in Sweden has strong intervention by the government. This is done to ensure access to healthcare for all socio-economic status groups in society especially the lower income group.  Patients above 20 years old are charged about $15.28 (SG dollars) per day just for hospitalisation]]> 2016-10-31 04:36:54 UTC https://padlet.com/shanmuganathan_kumaraval/3ck8a9l9rrvo/wish/134137406 Challenges that arise from Government Financed Healthcare shanmuganathan_kumaraval https://padlet.com/shanmuganathan_kumaraval/3ck8a9l9rrvo/wish/134463874 -High taxation for low healthcare costs
  • To- sustain and ensure a low healthcare costs , the government is forced to increase the level of taxation on the country 
  • -Despite the fact that most Swedes are more than willing to put up with the increase in income tax and value added tax (VAT) to sustain the government-financed system, sooner or later, the tax burden will fall on a smaller group of working citizens due to their ageing population

-Growing number of people needing healthcare
  • The costs need to be controlled further and more things need to be taken into  ccount
  • Mainly, global budgets (county councils and municipalities) are used to control total costs. Periodically, agreements have been established between the State and the county councils/municipalities to limit cost increases, taxes, etc.
  • The Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care, known internationally by its Swedish acronym, SBU, promotes efficient utilisation of resources through assessing new and establish health technologies.
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