Essays about: "healthcare reforms"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words healthcare reforms.

  1. 1. Diffusion of e-health services: A qualitative study on the use of e-health services in Sweden during the pandemic

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för informatik

    Author : Johan Myhrberg; Anupriya Das; [2022]
    Keywords : e-health; diffusion; diffusion of innovation; strategies; pandemic; COVID-19; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : E-health services are critical for improving the quality of life and accessibility of healthcare. There have been multiple developments within e-health services, but the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic caused a significant increase in the use of these services, which led to faster diffusion of e-health services. READ MORE

  3. 2. Private equity ownership in the Swedish secondary healthcare sector and its impact on financial performance, availability and quality of care

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Christoffer Lindbom; Noah Jost; [2021]
    Keywords : secondary care; quality of care; availability of care; privatization; private equity; New Public Management; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : As New Public Management reforms began to be implemented in Sweden in the 1990s, a greater degree of private involvement was introduced in the provision of services in the welfare sector, and some of the companies operating in the sector soon came to be acquired by private equity firms known for their aggressive strategies to increase profits. This study examines the extent to which two major providers in the Swedish secondary care sector owned by private equity firms achieved better results in financial terms, quality of care, and availability of services compared to other forms of ownership. READ MORE

  4. 3. Suicide and Primary Health Care in Swedish Regions - Do Increasing Number of Healthcare Centres Prevent Suicides?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Simon Dyberg; Karl Griphammar; [2020-02-10]
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    Abstract : Suicide is a public health concern in Sweden and suicide preventive work is being made in many areas. This study aims to examine the relationship between suicide rates and primary health care. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Healthcare Factory: Healthcare in the European and Swedish political economies between 1973-2020

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Emil Fridolfsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Critical political economy; healthcare; European Union; Sweden; New Public Management; Critical Discourse Analysis; healthcare choice; Fordism; post- Fordism; sjukvård; hälso- och sjukvård; LOV; lagen om valfrihetssystem; vårdval; Europeiska Unionen; inre marknaden; integration; HSL; vårdgaranti; Region Skåne; ERT; European round-table of industrialists; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Healthcare might seem like it is a purely medical issue. Nothing could be further from the truth. Both politics, law and the economy are all closely tied to healthcare. In this thesis I analyze the sensitive topic of healthcare through a critical understanding of the European and Swedish political economies from the 1970s until today. READ MORE

  6. 5. Take Care! : The Ideal Patient and Self-Governing

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Hanna Enbuske; [2019]
    Keywords : Governing technologies; Swedish healthcare; patient-physician-relationship; morality; neoliberalism; empowerment; chronic illness; self-care; consumer patient; healthcare policy; the Patient Act; public health.;

    Abstract : In this thesis, a phenomenological approach is taken as the purpose is to discuss how the healthcare experiences of Swedish patients with chronic illness are affected by political state reforms and governing technologies. The thesis compares the discourse of Swedish healthcare policy with the discourse of healthcare in practice. READ MORE