Essays about: "care choice reform"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words care choice reform.

  1. 1. 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

  2. 2. Location choice of private primary healthcare providers in Sweden : After the Primary Care Choice Reform

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Maya Lundberg; [2020]
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    Abstract : This study aims to analyse the location choices made by private primary healthcare providers as a result of the Primary Care Choice Reform. This will be done by analysing a unique dataset covering all new private primary healthcare providers during the time period of 2008 to 2018 in Sweden’s 290 municipalities. READ MORE

  3. 3. The Swedish women's choice of birthplace : Can Sweden offer similar financed birthplace benefits as in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands?

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Natalia Englund; [2019]
    Keywords : home birth; place of birth; hemförlossning;

    Abstract : At the beginning of the 20th century, major technological changes occurred in maternity care in Europe. In connection with the introduction of good hand hygiene, advance medical equipment and use of disinfectants in the hospitals, obstetricians quickly noticed that maternal mortality decreased. READ MORE

  4. 4. The effect of competition on the number of opioids prescribed

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Hanna Nordlund; [2019]
    Keywords : The System of Choice; opioids; competition; healthcare market; healthcare centers;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine whether there is a change in physician's behavior because of increased competition in the primary care market. The hypothesis is that increased competition in the healthcare market increases the physician's tendency to prescribe drugs in order to attract patients. READ MORE

  5. 5. Privatization, Competition and Primary Health Care Utilization - A study of the Swedish Patient Choice Reform

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Elvira Forsberg; [2018]
    Keywords : Primary Health Care; Patient Choice Reform; Competition; Privatization; Health Care Utilization; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : During the last decades, the issue of increased health care utilization and expenditures in the western world has been a highly debated topic in health economics. One potential explanation to this growth is the increased privatization and competition in the health care sector, which we have seen in many countries in the later years. READ MORE