Essays about: "private care provider"

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1. 1. A Simulation Game Approach for Improving Access to Specialized Healthcare Services in Sweden

   University essay from KTH/Medicinteknik och hälsosystem

   Author : Najla Alkhatib; [2024]
   Keywords : Swedish healthcare system; primary healthcare center; specialized care; private care provider; care access; care quality; waiting time and queue; serious games.;

   Abstract : In Sweden, where a decentralized healthcare system is applied, all patients are registered at a primary healthcare center. To access most of the publicly funded specialized care clinics, patients need to be referred by a general physician at the primary healthcare center. READ MORE

3. 2. Competition and Physician Turnover: Evidence from Swedish Primary Care Units

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : BELIT AY; [2023-10-10]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The Swedish government has over the years implemented several reforms to improve health care system and ensure continuity of care. One of the reforms, The Act on Free Choice, was implemented between 2007 and 2010 providing patients a free choice to choose a provider and private providers to freely enter the market; thereby, increasing the competition among providers. READ MORE

4. 3. 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

5. 4. 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]
   Keywords : ;

   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

6. 5. Does the Swedish specialized health care respond to competition inducing reforms? -Effects of the Freedom of Choice Act on quality, volume, efficiency and upcoding for elective patients.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Thea Enhörning Admarker; [2019]
   Keywords : Competition inducing reforms; specialized health care; the Freedom of Choice Act; LOV; Lagen om Vårdval; upcoding; quality; efficiency.; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This study aims to analyze the effects of competition on quality, efficiency, produced volume and gaming the system of specialized health care in Sweden, after implementation of the Freedom of Choice Act (LOV, Lagen om Vårdval). This is done by using data for specialized ophthalmology, which is a patient-elective diagnostic category. READ MORE