Essays about: "vårdval"

Found 4 essays containing the word vårdval.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. Effects of Introducing Competition and Choice in Primary Healthcare on Healthcare Consumption and Costs. A Case Study of Vårdval in Sweden

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Elise Lagerborg; Gryte Verbusaityte; [2015]
    Keywords : Primary Healthcare; Private Sector; Public Sector; Choice; Competition;

    Abstract : In an attempt to improve access and generate a more patient-centered healthcare, counties in Sweden implemented a policy known as vårdval, at different stages between 2007 and 2010, to introduce choice and competition within primary care. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate how vårdval's implementation of and variations in financial compensation models and the scope of required services have affected healthcare consumption and cost of both primary and specialist healthcare. READ MORE

  5. 4. Choice of Primary Health Care: A Secondary Analysis of The Free Choice System in Stockholm and Three County Councils

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Rina Yokota; [2011]
    Keywords : New Public Management; Free Choice System; Primary Health Care; the Third Way; Public sector; Private sector; Civil Sector; Citizens’ Participation; Public Value Creation; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This Master’s thesis examines the outcomes of the new Free Choice policy with particular emphasis on whether giving residents the right to choose their providers of primary health care leads to a more equal distribution of primary health care accessibility. This study is based on the Secondary Analysis of assessment for vårdval (choice of health system) in Stockholm by Karolinska Institute (2010), socio-economic distribution in Stockholm and the Population Surveys in three county councils (Halland, Skåne and the Västra Götland Region) from 2009. READ MORE