[EQ] Quality and Efficiency in Swedish Health Care - Regional Comparisons

Quality and Efficiency in Swedish Health Care – Regional Comparisons.

 

Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR) and the Swedish National

Board of Health and Welfare (NBHW)

 

Available online as PDF file [190p.] at:
http://www.socialstyrelsen.se/NR/rdonlyres/9F559A98-E4F8-432B-85B8-8A3B96908488/9909/20081313.pdf

 

 

The series compares healthcare quality and efficiency in the 21 Swedish county councils and healthcare regions by using a set of national performance indicators.

 

The purpose of publishing comparative data about healthcare performance is twofold:

·         First, the comparisons are a way of informing and stimulating public debate on healthcare quality and efficiency. The public, as both patients and citizens, has a right to know about the results of the healthcare services that are available to it.

·         The second purpose is to stimulate and support local and regional efforts to improve healthcare services in terms of clinical quality and medical outcomes, as well as patient experience and efficient resource use. In county councils and healthcare regions, political representatives, managers and staff of primary care clinics and hospitals can use the comparisons to locate and pinpoint the strengths and weaknesses of their healthcare systems. Comparisons are a powerful way of driving performance improvement.

 

Contents

Introduction

A - Medical Results

MORTALITY, HOSPITALISATION AND VACCINATION

DRUG CONSUMPTION

CANCER SURVIVAL RATE

MATERNAL AND NEONATAL CARE

DIABETES CARE

STROKE CARE

CARDIAC CARE

ORTHOPAEDIC CARE

OTHER TREATMENTS

B - Patient Experience

C - Time-related Availability

PRIMARY CARE

SPECIALISED CARE

D - Costs

COST PER CAPITA

COST PER CARE EVENT OR VISIT

COST-EFFECTIVE TREATMENT OPTIONS – CHOOSING AMONG

EQUIVALENT DRUGS OR BETWEEN DAY-CASE AND INPATIENT SURGERY

Appendix. Description of Indicators

 

 

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