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1. Health Care Waiting List Initiatives in Sweden

   In Sweden, excessive waiting times for elective surgery have been a persistent and much-debated problem for many years. Between 1987 and 1997, four different national policy approaches attempted to reduce waiting lists and thereby improve the quality of ...

2. The Swedish Health Care System

   The Swedish health care sector expanded rapidly during the 1960s and 1970s. In the 1980s, the nation experienced budget deficits and increasing problems with long line-ups. It became evident that global budgets and a lack of incentives to be efficient ...