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The Swedish health care system is mainly government-funded, universal for all citizens and decentralized, [1] although private health care also exists. The health care system in Sweden is financed primarily through taxes levied by county councils and municipalities. A total of 21 councils are in charge with primary and hospital care within the ...
According to the United States government, Morocco has inadequate numbers of physicians (0.5 per 1,000 people) and hospital beds (1.0 per 1,000 people) and poor access to water (82 percent of the population) and sanitation (75 percent of the population). The health care system includes 122 hospitals, 2,400 health centers, and 4 university ...
Government-guaranteed health care for all citizens of a country, often called universal health care, is a broad concept that has been implemented in several ways.The common denominator for all such programs is some form of government action aimed at broadly extending access to health care and setting minimum standards.
A list of countries by health insurance coverage. The table lists the percentage of the total population covered by total public and primary private health insurance, by government/social health insurance, and by primary private health insurance, including 34 members of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries.
The Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services (Swedish: Statens beredning för medicinsk och social utvärdering, SBU) previously the Swedish Council on Health Technology Assessment is an independent Swedish governmental agency tasked with assessing and evaluating methods in use in healthcare and social services.
World map of total annual healthcare expenditure by country as a share of GDP. [1] This article includes 2 lists of countries of the world and their total expenditure on health as a percent of national gross domestic product (GDP). GDP is a measure of the total economy of a nation. Total expenditure includes both public and private health ...
The Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (Swedish: Socialdepartementet) is a ministry in the Government of Sweden responsible for policies related to social welfare: social security, social services, medical and health care, public health and the rights of children, the elderly and disabled people.
The Ministry of Health and Social Affairs is responsible for welfare. This is defined as social security in the case of illness, old age and for the family; social services; health care; promotion of health and children's rights; individual help for persons with disabilities and coordination of the national disability policies.