Healthcare System in Sweden Research Paper 2022

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Introduction
Sweden is one of the countries with the most functional health system globally. The
country has three administrative levels of general administration. These include
national, regional and local levels of administration. Healthcare services are offered
along these levels of government. The current public health policy of Sweden is
aimed towards health determinants and hence making intersectoral collaboration very
important (Bäck et al., 15). At the national level, the Ministry of Health and Social
Affairs is charged with the overall responsibility of healthcare. The Ministry also
designs policies that are related to healthcare. This paper, therefore, provides an
overview of the healthcare policy in Sweden. The document also discusses the goals,
administration and funding of healthcare in Sweden. The article also discusses critical
policy issues and the outcomes of the policies that have been in place in the past
years.
Overview of the policy
All the three independent levels of Swedish Government are involved in healthcare.
The role of the national government is designing of policies targeted towards
improving healthcare services in the country. The national government through the
Ministry of labour also works in collaboration with other government and non-