Total population of Sweden | 9.5 million* |
Total population of the capital area of Stockholm | 2 050 000* |
Average number of practising physicians per 1000 population | 3.6† |
Sources of health care financing | Taxation provides basic primary health care coverage for the entire population; 2.3% of the population have supplementary health insurance† |
Primary care | Provided through public health centres: 37% of centres are run by private care companies‡ |
Specialist services | Provided predominantly through public hospitals† |
“The Patient Care Guarantee” (Vårdgaratin) | A national policy aimed at providing patients with primary care within 7 days of expressed need and specialist care within 90 days of referral. In 2009-2010 the policy was successful in 87%-90% of cases§ |