Organization and financing of the Danish health care system.
Health Policy
; 59(2): 107-18, 2002 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
The present paper aims at giving a short overview of the organization and financing of the Danish health care system as of 1997-1998 when the SWOT panel evaluated the system. The overview follows the triangular model of a health care system. The Danish system is characterized by being decentralized and single-funded. The hospital sector is public, and hospitals are financed and run by the counties (with only a very small private hospital sector alongside). General practitioners are private entrepreneurs but work under contract for the counties. Hospitals are financed by global budgets, while general practitioners are paid by a mixed remuneration system of capitation fees and fee-for-service. During the past 20 years, the government has repeatedly imposed budget ceilings on the counties which has limited growth in the health care sector.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Análise de Sistemas
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Atenção à Saúde
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Pesquisa sobre Serviços de Saúde
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Programas Nacionais de Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Evaluation_studies
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Health_economic_evaluation
País como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Article