Swedish Health Care in Transition

Swedish Health Care in Transition

Resources and Results with International Comparisons

Swedish Health Care in Transition

Population 80 years and older in per cent of the population, 2001 (OECD 2003).

0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Ireland

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Portugal

Greece 1)

Finland

Austria

Belgium

Germany

Spain

Denmark

France

Italy

United Kingdom

Norway

Sweden

Population 80 years and older in per cent1) = 2000

Swedish Health Care in Transition

Health care costs per inhabitant, 2001. PPP-adjusted. US dollars.(OECD 2003).

0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000

Greece

Spain

Portugal

Finland

Ireland

United Kingdom

Austria

Italy

Sweden

Belgium

Denmark

France

Netherlands

Luxembourg 1)

Canada

Germany

Norway

USA

US dollar per inhabitant

1) = 2000

Swedish Health Care in Transition

Increases in health care costs per inhabitant, 1993-2001.PPP-adjusted. Index = 100. (OECD 2003).

0 40 80 120 160 200

Finland

France

Austria

Canada

Luxembourg 1)

Denmark

USA

Sweden

Germany

Spain

Italy

Greece

Belgium

United Kingdom

Netherlands

Norway

Portugal

Ireland

INDEX1) = 2000

Swedish Health Care in Transition

Proportion of GDP spent on health care, 1993-2001. (OECD 2003).

0

3

6

9

12

Germany France Netherlands Sweden Denmark Norway UnitedKingdom

Finland

Percentage

1993 1997 2001

Swedish Health Care in Transition

Significance of age to health care costs, using Sweden as the standard population. Sweden=100%.

92% 96% 100% 104% 108% 112%

Italy

Sweden

Spain

Germany

Belgium

Portugal

France

Austria

United Kingdom

Norway

Finland

Denmark

Greece

Netherlands

Luxembourg

USA

Ireland

Age distribution factor

Swedish Health Care in Transition

Health care costs per inhabitant and proportion of GDP spent on health care, 2001. PPP- adjusted. US dollars. (OECD 2003) .

US dollar per

inhabitant

Proportion of GDP

% Greece 1511 Luxembourg 5.6

Spain 1600 Portugal 6.3

Portugal 1613 Ireland 6.5

Finland 1841 Finland 7

Ireland 1935 Spain 7.5

United Kingdom 1992 United Kingdom 7.6

Austria 2191 Austria 7.7

Italy 2212 Norway 8

Sweden 2270 Italy 8.4

Belgium 2490 Denmark 8.6

Denmark 2503 Sweden 8.7

France 2561 Netherlands 8.9

Netherlands 2626 Belgium 9

Luxembourg 1) 2719 Greece 9.4

Canada 2792 France 9.5

Germany 2808 Canada 9.7

Norway 2920 Germany 10.7

USA 4887 USA 13.9

1) = 2000

Swedish Health Care in Transition

Proportion of the total workforce employed in the health care sector, 2001 (OECD 2003)

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

Finland France Germany Ireland Netherlands Spain Sweden 1) UnitedKingdom

Percentage

1) Estimate

Swedish Health Care in Transition

Doctors per 1,000 inhabitants, 2001 (OECD 2003).

0 1 2 3 4 5

Greece

Italy

Belgium 1)

Denmark

France

Germany

Netherlands

Spain 1)

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Norway

Sweden 1)

Luxembourg

Ireland

United Kingdom 1)

Doctors per 1,000 inhabitants1) = 2000

Swedish Health Care in Transition

Nurses per 1,000 inhabitants, 2001 (OECD 2003).

0 4 8 12 16

Finland

Ireland

Netherlands

Luxembourg

Norway

Germany

Denmark

Austria

United Kingdom

Sweden 2)

France

Spain

Italy 1)

Greece 1)

Portugal

Nurses per 1,000 inhabitants1) = 1999 2) = 2000

Swedish Health Care in Transition

Inpatient care episodes per 100,000 inhabitants in different age groups, 1992 - 2002

-

20 000

40 000

60 000

80 000

0-44 45-64 65-74 75-84 85- Total

Inpatient care episodes per 100,000 inhabitants

1992 1997 2002

0

Swedish Health Care in Transition

Average length of stay in different age groups, 1992-2002.

0

4

8

12

16

20

0-44 45-64 65-74 75-84 85- Total

Days

1992 1997 2002

Swedish Health Care in Transition

Hospital beds, inpatient care episodes, bed-days and average length of stay, 1992-2002. Index 1992 = 100.

0

25

50

75

100

Hospital beds Inpatient care episodes Bed-days Average length of stay

Index 1992 1997 2002

0

25

50

75

100

Hospital beds Inpatient care episodes Bed-days Average length of stay

Index 1992 1997 2002

Swedish Health Care in Transition

Beds per 1,000 inhabitants 2001. Short-term care. (OECD 2003).

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

France 4)

Luxembourg

Germany

Austria

Belgium 1)

Italy 4)

Greece 3)

United Kingdom

Netherlands

Denmark 3)

Portugal 2)

Spain 2)

Norway

Ireland

Finland

Sweden 4)

Beds per 1,000 inhabitants1) = 1997 2) = 1998 3) = 1999 4) = 2000

200

Swedish Health Care in Transition

Average length of stay, 2001. Short-term care. (OECD 2003).

0 2 4 6 8 10

Germany

Luxembourg

Netherlands

France 3)

Belgium 2)

Spain 1)

Portugal 1)

Italy 3)

United Kingdom

Ireland

Austria 3)

Greece 1)

Norway

Sweden

Finland

Denmark

Days1) = 1998 2) = 1999 3) = 2000

Swedish Health Care in Transition

Percutaneous expansion of the coronary artery (PTCA). Inpatient care episodes per 100,000 inhabitants, 2001. (OECD 2003, NOMESCO 2001).

0

40

80

120

160

200

Denmark Finland France 1) Ireland Italy 1) Netherlands Norway Sweden UnitedKingdom

Inpatient care episodes per 100,000 inhabitant

1) = 2000

Swedish Health Care in Transition

Coronary operations. Inpatient care episodes per 100,000 inhabitants 2001. (OECD 2003, NOMESCO 2001).

1) = 20000

20

40

60

80

100

Denmark Finland France 1) Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Sweden UnitedKingdom

Inpatient care episodes per 100,000 inhabitants

1) = 2000

Swedish Health Care in Transition

Total hip replacements. Inpatient care episodes per 100,000 inhabitants, 2001. (OECD 2003, NOMESCO 2001).

0

50

100

150

200

250

Denmark Finland France 1) Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Sweden United Kingdom

Inpatient care episodes per 100,000 inhabitants

1) = 2000

Swedish Health Care in Transition

Cataract operations per 100,000 inhabitants, 2001. (OECD 2003, NOMESCO 2001).

0

200

400

600

800

1000

Denmark Finland France 1) Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Sweden UnitedKingdom

Operations per 100,000 inhabitants

1) = 2000

Swedish Health Care in Transition

Life expectancy for a new-born boy, 2001. (OECD 2003).

71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78

Portugal

Ireland 2)

Denmark

Belgium 2)

Finland

Germany 1)

Luxembourg 2)

Greece

France

Spain

Netherlands

United Kingdom

Austria

Norway

Italy

Sweden

Life expectancy at birth (years)1) = 1999 2) = 2000

Swedish Health Care in Transition

Life expectancy for a new-born girl, 2001. (OECD 2003).

77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84

Denmark

Ireland 2)

Portugal

United Kingdom

Netherlands

Germany 1)

Greece

Belgium 2)

Luxembourg 2)

Finland

Norway

Austria

Sweden

Italy

Spain

France

Life expectancy at birth (years)1) = 1999 2) = 2000

Swedish Health Care in Transition

Infant mortality, 2001. (OECD 2003).

0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Greece

Luxembourg

Ireland

United Kingdom

Netherlands

Belgium

Portugal

Denmark

Austria

France

Germany

Italy

Spain

Norway

Sweden

Finland

Deaths per 1 000 live births