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Setting priorities, can Britain learn from Sweden?

M McKee1, J Figueras

  • 1Health Services Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London.

BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.)
|March 16, 1996
PubMed
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Area of Science:

  • Health Policy and Management
  • Bioethics
  • Public Health

Background:

  • The Swedish government has released a report on healthcare priorities.
  • This report was developed by a cross-party political group.
  • It incorporates public opinion, healthcare professional insights, and research evidence.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To establish an ethical framework for healthcare rationing decisions.
  • To guide priority setting in healthcare resource allocation.
  • To analyze the Swedish approach to healthcare priority setting.

Main Methods:

  • The report synthesized input from the public and healthcare professionals.
  • It considered experiences from prior local priority-setting exercises.
  • Research-based evidence was extensively utilized.

Main Results:

  • An ethical framework for healthcare rationing was established.
  • Key principles include human dignity, need, solidarity, and cost-efficiency.
  • The Swedish approach emphasizes national political guidance.

Conclusions:

  • Sweden's national guidance contrasts with the UK's localized initiatives.
  • A lack of political consensus in the UK hinders ethical framework development.
  • The UK's National Health Service faces challenges in decision-making due to this absence.
Keywords:
Empirical ApproachHealth Care and Public HealthNational Health ServiceParliamentary Priorities Commission (Sweden)

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