Dear All
Some of you may be interested in an evaluation of the state of health economics in Sweden written by Mike Drummond, Grete Botten, Unto Hakkinen and Kjeld Moller Pedersen. As well as a critique, a series of recommendations on the future of Swedish health economics were also made
The report is available at
http://www.fas.se/en/evaluations/evalswehealtheco.pdf
I have attached below an extract from the summary
Best wishes
David McDaid
LSE Health and Social Care
..."The evaluators' overall impression of Swedish health economics research was very
positive. In making the assessments and conclusions the evaluators were, of course,
influenced by how the sub-discipline has developed in their own countries. Many
features are similar, such as the mixture of theoretical and empirical research in major
fields such as economic evaluation. It is clear that Sweden is one of the world leaders
in this topic. Perhaps the most striking difference between Sweden and the evaluator's
own countries is the relative lack of research into the 'big-picture' issues facing all
health care systems, such as how to allocate resources equitably, how to measure the
efficiency of the system and how to increase incentives. In the evaluators' countries
the ministry, or those responsible for providing health care (e.g., county councils),
commissions research into these topics from academic institutions, but this appears
not to be the case in Sweden......."
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