cross-border healthcare in sweden and establishment of national contact points
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Cross-border Healthcare in Sweden and establishment of national contact points. Thomas Zilling MD, PhD Vice President of the AEMH. 22 November 2013. Implementation of the Cross- border healthcare Directive in Sweden. The Cross-border Healthcare directive 2011/24/EU came - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Cross-border Healthcare in Sweden and establishment of
national contact points
Thomas Zilling MD, PhDVice President of the AEMH
22 November 2013
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The Cross-border Healthcare directive 2011/24/EU came
into force in Sweden October 1st 2013
Implementation of the Cross-border healthcare Directive in Sweden
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Financing of healthcare in Sweden
21 County councils are allowed to tax the local population and are responsible to provide healthcare for the inhabitants
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Implementation of the Cross-border healthcare Directive in Sweden
Swedish patients are reimbursed for planned medical care in the EU/EES if:
- the care has been provided by licensed medical staff
- the costs should have been covered by public funds if the medical care had been given in Sweden
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Implementation of the Cross-border healthcare Directive in Sweden
Patients should not be denied the right to compensation solely on the basis that the treatment is not used in Sweden, as long as the treatment is based on “international medical science and generally recognised good medical practice”.
The patient’s home county council is responsible for covering the costs.
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A small but increasing number of Swedes go abroad for medical care
Number of Swedish applicants that recieved grants for medical care in another EU country, according to to the EC treaty.
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Top recieving countries, 2012
Denmark63%
Finland16%
Spain8%
Norway6%
Other EU/EES 16%
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Main types of medical care (2012)
The most typical patient in 2012 lived in the south of Sweden and went to neighbouring Denmark for cataract surgery due to long waiting lists in the county council. It was also quite common for patients with psoriasis or other dermatological diseases to go abroad for climate treatment in Spain and other countries in southern Europe.
Eye dis-
eases, 31,4%
Dental care, 17,3%
Dermato-logical diseases,
4%
Other, 52,7%
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Two national contact points
1. The National Board of Health and Welfare. National contact point for EU citizens seeking medical care in Sweden.
2. The Swedish Social Insurance Agency. National contact point for Swedish citizens seeking care in another EU country.
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1. www.socialstyrelsen.se/healthcare-visitors-sweden
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Responsibilities accordning to Government commissions Information about standards and guidelines for
quality and safety in the Swedish healthcare system
General information about accessibility for the disabled
Information about healthcare providers, on demand also about specific providers licenses to practice
Information about patients’ rights, how to make complaints and conditions for financial compensation for medical injuries.
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2. www.forsakringskassan.se/privpers/utomlands
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Responsibilities accordning to Government commissions
Information about patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare
Information about conditions for prior authorization, ”advance notice” and subsequent reimbursement
Application forms
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Questions for the future How to define; “international medical
science and generally recognized good medical practice”.
Will this open a new market for medical tourism?
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Thanks