State of Health in the EU Sweden: Country Health Profile 2019

Abstract: This profile provides a concise and policy-relevant overview of health and the health system in Sweden as part of the broader series of the State of Health in the EU country profiles. It provides a short synthesis of: the health status in the country; the determinants of health, focussing on behavioural risk factors; the organisation of the health system; and the effectiveness, accessibility and resilience of the health system. This profile is the joint work of the OECD and the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, in co-operation with the European Commission 1. Highlights 2. Health in Sweden 3. Risk factors 4. The health system 5. Performance of the health system 5.1. Effectiveness 5.2. Accessibility 5.3. Resilience 6. Key findings