The quality and cost of medical care in Sweden
Reizenstein, P.
Biomedicine and PharmacoTherapy 38(2): 76-80
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0753-3322 PMID: 6743774 Document Number: 236269
Swedish examples are used in favor of recent WHO recommendations of quality assurance. Even prior to present efforts at savings, the autopsy frequency in Swedish hospitals dropped 2% per year. Only 31% of Swedish out-patients see the same doctor on subsequent visits, and since few have a personal physician, emergency ward visits increase about 4% per year. Laboratory errors and uncertain diagnoses seem to be of the order of 20%, at least in some conditions.