Recentralizing healthcare through evidence-based guidelines - Striving for national equity in Sweden

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Fredriksson, Mio ^a   Blomqvist, Paula ^b   Winblad, Ulrika ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Equity; Evidence based guidelines; Governance; Healthcare regulation; National guidelines; Prioritizations; Recentralization; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SWEDEN;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84920771350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-014-0509-1     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Lugtenberg M, Burgers JS, Westert GP: Effects of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on quality of care: a systematic review. Quality Safety Health Care 2009, 18(5):385-392.
2. Institute of Medicine: Report Brief: Clinical Practice Guidelines We Can Trust. 2011.
3. Mykhalovskiy E, Weir L: The problem of evidence-based medicine: directions for social science. Soc Sci Med 2004, 59(5):1059-1069.
4. Saarni SI, Gylling HA: Evidence based medicine guidelines: a solution to rationing or politics disguised as science? J Med Ethics 2004, 30(2):171-175.
5. Timmermans S, Berg M: The Gold Standard: The Challenge of Evidence-Based Medicine and Standardization in Health Care. Philadelphia, Pa: Temple University Press; 2003.
6. Fredriksson M: Between Equity and Local Autonomy: A Governance Dilemma in Swedish Healthcare. Uppsala: Uppsala University; 2012.
7. Eddy DM: Evidence-based medicine: a unified approach. Health Aff 2005, 24(1):9-17.
8. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence: The National Insitute for Health and Care Excellence-Nice Charter. http://www.nice.org.uk/Media/ Default/About/Who-we-are/NICE-Charter.pdf [06-11-2014].
9. Regeringkansliet, Socialdepartementet: En samlad kunskapsstyrning för hälsooch sjukvård och socialtjänst. Ds 2014:9.; 2014 [The Government Offices, the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs. Integrated informative governance in healthcare and social services. Ds 2014: 9.].
10. Regeringens proposition 2013/14:1. Budgetpropositionen för 2014. Utgiftsområde 9 Hälsovård, sjukvård och social omsorg. [The Budget Bill 2013/ 14:1. Proposed central government budget for 2014, Expenditure area 9 Health and medical care]. 2013. http://www.regeringen.se/content/1/c6/22/37/09/ 939ca818.pdf [06-11-2014].
11. Socialstyrelsen: Mot en effektivare kunskapsstyrning-Kartläggning och analys av nationellt och regionalt stöd för en evidensbaserad praktik i hälso-och sjukvården. 2009.
12. Ansvarskommittén: Hållbar samhällsorganisation med utvecklingskraft: slutbetänkande [Swedish Government Official Report (SOU 2007:10) Sustainable Public Organisation]. Stockholm: Fritzes; 2007.
13. Pearce P, McSherry R: Clinical Governance: A Guide to Implementation for Healthcare Professionals. John Wiley & Sons Incorporated; 2011.
14. Walshe K: Regulating Healthcare - A Prescription for Improvement?. Maidenhead: Open University Press; 2003.
15. Bowen G: Document analysis as a qualitative research method. Qualitative Res J 2009, 9(2):27-40.
16. Anell A, Glenngård AH, Merkur S: Sweden: Health system review. Health Syst Transition 2012, 14(5):1-159.
17. Grip L, Lindahl B, Levin L-Å, Kärvinge C, Eklund K, Wallentin L: From European to National guidelines on heart disease. Scand Cardiovasc J 2011, 45(1):3-13.
18. NICE Savings and Productivity and Local Practice Collections. can be found at: https://www.nice.org.uk/savingsandproductivity/collection [06-11-2014].
19. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence: Process and Methods Guides. The Guidelines Manual 2012. http://publications.nice.org.uk/pmg6 [06-11-2014].
20. Tronti L: Benchmarking Labour Market Performances and Policies. Labour 1998, 12(3):489-513.
21. OECD: OECD Reviews of Health Care Quality: Sweden 2013: Raising Standards. OECD Publishing; 2013.
22. The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions: Swedish Health Care in an International Context: A Comparison of Care Needs, Costs, and Outcomes. Stockholm: The Swedish Association of Local Authorities; 2005. Report No.: 91-7164-049-5.
23. Magnussen J, Vrangbæk K, Saltman RB: Nordic Health Care Systems: Recent Reforms and Current Policy Challenges. Maidenhead: Open University Press; 2009.
24. Saltman RB: Decentralization, re-centralization and future European health policy. Eur J Public Health 2008, 18(2):104-106.
25. Winblad U, Hanning M: "Sweden". In Waiting Time Policies in the Health Sector: What Works? Edited by Siciliani L, Borowitz M, Moran V. OECD Health Policy Studies, OECD Publishing; 2013.
26. Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions and Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare: Quality and Efficiency in Swedish Health Care. Regional Comparisons. 2012. http://www.socialstyrelsen.se/publikationer 2013/2013-5-7 [06-11-2014].
27. Socialstyrelsen (the NBHW): The 2009 Swedish Health Care Report. Stockholm: 2009.
28. Vrangbæk K: Towards a Typology for Decentralization in Health Care. In Decentralization in healthcare: strategies and outcomes. Edited by Saltman RB, Bankauskaite V, Vrangbæk K. Open University Press, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies series; 2007.
29. Atkinson S: Political cultures, health systems and health policy. Soc Sci Med 2002, 55(1):113-124.
30. Feltenius D: Decentraliserad äldreomsorg under förändring. Scand J Public Adm 2011, 14(3-4):61-85.
31. Timmermans S, Mauck A: The promises and pitfalls of evidence-based medicine. Health Aff 2005, 24(1):18-28.
32. Peckham S, Exworthy M, Powell M, Greener I: Decentralizing health services in the UK: a new conceptual framework. Public Adm 2008, 86(2):559-580.
33. Winblad U, Andersson C: In Kåren och köerna: en ESO-rapport om den medicinska professionens roll i styrningen av svensk hälso-och sjukvård. 9th edition. Edited by Norstedts Juridik AB. Regeringskansliet, Stockholm: Finansdepartementet; 2010.
34. Cochrane LJ, Olson CA, Murray S, Dupuis M, Tooman T, Hayes S: Gaps between knowing and doing: understanding and assessing the barriers to optimal health care. J Contin Educ Health Prof 2007, 27(2):94-102.
35. Cabana MD, Rand CS, Powe NR: Why don't physicians follow clinical practice guidelines? A framework for improvement. JAMA 1999, 282(15):1458-1465.
36. Lugtenberg M, Zegers-van Schaick J, Westert G, Burgers J: Why don't physicians adhere to guideline recommendations in practice? An analysis of barriers among Dutch general practitioners. Implement Sci 2009, 4:54.
37. Carlhed R, Bojestig M, Wallentin L, Lindström G, Peterson A, Åberg C, Lindahl B: Improved adherence to Swedish national guidelines for acute myocardial infarction: The Quality Improvement in Coronary Care (QUICC) study. Am Heart J 2006, 152(6):1175-1181.
38. Ekesbo R, Midlöv P, Gerward S, Persson K, Nerbrand C, Johansson L: Lack of adherence to hypertension treatment guidelines among GPs in southern Sweden-A case report-based survey. BMC Fam Pract 2012, 13:34.
39. Jonsson M, Egmar AC, Kiessling A, Ingemansson M, Hedlin G, Krakau I, Hallner E, Kull I: Adherence to national guidelines for children with asthma at primary health centres in Sweden: Potential for improvement. Prim Care Respir J 2012, 21(3):276-282.
40. Fredriksson M, Blomqvist P, Winblad U: Conflict and compliance in Swedish Health Care Governance: Soft Law in the 'Shadow of Hierarchy'. Scand Pol Stud 2012, 35(1):48-70.
41. Cini M: The soft law approach: Commission rule-making in the EU's state aid regime. J Eur Public Policy 2001, 8(2):192-207.
42. National Centre for Priority Setting in Health Care: Resolving Health Care's Difficult Choices-Survey of Priority Setting in Sweden and an Analysis of Principles and Guidelines on Priorities in Health Care. 2008.
43. Burgers JS, Grol R, Klazinga NS, Makela M, Zaat J: Towards evidence-based clinical practice: an international survey of 18 clinical guideline programs. Int J Qual Health Care 2003, 15(1):31-45.