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The healthcare system and the provision of oral healthcare in European Union member states: Part 9: Sweden
Malmö University, Faculty of Odontology (OD).
National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland; Institute of Clinical Dentistry, Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Senior Public Health Physician, Stockholm County Council, Sweden.
University of Leeds; Honourary Professor University of Kent, United Kingdom.
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2018 (English)In: British Dental Journal, ISSN 0007-0610, E-ISSN 1476-5373, Vol. 224, no 8, p. 647-651Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Equally accessible and affordable dental services for all population groups have been a political goal in Sweden for almost a century. All political parties have shared the idea that a person's social background should not have consequences for his or her dental status. Strategic tools to achieve this ambitious goal have been the wide use of publicly provided oral healthcare services, covering even sparsely populated areas, focusing on preventive care and significant subsidies for necessary treatments. Besides free care for children and young adults, oral healthcare is reimbursed from public funds. The public subsidy was particularly generous in 1975-1999 when a 'full clearance' of adults' dentitions was undertaken both by the public and private providers under fixed prices and high reimbursement levels for all treatment measures. Today, preventive oral healthcare for the elderly is given higher priority as most Swedes have been able to keep their natural teeth.

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Nature Publishing Group, 2018. Vol. 224, no 8, p. 647-651
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Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine
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Dentistry
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-6331DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2018.269ISI: 000431253300027PubMedID: 29700445Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85046247575Local ID: 26576OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-6331DiVA, id: diva2:1403273
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