Search for dissertations about: "Ulrika Winblad"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the words Ulrika Winblad.

  2. 6. Private Health Insurance in Sweden : Implications for the legitimacy of the public health care system

    Author : Linn Kullberg; Ulrika Winblad; Paula Blomqvist; Anna Bendz; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Private health insurance; Voluntary health insurance; Public health care; Sweden; Hälso- och sjukvårdsforskning; Health Care Research;

    Abstract : The market for private health insurance (PHI) is growing in many countries with public, tax-funded health care systems. In Sweden, this development has generated an at times intense and polarised debate, exposing that the principles on which the public health care system rests in many aspects collide with the construction of PHI. READ MORE

  4. 7. Couples Considering a Baby? Screen for the Future : Ethical and Implementation Aspects of Preconception Genetic Carrier Screening

    Author : Amal Matar; Anna T Höglund; Ulrik Kihlbom; Birgitta Esséns; Pär Segerdahl; Ulrika Winblad; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

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  5. 8. Marketization in Swedish Eldercare : Implications for Users, Professionals, and the State

    Author : Linda Moberg; Paula Blomqvist; Ulrika Winblad; Stig Montin; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Marketization; Eldercare; Universalism; Social care; Privatized provision; User choice; Competition; Swedish welfare state; Statskunskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : During the last decades, Swedish policy makers have implemented various marketization reforms into the public welfare sector in order to make it more cost-efficient and to improve its quality. The aim of this dissertation is to investigate what implications this marketization trend has had for the organization of Swedish eldercare. READ MORE

  6. 9. Equity in Treatment and Outcomes among Heart Failure Patients in Sweden : The role of gender, age and socioeconomic factors in access to treatment and mortality

    Author : Anna Ohlsson; Ragnar Westerling; Ulrika Winblad; Bertil Lindahl; Marianne Hanning; Ilmo Keskimäki; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : There is extensive empirical evidence for inequity in health and health care between and within countries across all economic levels worldwide. In Sweden, the Health and Medical Services Act states that health care should provide good health and equal health care for the entire population, but this goal has yet to be fulfilled. READ MORE

  7. 10. Implementation strategies for nutritional guidelines in nursing homes : Effects on care staff and residents

    Author : Johanna Törmä; Tommy Cederholm; Anja Saletti; Ulrika Winblad; Albert Westergren; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; implementation; clinical guidelines; malnutrition; nursing home; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

    Abstract : Introduction: The number of older adults (≥ 65 years) is increasing in Sweden. At the same time, the elderly care system is being restructured with an increased care burden in nursing homes (NHs). Several studies report a high prevalence of malnutrition among older adults. READ MORE