Oscar Boldt-Christmas

In this article, we look closely at Europe and identify what it would take to improve the health of the European population and what the benefits would be for individuals, the economy, and society. We focus on the 27 member states of the European Union, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. We analyze disease burden and economic forecasts over two decades to 2040 to identify challenges and opportunities at the country level and aggregate findings for the region as a whole.

Report authored in cooperation with Swedish Doctors' Association analyzing and discussing productivity in Swedish healthcare through both quantitative and qualitative approaches.

Background: Identifying type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a prerequisite for the institution of preventive measures to reduce future micro and macrovascular complications. Approximately 50% of people with T2DM are undiagnosed, challenging the assumption that a traditional primary healthcare setting is the most efficient way to reach people at risk of T2DM. A setting of this kind may be even more suboptimal when it comes to reaching immigrants, who often appear to have inferior access to… Visa mer

Background: Identifying type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a prerequisite for the institution of preventive measures to reduce future micro and macrovascular complications. Approximately 50% of people with T2DM are undiagnosed, challenging the assumption that a traditional primary healthcare setting is the most efficient way to reach people at risk of T2DM. A setting of this kind may be even more suboptimal when it comes to reaching immigrants, who often appear to have inferior access to healthcare and/or are less likely to attend routine health checks at primary healthcare centres.
Objectives: The objective of this study was to identify the best strategy to reach individuals at high risk of T2DM and thereby cardiovascular disease in a heterogeneous population.
Results: The highest response rate was obtained through workplaces (27%) and the largest proportion of respondents at high/very high risk through the Syrian orthodox churches (18%). The proportion reached through primary care centres was 4%, of whom 5% were at elevated risk. The cost of identifying a person at elevated risk through the Syrian orthodox church was E104 compared with E8 through workplaces and E112 through primary care centres.
Conclusions: The choice of communication channels was important to reach high/very high-risk individuals for T2DM and for screening costs. In this immigrant-dense community, primary care centres were inferior to strategies using workplaces and churches in terms of both the proportion of identified at-risk individuals and costs. Visa mindre

Existing digital technologies have the potential to fundamentally transform Sweden’s
healthcare system. Digital solutions and the new ways of delivering care that they enable
can give patients greater control over their own health and healthcare. At the same time,
they can help make healthcare more accessible, while improving the quality of medical care.
Moreover, such advancements can curb rising healthcare costs, which have by far outpaced
the rate of growth of GDP over the… Visa mer

Existing digital technologies have the potential to fundamentally transform Sweden’s
healthcare system. Digital solutions and the new ways of delivering care that they enable
can give patients greater control over their own health and healthcare. At the same time,
they can help make healthcare more accessible, while improving the quality of medical care.
Moreover, such advancements can curb rising healthcare costs, which have by far outpaced
the rate of growth of GDP over the last decade. Visa mindre

Sweden’s economy is faring better than that of many of its peers: the nation has low public debt and a current-account surplus, and since the early 1990s its growth rate has outpaced that of other members of the EU-151 and the United States.

But the 2012 McKinsey Global Institute report Growth and renewal in the Swedish economy shows that the nation can’t afford to coast on its achievements. Sweden’s economic growth mainly reflects productivity gains in the areas most exposed to… Visa mer

Sweden’s economy is faring better than that of many of its peers: the nation has low public debt and a current-account surplus, and since the early 1990s its growth rate has outpaced that of other members of the EU-151 and the United States.

But the 2012 McKinsey Global Institute report Growth and renewal in the Swedish economy shows that the nation can’t afford to coast on its achievements. Sweden’s economic growth mainly reflects productivity gains in the areas most exposed to international competition: manufacturing and business and financial services, which together account for only about one-third of the nation’s economy. In its two other main components—the public sector and local services—economic growth has been much slower, at a pace comparable to that of the rest of the EU-15. Visa mindre