Kronoberg Halland Stockholm Västerbotten Blekinge Västra Götaland Örebro Uppsala Gotland Östergötland SWEDEN Skåne Jönköping Värmland Västernorrland Sörmland Västmanland Gävleborg Kalmar Jämtland Dalarna Norrbotten
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2010 (expressed in 2011 prices)
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Cost per weighted primary care event in primary care, 2011. Home health care and drugs covered by the pharmaceutical benefits scheme are excluded. Source: Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions
cost per contact is not particularly high while the per capita primary care cost is relatively high. Given that contacts do not reflect the entire spectrum of primary care interventions, the cost comparison is only approximate. Contacts can also vary over time, generating changes in resource utilisation that the indicator is unable to capture.
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