Health care in Denmark

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Health care in Denmark


Patient view
Administrative levels


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Health Care in Denmark

• Primary
• Treatment and care
• Prevention (health schemes, dental care)
• 273 municipalities
• Home nursing, public health, school health, child
  dental services, social services
• Hospital - 14 Counties
• Hospitals
• Practicing sector (GPs, Specialists)
• State
• Initiate, coordinate, advise
• Legislation

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Financing health care

• 83 Public
• 17 private (pharmaceutical, dentist,
  physicotherapist) in part subsidised by the
  public insurance.
• Ex. Antibiotics 50

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Statistics

• 5.2 million population
• 3700 GPs (1600 Group 1 pts each)
• 900 Practicing specialists
• 10700 Local Auth. Nurses
• 83 Hospitals with 24000 beds
• 9200 Hospital doctors
• 25900 Hospital nurses
• 3800 Dentists
• 1400 Physiotherapists
• App. 300 Pharmacies

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Cancer care

• 5 major oncological centres
• 2 satellite radiotherapy facilities
• Collaboration with Germany Sweden
• Waiting lists !!
• National coverage screening cervix
• 3 Counties - Breast cancer screening
• Colo-rectal screening 2 test counties.

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Cancer care

• Rehabilitation at hospitals
• Rehabilitation centre (trial)
• National Cancer Plan
• National Indicator Project (lung)

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Life expectancy in Denmark