<p>After World War II a rapid expansion of the Swedish health care took place. The</p><p>expansion was realised chiefly as a development of the hospitals and was both</p><p>produced and financed mainly within the public sector. The financing consisted to a</p><p>high degree of government grants from the state to the county councils.</p><p>During the period for this examination (1945-1955) the public responsibility for the</p><p>health care was expanded. This was expressed in the publicly financed system for</p><p>health insurance and the cut down in the charges that the patients had to pay for the</p><p>hospital care. These changes led to some discussions on the national level but reforms</p><p>could on the whole, with exception for the suggested reform of the open health care,</p><p>be implemented.</p><p>This case-study performed on the county council in Värmland shows that the degree</p><p>of consensus was enhanced on the regional level. The county council had by tradition</p><p>a culture of collusion assembling to the culture in the primary municipalities, and</p><p>county council was also dominated by the strong förvaltningsutskottet (the leading</p><p>executive committee). This committee functioned as a coalition government and had</p><p>earned a high legitimacy which enabled the committee to implement very</p><p>comprehensive reforms in the health care of Värmland.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:kau-1687 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Ewald, Fia |
| Publisher | Karlstad University, Faculty of Social and Life Sciences |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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