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Chap 7: responding to socio-economic diversity - Coggle Diagram

- - - - the healthcare system implemented in Sweden is based on the fundamental belief that all citizens should have excess to healthcare services regardless of bg or socio-economic status
      - like all other Nordic countries, Sweden provides comprehensive assistance in healthcare
      - families are covered by a medical protection scheme, children can claim up to $2466 Swedish Kroner yearly from govt, dental coasts are free till the age of 23 and from 24 onwards is subsidised
    - - compulsory from 6-16, free sch lunch fpr every child, all students have access to a sch doctor/nurse/psychologist/welfare officer at no cost
    - - -family housing allowance if they lived with their children and pay more than 1400 Swedish Kronor for their housing
        -for the elderly with low/ no income, they are entitled to a housing supplement
    - - free vocational training to train indivs
  - - - -high personal income tax of 57.2%
        -Value Added Tax(VAT) is 25%
        -rise in aging population in Sweden--shrinking working population--age dependency ratio shrinks--greater burden on the working population--greater personal income taxes in the near future to sustain the heavily subsidised healthcare
    - - -society is becoming more diverse due to inflow of immigrants, especially from EU member countries
        -challenges in integrating immigrants into workplaces
        -mismatch between jobs and skills
        -difficulty in assessing skills
- - - - keeping healthcare affordable in sg
        -govt is mindful of balancing between inculcating personal responsibility and providing for the lower income grps with subsidies
        -provision of subsidies is tiered to ensure that the lower income grps receive more support
        -in this way, no sgrean is denied access to healthcare
        
        multiple tiers of protection
        Subsidies: affordable healthcare--up to 80% at public healthcare institutions
        Medisave: personal savings--to pay for smaller healthcare skills
        Medishield Life(and other insurance): basic healthcare insurance--to help with larger hospitals and healthcare bills
        Medifund: safety net--to provide help to needy Sgreans
        with multiple tiers of protection to ensure that no Sgreans is denied access to basic healthcare because of affordability issues
    - - managing the growing demand for healthcare
        -Sg pop grew 25% over the last 10 yrs and will continue to grow--healthcare services need to grow in tandem
        -the pop is ageing rapidly. by 2030, 1 in 5 sgrean residents will be aged 65 and above
        -the ageing pop will be a strong drive for healthcare demand
        
        why? the ageing pop:strong driver for healthcare demand
        -increasing incidence and prevalence of chronic disease whether cardiovascular, diabetes, cancer, dementia, among leading the few
        increasing prevention, early diagnosis and primary care, especially in the public care system, which is currently not the case