Quality assurance in Swedish health care. Responsibility and regulation
Format
Completed LLD Project
Time table
2004-2011
Aims
Quality assurance is a vital part of good health care, not least for the avoidance of adverse events and safe-guarding a high level of patient safety. The Swedish Health and Medical Services Act thus explicitly stipulates that the quality of health care shall be guaranteed and systematically and continuously developed (section 31). In order to comply with this requirement, health care providers use a variety of tools. Additionally, there are also several external public agencies providing supervision and different types of legal sanctions in the area of health care.
This LLD project in Medical Law mapped and critically investigated the division of responsibilities in Swedish quality assurance of health care. How do the different parts of the regulatory system interact and is the system as a whole well adapted to its purpose?
Dissertation
Axelsson E, Patientsäkerhet och kvalitetssäkring i svensk hälso- och sjukvård: En medicinrättslig studie, Iustus förlag, SJFU Skrifter från juridiska fakulteten i Uppsala 119, 2011.
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In this thesis the Swedish quality assurance system is analyzed from a legal perspective. Point of departure is the goals and demands in Swedish health care law followed by the responsibility of the different actors involved. Some of the actors are health care providers, health professionals, the national Board on Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) and the medical responsibility board (HSAN). |
Contact:
- Ewa Axelsson, LLD
Supervisor
- Elisabeth Rynning, Professor of medical law, Department of law
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