Primary Health Care in the Nordic Countries
Comparative Analysis and Identification of Challenges.
In 2020 Denmark held the Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers.
The main priority for the Danish Presidency was Working Together on Solutions for the Future.
On Tuesday, 17 November 2020, the Danish Health Authority, in collaboration with the Danish Ministry of Health and the Nordic Council of Ministers, hosted a webinar on the future of the primary healthcare systems in the Nordic countries.
As the primary healthcare system has a pivotal role in solving some of the structural challenges our healthcare systems currently face, the primary purpose of the webinar is to look at the development of the primary healthcare systems in the Nordic countries. Therefore, the main context of the webinar is organisation and structures in the primary healthcare system and a productive debate on ways in which to develop and strengthen it.
The report, which is the first of its kind, presents the results of a comparative analysis of the primary healthcare systems in the Nordic countries.
The report focuses on fundamental challenges in terms of demography, changes in hospitals, and an altered pattern of disease and recruitment when providing primary healthcare across the Nordic countries. Furthermore, the report contains a description of the ways of organising primary healthcare and new trends in primary healthcare systems.
Although the Nordic healthcare systems are considered well performing, our countries are currently faced with challenges in delivering primary healthcare to our populations. There is an overlap of some of these challenges between our countries, and experiences from other countries can be both valuable and instrumental in solving some of our current challenges.
The goal of the webinar was to create a platform and inspirational forum for the exchange of new ideas and solutions to the healthcare systems.
Nordic Health Webinar: The Future Primary Healthcare System - see video and presentations from the webinar
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