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Lars Sandman

Professor

Director at National Centre for Priorities in Health.
My research area is organisational ethics in health-care, focusing on priority setting and ethical analysis of health-care methods.

Presentation

My research field involves studying ethical aspects of distributing scarce resources within health care and studying and developing methods for ethical analyses of health-care procedures.

Outside my research activity I have a number of assignments as ethics advisor for Swedish health care authorities and regions, e.g. The Swedish Dental and Pharmaceutical Benefits Agency, The National Board of Health and Well-being, The Swedish Council for Health-Technology Assessment etc.

Research projects

  • Ethical aspect on person centred care - a FORTE program involving KI, KTH, Stockholm University, Gothenburg University and University of Borås.
  • Revision of the National model for open priority setting within health care

Education

PhD in practical philosophy, 2002.

Publications

2024

Emma Bergstedt, Lars Sandman, Ann-Charlotte Nedlund (2024) Consolidating political leadership in healthcare: a mediating institution for priority-setting as a political strategy in a local health system Health Economics, Policy and Law Continue to DOI
Iestyn Williams, Lydia Kapiriri, Claudia-Marcela Velez, Bernardo Aguilera, Marion Danis, Beverley Essue, Susan Goold, Mariam Noorulhuda, Elysee Nouvet, Donya Razavi, Lars Sandman (2024) How did European countries set health priorities in response to the COVID-19 threat? A comparative document analysis of 24 pandemic preparedness plans across the EURO region Health Policy, Vol. 141, Article 104998 Continue to DOI
My Eklund Saksberg, Therese Bielsten, Suzanne Cahill, Tiny Jaarsma, Ann-Charlotte Nedlund, Lars Sandman, Pier Jaarsma (2024) Nurses' priority-setting for older nursing home residents during COVID-19 Nursing Ethics Continue to DOI
Ida Karlsson, Lars Sandman, Iben Axen, Lydia Kwak, Elisabet Sernbo, Elisabeth Bjork Braemberg (2024) Ethical challenges from a problem-solving intervention with workplace involvement: a qualitative study among employees with common mental disorders, first-line managers, and rehabilitation coordinators International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, Vol. 19, Article 2308674 Continue to DOI
Lars Sandman, Sofia Kjellström (2024) Etikboken: etik för vårdande yrken

News

pregnant woman.

The cost of a uterine transplantation

Sweden’s acclaimed research on uterine transplants has taken a new step forward – into the field of health economics. Researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy and LiU have for the first time estimated on a scientific basis the cost of the treatment.
Lars Sandman.

The corona crisis brings difficult choices

As head of the National Centre for Priority Setting in Health Care at Linköping University, Lars Sandman is working intensively with colleagues on questions that concern prioritising in corona-centred healthcare.

Recent publications

2024

Emma Bergstedt, Lars Sandman, Ann-Charlotte Nedlund (2024) Consolidating political leadership in healthcare: a mediating institution for priority-setting as a political strategy in a local health system Health Economics, Policy and Law Continue to DOI
Iestyn Williams, Lydia Kapiriri, Claudia-Marcela Velez, Bernardo Aguilera, Marion Danis, Beverley Essue, Susan Goold, Mariam Noorulhuda, Elysee Nouvet, Donya Razavi, Lars Sandman (2024) How did European countries set health priorities in response to the COVID-19 threat? A comparative document analysis of 24 pandemic preparedness plans across the EURO region Health Policy, Vol. 141, Article 104998 Continue to DOI
My Eklund Saksberg, Therese Bielsten, Suzanne Cahill, Tiny Jaarsma, Ann-Charlotte Nedlund, Lars Sandman, Pier Jaarsma (2024) Nurses' priority-setting for older nursing home residents during COVID-19 Nursing Ethics Continue to DOI
Ida Karlsson, Lars Sandman, Iben Axen, Lydia Kwak, Elisabet Sernbo, Elisabeth Bjork Braemberg (2024) Ethical challenges from a problem-solving intervention with workplace involvement: a qualitative study among employees with common mental disorders, first-line managers, and rehabilitation coordinators International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, Vol. 19, Article 2308674 Continue to DOI
Lars Sandman, Sofia Kjellström (2024) Etikboken: etik för vårdande yrken

Research affiliation

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Swedish National Centre for Priorities in Health

The Swedish National Centre for Priorities in Health works with priority setting within health and social care. We conduct and support research on priority setting, and offer support to a broad range of stakeholders regarding priority setting issues.

Organisation

Priorities 2018

Unit of Health Care Analysis

The Unit of Health Care Analysis conducts research in three main areas: health economic assessment, decision making in health care, and priority setting in health care and social services.
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Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences (HMV)

The research areas at HMV include experimental basic research to clinical, social and public health research. We conduct high-quality education in the sought-after care professions.

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