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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 New Therapies Council, The Sahlgrenska University hospital, The Västra Götaland region etc.

Research projects

  • Just Severity – a research program on severity as a factor for priority setting – sponsored by the Swedish Research Council
  • Development and implementation of a model for horizontal priority setting within the Swedish Knowledge Management Structure.

About me

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  • PhD in practical philosophy, 2002.

Publications

2024

Johnna Sahlsten Scholin, Emma Hansson, Sara Rizell, Jenny Lindberg, Lars Sandman (2024) Ethical Challenges for Plastic Surgery in Treating Internationally Adopted Children With Cleft Lip and Palate The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, Vol. 35, p. 1425-1431 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Liam Strand, Lars Sandman, Emil Persson, David Andersson, Ann-Charlotte Nedlund, Gustav Tinghög (2024) Withdrawing versus Withholding Treatments in Medical Reimbursement Decisions: A Study on Public Attitudes Medical decision making, Vol. 44, p. 641-648 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Lars Sandman, Jan Liliemark, Erik Gustavsson, Martin Henriksson (2024) Is a larger patient benefit always better in healthcare priority setting? Medicine, Health care and Philosophy (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
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 (Article in journal) 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 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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.
Wordcloud research subjects at HMV

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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Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (MEDFAK)

The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences conducts research and education within medicine, healthcare and public health.

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

Johnna Sahlsten Scholin, Emma Hansson, Sara Rizell, Jenny Lindberg, Lars Sandman (2024) Ethical Challenges for Plastic Surgery in Treating Internationally Adopted Children With Cleft Lip and Palate The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, Vol. 35, p. 1425-1431 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Liam Strand, Lars Sandman, Emil Persson, David Andersson, Ann-Charlotte Nedlund, Gustav Tinghög (2024) Withdrawing versus Withholding Treatments in Medical Reimbursement Decisions: A Study on Public Attitudes Medical decision making, Vol. 44, p. 641-648 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Lars Sandman, Jan Liliemark, Erik Gustavsson, Martin Henriksson (2024) Is a larger patient benefit always better in healthcare priority setting? Medicine, Health care and Philosophy (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
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 (Article in journal) 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 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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.
Wordcloud research subjects at HMV

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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