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The National Centre for Priorities in Health is the Swedish knowledge centre on setting priorities in health and social care. We conduct and support research on priority setting within health care and function as skill support to state agencies, county councils, municipalities, and clinical management in the health service.

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Background - Why priority setting in health care?

In Sweden there are general guidelines on priority setting which were ratified by the Swedish Parliament in 1997.

The ethical platform for priority setting

In Sweden three ethical principles guide priority setting in the health service and they have been included in the Health and Medical Services Act.

National model for open priority setting within health care

A tool for translating the government guidelines on priority setting in healthcare and the ethical platform to real-world priority setting.

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The Priority Setting Conference

Every second year the National Centre for Priorities in Health arranges a national conference on priority setting in health care.

Guidance in implementing priority setting processes

We provide guidance and education for regions/country councils, municipalities, and organisations involved in, or planning to initiate, priority setting processes.
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Priorities 2018 - International Conference on Priorities in Health 2018

The International Society on Priorities in Health (ISPH) had its 12th biannual international conference together with Linköping University.

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Emma Bergstedt

PhD student

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Daniel Boethius

PhD student

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Karin Bäckman

Head of Unit, Project Manager

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Thomas Davidson

Associate professor, Docent

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My Eklund Saksberg

Lecturer

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Peter Garpenby
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Erik Gustavsson

Postdoc

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Suzana Holmér

PhD student

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Olivia Hugoo

Communications Officer

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Pier Jaarsma

Associate professor

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Barbro Krevers

Senior associate professor

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Ann-Charlotte Nedlund

Associate professor

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Lars Sandman

Professor

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Liam Strand

PhD student

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Gustav Tinghög

Senior associate professor

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Pier Jaarsma

Associate professor

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Suzana Holmér

PhD student

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Eva Persson

Communications Officer

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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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Division of Society and Health (SH)

We are an interdisciplinary division with research and education in several subject areas. The division consist of two units, Health Care Analysis and Public Health Science, and includes the Master´s programme in Medical Science.
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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.

Adress

Linköping University National Centre for Priority Setting in Health Care Division of Health Care Analysis Department of Medical and Health Sciences 581 83 Linköping Sweden

Visiting adress

National Centre for Priority Setting in Health Care Building 511, entrance 76 or 78, floor 13 Campus US Linköping

E-mail

prioriteringscentrum@liu.se

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