Welcome to Halland County Council

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Welcome to Halland County Council
Our vision is to create solutions for health and
regional growth
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Halland
Alingsås
Göteborg
Borås
Jönköping
Kungsbacka
Varberg
Värnamo
Falkenberg
Hyltebruk
Växjö
Halmstad
Ljungby
Laholm
Ängelholm
Helsingborg
Karlshamn
Helsingborg
Helsingborg
Karlskrona
Kristianstad
Lund
Malmö
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Halland County Council
Population 295000

• Health care
• Two emergency hospitals Halmstad and
  Varberg.Specialized care is also provided in
  Falkenberg and
• in Kungsbacka.
• 47 Health Care Units
• 8 ambulance stations

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Distribution of seats 20062010
20062010 Previous term Party

Social Democrats 23 25 Moderates 20 14 Center
Party 9 9 Liberals 6 8 Christian
Democrats 5 6 Left Party 3 4 Green
Party 3 2 SPI 2 3 Total 71 71
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County Council Tax 1995 - 2009
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Strategy for growth and welfare contribution
from the Healthcare system
Employment
Assets of housing
New strong companies
Immigration
Research
Cultural Amenities
Growth Welfare
Assets of competence
Tourism
Pleasure
Education
Tax forces
Social services
Healthcare
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Vårdval Halland freedom of choice - gives
every citizen their own choice of Health Care Unit
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Vårdval Halland the Idea

• Local Care
• Effort to transfer specialized healthcare to the
  local Health Care Units from the hospitals
• TrustTrust in citizens capability to choose and
  trust in different providers capability to
  provide healthcare
• Quality
• All the Health Care Units have been inspected and
  approved

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Vårdval Halland- Foundations

• It is the citizens choice of Health Care Unit -
  where they prefer to be treated.
• Once the citizen has made a choice the unit gets
  its subsidies
• By experience of dissatisfaction, the citizens
  can change their healthcare unit.
• The system is open to private healthcare
  providers
• All Health Care Units work under identical
  conditions. This creates considerable freedom of
  choice how to best meet the needs of the citizens
  who have chosen a particular unit.

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Vårdval Halland - Foundations

• The objectives politically decided for all
  Health Care Units cover areas such as
  accessibility, medical results and level of
  quality.
• The Health Care Unit might be a private care
  provider or one of the County Council health care
  centres

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Vårdval Halland - Step by step

• All Health Care Units have applied and been
  approved by the County Council, when fulfilling
  current legislation, healthcare regulations and
  defined competences, in order to provide the
  required quality of healthcare.
• All county citizens choose one healthcare unit
  and the unit chosen gets the healthcare
  subsidies. The size of the subsidy varies
  depending on the age of the citizen.
• County Council politicians have set up a number
  of objectives that all Health Care Units are to
  achieve.
• If a Health Care Unit fails to achieve the
  objectives, the subsidies will be reduced
  accordingly.

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The commitment of the Health Care units

• Medical care to those who have chosen their unit
• Healthcare for children according to the county
  council guideline
• Rehabilitation
• Medical Services
• Participation in emergency services

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The Citizens choice

• All citizens chose one unit
• When registered, the citizen enters a mutual
  agreement with the Health Care Unit. The chosen
  unit receives the annual medical and healthcare
  subsidy.
• The citizen can change Health Care Unit up to
  four times annually
• The Health Care Unit has no right to refuse a
  choice made by a citizen.

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Medical and Healthcare subsidies

• The Health Care subsidy size varies depending on
  the age of the citizen.
• The amount of subsidy is used by the Health Care
  Unit to supply the citizen with the proper
  treatment
• The medical and healthcare subsidy is decided by
  the politicians of the County Council yearly
• If a Health Care Unit fails to reach its targets,
  their healthcare subsidy is reduced accordingly

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The start of New Units January 2007 A total of
40 25 managed by the County Council 15
managed by private providers Summer of 2009 A
total of 47 24 managed by the County Council
23 managed by private
providers
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Experiences

• High and improved accessibility
• 97 of the citizens are being offered an
  appointment at their Health Care Unit within
  seven days
• New units have started
• Less complaints
• Flexible opening hours, evenings and weekends
• Specialists closer to the citizens ( for
  instance specialists in children diseases)
• Increased number of doctors
• Every month 2500 choices are being registered.

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Experiences

• Immature market
• Increased number of private providers
• The dialogue with the providers is important!
• The County Council has two commitments to
  provide the market and to run their own units
• New management ideas thinking outside the box
• Freedom of choice gives a total control of
  costs
• The construction of Freedom of choice is logic
  and simple

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Continuous progress of the Healthcare-system in
Halland for increasing growth and freedom of
choice
Chosen Healthcare Unit
Institutional care
X.Ray
Gathered responsibility Diagnosis? Complementary
examinations? Treatment?
Healthcare need One (1) entrance
Partners Specialists and subcontractors Analy
sis/treatments
Rehab
Psychiatry
Specialist
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• Healthcare systems need more innovation!
• Freedom of choice and a variety of providers
  create new solutions!
• By allowing the Country Council a shift of focus
  from detailed planning to an overall goal more
  innovation is created!
• Use Healthcare systems to open up for regional
  development!

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Healthcare technology Health services
Tourism event industry
Growth areas
Destination Halland
Service development