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The Cost of the Swedish Handicap Service System: Implications for Technology Assessment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Dick Jonsson ,
Ursula Hass  and
Jan Persson
Dick Jonsson
Affiliation:
University of Linköping, Sweden
Ursula Hass
Affiliation:
University of Linköping, Sweden
Jan Persson
Affiliation:
University of Linköping, Sweden
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The total cost of the Swedish handicap system is estimated at US $ 10.7 billion for 1989. The cost is distributed across different authorities with separate legal and financial responsibility. The concept of technology must be extended to include consideration of both the resources spent and benefits gained in the public sector and the magnitude and distribution of transfer payments from social insurance to fulfill its function in handicap policy decision making.

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Special Section: Technology and Disability
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , Spring 1995 , pp. 269 - 275
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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