although all swedish citizens are entitled to subsidised mental health care flatrate charges are set by the counties and variation can be significant depending on the region nonetheless outpatient care covered by this system has a relatively low individual payment cap nationally applied on what people can be required to pay out of pocket about eur per year inpatient care operates slightly differently and this payment ceiling does not apply in such cases although there is a national cap on daily charges about eur per day private care operating completely separately from the public sector has no regulations or limitations on what can be charged melke the growing concern is that this is not only financially unsustainable but also harms overall quality of care as rotating doctors leads to a lack of treatment continuity and creates more difficult working conditions which in turn discourages individuals from seeking a career in psychiatry see section li oecd