page_title: Health care systems by country
section_title: Sweden
hierarchical_section_title: Health care systems by country / Europe / Sweden
caption_attribution_description: Karolinska Solna - Hospital in Stockholm, 2006.
context_section_description: The Swedish public health system is funded through taxes levied by the county councils, but partly run by private companies. There is a fixed charge of SEK 150 (US$21) for each visit to a doctor or a hospital but some may vary depending on the business itself and cause of admission & desired service whereas prices can vary up to SEK 350 (US$52). Healthcare services that are accepted by the Swedish Board of Health (hälsovårdsnämnden) have "safe net" limits for visitors placed upon them to a maximum SEK 800 (US$111) per year along with prescription medicine from those clinics are also limited to 1,800 SEK (US$249) per year. Government-paid dental care for children under 21 years old is included in the system, and dental care for grown-ups is to a small extent subsidised by it.
  Sweden also has a smaller private health care sector, mainly in larger cities or as centers for preventive health care financed by employers.
caption: Karolinska university hospital in Stockholm (2006)
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