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\"Patient<\/a><\/p>\n

Do you consider moving to Sweden? Maybe even becoming more Swedish? If you want to go to Sweden, become Swedish and consider getting ill once in a while – due to a virus or an annoying boss –\u00a0I have a good and a bad news for you…<\/p>\n

Good news: Swedish health care is not expensive
\nBad news: You get what you pay for<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Basic health care at (almost) no extra costs<\/h3>\n

Basic healthcare<\/a> is included in the Swedish welfare system for everyone who is a resident in Sweden. This means even if you are an expat living in Sweden for at least 12 months,\u00a0you are covered<\/a>. (Don’t forget to register at F\u00f6rs\u00e4kringskassan<\/em> first.)<\/p>\n

Health and even dental care is subsidized by the Swedish tax payers. Cost ceilings\u00a0are put in place\u00a0for healthcare services: A\u00a0limit on individual contributions to healthcare of 1100\u00a0crowns per year. Once this limit is reached, all other healthcare services are free of charge for a\u00a012-month period since the first payment (called\u00a0h\u00f6gkostnadskydd<\/a><\/em>). Even for prescribed medication, you have to pay no more than 2200 crowns per year.<\/p>\n

Standard procedures and waiting times<\/h3>\n

The flu is very common in Sweden in Autumn and Spring. Many people catch\u00a0it and so will you. To make\u00a0the flu\u00a0go over bit faster, some Swedes believe it might be a good idea to consult a doctor. And it certainly is, considering you only pay a 150-300 SEK fee for a visit.<\/p>

\"Book<\/a><\/div>\n

Then you\u00a0have an about 10-30 minutes waiting time which you can share with other coughing flu patients in the waiting room, while staring at a heart-attack-detection poster or a bored gold fish in an aquarium.<\/p>\n

After that, not the doc welcomes you, no, the Swedish health care system is so efficient, a nurse with a soft voice and well trained forced smile, will welcome you and guide you to the examination room, for the first part of the audition process. The\u00a0nurse checks if you’re ill enough to talk to the\u00a0doctor later that day or, more likely, tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Let’s try Alvedon first<\/h3>\n

About\u00a095% of all time you talk to a nurse\u00a0you will hear\u00a0in the end of the conversation: \u201cAvvakta lite och ta en Alvedon<\/em>\u201d, “wait a little while and take an Alvedon”. This is probably the most said sentence in Swedish v\u00e5rdcentraler<\/em> (healthcare centers).<\/p>\n

Alveldon<\/strong>: the super medication against almost everything. Every treatment of even the worst disease probably at some point started with a Swedish nurse recommending the intake of Alvedon.<\/p>\n

Waiting time\u00a0and job opportunities<\/h3>\n

Urgent cases or emergencies are always prioritized and treated immediately, of course.<\/p>\n

Although the national guarantee of care, V\u00e5rdgaranti<\/em><\/a>, states that you should have to wait no more than 7 days\u00a0for a visit to a primary care physician, and no more than 90 days for a visit to a specialist, it regularly happens that the Swedish healthcare system can’t deliver within that period. But hey, it’s almost for free.<\/p>\n

Specialists are demanded in Sweden. If you are a doctor, you might find your future career in Sweden. Nurses and people for elderly care are highly demanded as well. Great job opportunities for you then, if you have no problems getting in touch with\u00a0blood or poo on a daily base.<\/p>\n

So, dear soon to be Swede<\/strong>, be patient\u00a0with\/of the Swedish health care system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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