Sweden
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Reimbursement Model in Sweden
For home telehealth in principle at least, an application could be made to the local county council for a telehealth installation (if such is available) and these would be assessed on a case-by-case basis. There are no standard eligibility criteria set. In general, such services would be free-of-charge although this might vary as each county council sets its own policy on this issue. This means that at some point in the future telehealth may be charged for (e.g. through some level of co-payment in the same manner as for other health services), but this is currently not the case. Some telehealth services are used throughout Sweden, like online patient journals and digital prescriptions. Also, some home telehealth pilot projects have been carried out, but usually have not been incorporated into mainstream medical care for older people. However, Sweden is working to resolve this issue primarily via its National IT Strategy.
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