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A good life in a vital county

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To cure and relieve is a matter of course for health care. An equally important task for us is to prevent illness, disease and suffering as much as possible.

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The County Council - throughout the countyThe County Council - throughout the county

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Basic facts about KronobergNo of inhabitants: 183 000

Area: 9 500 km2

Municipalities

Alvesta, Lessebo, Ljungby, Markaryd, Tingsryd, Uppvidinge, Växjö, Älmhult

Industry

Mostly small business - more than 75% of all business have less than

25 employees. Some very large international companies: IKEA,

Electrolux-Wascator, Alstom, SÖDRA, Volvo, Dynapac etc

Communications

E4 passes through

Smaland airport

Railway links in all directions

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Areas of responsibilities

State - legislation and financial policy

County Councils - health care, dental care, healthcare education and training, support for handicapped people, subsidies to regional development and to regional culture

Municipalities - education, social services, urban planning and energy supply, streets, parks, environmental management etc.

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Health Care Advice 1177Call for professional medical advice 24 hours a day

Primary careCare outside the hospital, e.g. in medical centres, nurse and child welfare receptions

County careCare at hospitals and psychiatric clinics, often with a referral from a doctor at a medical centre (not mandatory)

Regional careHighly specialised care is available at the regional hospitals.Our county is a part of the Southern Region.Specialised psychiatric care is offered at the Psychiatric clinics in Växjö.

Proper ways to care

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A day in county council of Kronoberg• 646 patients visit a doctor at the hospital

• 570 treatments carried out

• 52 surgeries carried out

• 6 children are born at the maternity hospital

• we care for 409 patients who are in-hospital

• 675 X-rays are taken

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Rough facts about the hospitals

Växjö hospital

2 000 empoyees300 beds19 000 admitted/year115 000 visits a doctor/year16 000 undergo surgery/year

Ljungby hospital

600 employees100 beds5 800 admitted/year 41 000 visits a doctor/year6 600 undergo surgery/year

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Our organisation – 9 different centres

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The County Council Office supports the centres with for example economy finance, human resources and communication.

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Centre for General Medicine

Diagnostics, treatment and follow-up of serious chronic and acute diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and HIV are made within these specialties.

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Centre for Medical ServicesMedical service center is responsible for the medical service, that is, various forms of diagnostics, sampling and analysis. Most often, patients come to the Centre by referrals from their physicians.

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Centre for Primary Health Care and Rehabilitation

Primary care involves the treatment, counseling and prevention efforts at the county health centers. Rehabilitation is made up of different types of measures that help injured and sick to get back or get the best possible capacity.

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Children and Women’s Centre

The mission is to develop psychiatric, medical, surgical, habilitation and preventive activities for children, families and women's health.

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Centre of Psychiatric Care

In this centre patients in need of psychiatric care or psychiatric specialist care are treated. Some patients are cared for under duress, which implies special demands on the safety, security and the skills of the staff.

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Accident and Emergency Centre The Accident and Emergency Center's mission is to develop emergency medical services to better care for acutely ill and injured patients.

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Centre for Dental Care

All citizens of the county of

Kronoberg are entitled to good

oral health and dental care on

equal terms.

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This Centre includes service such as economy finance, restaurants, properties and Human Resources

Service Centre

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Centre for General Surgery

Within this centre, we offer care and treatment in various specialties.

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Different areas• Ambulance• Intensive care and anaesthesia

clinic• Child Health care clinic • Department of chemical

laboratories• Surgery clinic • Medicin clinic • Medical technology department• Physiotherapy department • Radiology department • Department of ear-, nose-

and throat

• Department of eye diseases• Geriatric care clinic• Emergency clinic• Physiology department • Dermatology department • Department of mikro biologi• Women’s clinic• Onkology clinic • Orthopedic clinic• Pathologi department

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Did you know?• It takes 3,5 modern wind turbines to produce

electricity for one year to Kronoberg County Council.

• Our buildings are equal to 1 800 normal houses

Our annual consumption of electricity and

water would be enough to• Provide heat to 100 of these houses for 20

years. • Provide water to the houses for 10 years and

electricity for 40 years.

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Rules and rights

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Everyone is entitled to care that is good and safe, day or night and for any reason.

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Guarantee for care and treatmentContact by phone or on site with primary care the same day

Doctors appointment – if required – within 7 days

After a decision on a referral has been made, anappointment with a specialist should be offeredwithin 90 days after the decision

The decided treatment should be offered within a further 90 days of this decision.

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Freedom of choice• Patients have the right to emergency care anywhere in Sweden.

• If the County Council can’t provide care, the patient has the right to get care at hospitals outside the county.

• Patients have the right to get comprehensive information about their freedom to choose.

• All that is said above applies also for care providers possessinga care agreement with the County Council.

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Patient´s fee

Every county council/region decides over the patient´s fee

It is common that children up to 19 have free health care

The fee to visit a doctor at medical center is about 150 skr

The fee to visit a doctor at hospital is about 300 skr

The fee per night in hospital bed is about 80 skr

The annual max cost for fees per person is 900 skr

(1 US Dollar = 7 Swedish kronor)

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Financial information

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Result

IncomeCostsDepreciations

Balance

Tax revenuesState grantsFinancial net

Result

2008

595-4 227

-182

-3 814

3 059715-80

-120

2009

659-4 393

-179

-3 913

3 223761-48

-119

2010

719-4 555

-171

-4 007

3 272868

6

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