title: Summary of the SWOT panel's evaluation of the organisation and financing of the Danish health care system.
abstract: The organisation and financing of the Danish health care system was evaluated within a framework of a SWOT analysis (analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) by a panel of five members with a background in health economics. This paper systematically summarises the panel's assessments, within the framework of the triangular model of health care. The members of the panel are in agreement on a number of aspects, while their views on other aspects differ. In general they find many strength in the way the system is organised and financed more so in the primary sector than in the hospital sector.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Public Health, Health Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Winsloewparken 19, 3., DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark. tch@sam.sdu.dk
authors.forename: Terkel
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Christiansen
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003718:Denmark; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D005380:Financing, Government; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006302:Health Services Research; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000458:organization & administration; D007348:Insurance, Health; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D013597:Systems Analysis