Table 1.

Home care in Sweden: A joint responsibility between municipality and county council

Authority	Responsibility	Care providers
Local municipality	Home care	Health care assistants
Home health care/ social services	based on patient needs	Primary caregivers
		Managed by supervisors in the municipality
		May perform care procedures delegated by health care professionals
County council	Primary care & specialist care	Health care professionals
Primary care centre & hospital settings	based on patient needs	(i.e. physicians, nurses, physiotherapists) authorized by county council