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Table 4.

Health system reforms in the area of strengthening primary care in Sweden and Finland in 2000–2020

Strenghtening primary care
Sweden	Specification of Waiting time guarantee (2005) Law on choice in health and social care (LOV) (2009) National Choice Reform in Primary Care (Vårdvalssystem i primärvården) (2010) (New) Patient Act (2015)
Finland	Care guarantee (2009) Health Care Act (`) Act Supporting the Functional Capacity of the Older Population and on Social and Health care Services for Older Persons (2013)	National development programs in social and health care (Kaste 2008–2015)	Med75 + database (2015) National Quality Recommendations on developing services for older people (2013, 2017, 2020)

Strenghtening primary care

Legislation

Program

Recommendation

Reform proposal

Sweden

Specification of Waiting time guarantee (2005)

Law on choice in health and social care (LOV) (2009)

National Choice Reform in Primary Care (Vårdvalssystem i primärvården) (2010)

(New) Patient Act (2015)

Finland

Care guarantee (2009)

Health Care Act (`)

Act Supporting the Functional Capacity of the Older Population and on Social and Health care Services for Older Persons (2013)

National development programs in social and health care (Kaste 2008–2015)

Med75 + database (2015)

National Quality Recommendations on developing services for older people (2013, 2017, 2020)