Data on Social Science Discussed by Researchers at University of Gothenburg (Indirect and Invisible Regulations Set In Stone: a Driving Force Behind the Rise of Private Health Insurance In Sweden)

2020 DEC 28 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- New research on Science - Social Science is the subject of a report. According to news reporting from Gothenburg, Sweden, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “The Swedish welfare model is gradually losing its former characteristics. Notable is the extensive privatization of provision and the emerging privatization of funding, primarily through new and half-private services in health care, education, and elderly care.”

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from the University of Gothenburg, “The clearest example of this trend is the rise of private health insurance, which is now signed by every tenth person of working age. This article points out different types of regulations that have provoked the rise of private health insurance, and discusses types of regulations that could potentially slow privatization. Further, this article analyzes three official welfare investigation reports. These reports avoid the decisive regulations they are supposed to discuss, and sometimes go against directives to do so.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “I argue that regulations for private health insurance have occurred without much debate, while every potential regulation against private health insurance is very much disputed by industry interests and many of the political parties.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Indirect and Invisible Regulations Set In Stone: a Driving Force Behind the Rise of Private Health Insurance In Sweden. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2020;691(1):243-257. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science can be contacted at: Sage Publications Inc, 2455 Teller Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting John Lapidus, University of Gothenburg, Dept. of Economy and Society, Gothenburg, Sweden.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716220964426. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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