For the purpose of studying the consequences of the ageing of the Swedish population a group of scientists have enlarged the microsimulation model SESIM - originally developed at the Swedish Ministry of Finance - with modules that simulate health status, take up of sickness benefits, retirement,...

For the purpose of studying the consequences of the ageing of the Swedish population a group of scientists have enlarged the microsimulation model SESIM - originally developed at the Swedish Ministry of Finance - with modules that simulate health status, take up of sickness benefits, retirement,...

The Swedish health care system is commonly characterized as a national health-service (or Beveridge) model ( Freeman, 2000 ; Blank and Burau, 2004 ). It is certainly both financed by taxes and organized as a government responsibility, but it has developed over time as a decentralized rather than...