Denmark: Healthcare system and eHealth strategy
Healthcare system
Basic Data
43,000 square km5.38m inhabitants
125 inhabitants per square km
85% of population in towns
Healthcare system
Mainly public task financed through traxes, 2 sectors, primary and hospital where-by general practitioners act as gate keepers, free and equal access to most health services, free choice.Healthcare organisation
98 local authorities, 5 counties and the StateHealthcare insurance system
Public Health Care Scheme, you have to choose between Group 1 and Group 2 insurances.Number of general practitioners, dentists and hospitals
3,400 general practitioners with 1,600 patients per practitioner, 2,700 dentists.Communication between different professionals concerning the single patient
MedCom healthcare communication network.Main realised telemedicine activities
Electronic patient registers are widely spread over hospitals, hospital networks, digital x-rays, videoconferences, teledermathodogy and more like PatoBank.Link
National Strategy for Digitalisation of the Danish Healthcare Service (pdf)European Commission report "eHealth priorities and strategies in European countries",
see chapter Denmark on page 31.
Contact
Lars Mathiesen (member of the Executive Steering Committee),E-Mail: lars.mathiesen@rn.dk