Healthcare in Sweden

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Total health spending per capita, in U.S. dollars PPP-adjusted, of Sweden compared amongst various other first world nations.

The Swedish health care system is mainly government-funded and decentralized, although private health care also exists. The health care system in Sweden is financed primarily through taxes levied by county councils and municipalities.
Sweden regularly comes close to the top of worldwide healthcare rankings. (currently 17th)^[1]