COVID-19 Testing in Sweden During 2020-Split Responsibilities and Multi-Level Challenges.

ABSTRACT: Sweden's use of soft response measures early in the COVID-19 pandemic received a good deal of international attention. Within Sweden, one of the most debated aspects of the pandemic response has been COVID-19 testing and the time it took to increase testing capacity. In this article, the development of and the debate surrounding COVID-19 testing in Sweden during 2020 is described in detail, with a particular focus on the coordination between national and regional actors in the decentralised healthcare system. A qualitative case study was carried out based on qualitative document analysis with a chronological presentation. To understand COVID-19 testing in Sweden, two aspects of its public administration model emerged as particularly important: (i) the large and independent governmen

SUBMITTER: Fredriksson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8639858 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature