Table 4 Instruments used to reduce programme costs
From: Decommissioning in a local healthcare system in Sweden: responses to fiscal stress
Frequency of instruments used for reducing programme costs | Expected (aggregate) savings, presented in million SEK |
|---|---|
Introduce or increase user fees for service and transports, used 18 times | 44.6 Specified for 17 of 18 instruments |
Limit service hours, used eight times | 18.6 |
Perform less to match current staffing levels, used seven times | 47 |
Terminate programmes, used seven times | 25.6 |
Close service units and facilities, used three times | 23 |
Reduce variety of service tasks or standardised service forms and content of service tasks, used three times | 1.8 |
Substitution of services or treatment to reduce costs, used four times | 5.2 |
| Â | Total 165.8 |