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Information about the study

(Society, Opinion and Media) The SOM surveys have collected data on the Swedish public's perception of the extent to which healthcare is seen as person-centred today and the extent to which the Swedish public believes it is important that healthcare is person-centred. 

The purpose of the project was to analyse and describe the Swedish public's view of how person-centred Swedish healthcare is and how important it is. GPCC has included questions in three SOM surveys; 2016, 2017 and 2018. Each survey included 1,500-1,600 people for a total sample of 4,500-4,800 individuals. Data from the three SOM surveys have been compiled and analysed using descriptive and comparative statistics.

Brief description of main results

In general, Swedes believe that person-centredness in healthcare is important. The respondents considered it most important to have the opportunity to tell healthcare staff how they experienced their situation. 

However, many people did not have an opinion about whether healthcare is person-centered today. This is probably because many people in the general population have little or no regular contact with healthcare. Those who stated that they had had contact with healthcare in the past year had to a higher degree an opinion about whether healthcare was person-centered or not than those who had not had contact with healthcare.