Financial Incentives got the administrators to get their act togheter

Last year 130 000 patients where queuing for treatments in Sweden. The government at that point decided that the counties that manage to cut their queues as a reward will share a reward of approx 90 million Euros. Already after 5 months the number of patients waiting too long (now I would not necessarily agree on their definition of too long but anyway) for treatments has been cut in half. Right now 16 out of 21 counties are qualified to be in on the slit of the money – the deadline is the 30th of November. The incentives are combined with educational and informational efforts enabling patients to better know their rights as well as to find a healthcare provider with shorter waiting times.