The transition of assessing health technologies to social interventions in Sweden

Summary, in Swedish

Since the 1970s the Swedish Government has been promoting social work based on research into methods which work in practice for practitioners and patients. IN 2015, the Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment (SBU), a national government instigated in the 1987, was commissioned to expand its remit, to review empirical research on social work interventions and to disseminate the results to stakeholders. SBU was then renamed The Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services. This article describes the fusion of health technology assessment (HTA) and Social Intervention Assessment (SIA), including advantages and challenges.

• Author: Sophie Söderholm Werkö; Titti Mattsson; Sofia Tranaeus; Pernilla Östlund; Knut Sundell
• Department/s: Law and Vulnerabilities; LU Profile Area: Proactive Ageing; Norma Research Programme; Health Law; Public Law; Department of Law
• Publishing year: 2024-11-29
• Language: English
• Publication/Series: International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
• Volume: 40
• Issue: 1
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0266462324000606
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Topic: Social Sciences; Law
• Keywords: Socialrätt; Sverige; The Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services; SBU; Health technologies; Social interventions; Sweden; Agency for assessment; Social services; The Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services; SBU
• Status: Published
• Research group: Law and Vulnerabilities; Norma Research Programme; Health Law; Public Law
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1471-6348