This report is about management of activities and expenditure in primary health care. The primary health care sector includes general practitioners (GPs), practising specialists, dentists and dental hygienists, physiotherapists, chiropodists, chiropractors and psychologists. Activities comprise the treatments and consultations provided in primary health care.
The objective of the report is to map the overall framework set for the management of the primary health care sector, including the regulations governing the area, and to examine the efforts made by the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Health and Prevention (the Ministry of Health) and the regions to ensure satisfactory management of the activities and expenditure in the primary health care sector.
The report answers the following questions:
- What frameworks, legislative requirements and requirements of the financial agreements with the regions provide the basis for management of activities and expenditure in the primary health care sector?
- Are the regions able to manage, including plan and exert influence on, activities and expenditure in the primary health care sector to a satisfactory level?
- Are the regions able to control and follow up activities and expenditure in the primary health care sector to a satisfactory level?
Rigsrevisionen took the initiative to the study in November 2011.
Read the 1st chapter of the report (PDF)