This document contains notes from lectures and tours related to healthcare delivery in Sweden and the United States. The notes cover topics like the organization of the Swedish healthcare system, the history of US healthcare including the crisis of the uninsured and the Affordable Care Act, and social insurance. Photographs show the emergency room at a Los Angeles hospital and the emergency room at a Swedish hospital in Ryhov.

1. Healthcare Delivery
Emily
Jacobson
HTA 2013

2. - Above, my notes from Qulturum
- To the Left, lecture at Qulturum
after our tour

3. - Above, view of
Qulturum as we
approached
- One of the signs at
Qulturum stating the 5
goals (5H):
Health, Happiness, Hu
manity, Help, and
Harmony
- One of many large
graphs keeping track of
various quality
measures at Qulturum

4. Patients wait to be treated at the
Los Angeles County-USC Medical
Center Emergency Room
Emergency Room at Ryhov
Hospital

5. - Part of my notes from Ms.
Gimbler-Berglund’s lecture on the
organization of the Swedish
Healthcare System
Part of my notes from Fran’s
lecture on the History of U.S.
health care. This part pertains to
the crisis facing America’s
uninsured and the Affordable Care
Act.

6. Notes from Klas’s Lecture on Social Insurance.

7. Sources:
Gauthier, Robert. “Patients wait to be treated at the Los Angeles County-USC Medical
Center emergency room in Steptember.” Los Angeles Times.
<http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-emergency-room-visits-up-
20111018-001,0,4357379.photo>
“Socialsytrelsen.” Photo. Socialstyrelsen.se http://www.socialstyrelsen.se/english