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Preventive health

Healthcare spends a minimal amount of resources on prevention, even though research shows that preventive measures lead to better health and lower costs for society. Short-term thinking, isolated activities, and a lack of incentives prevent knowledge about the value of prevention from being put into practice. The value of preventive measures is distributed among many actors, which makes it difficult to justify investments despite long-term gains.

RISE supports municipalities, regions, and healthcare providers in developing and implementing measurable preventive measures. Through the Social and Health Impact Center (SHIC), we offer analysis of risk and protective factors, economic impact analyses, and evidence-based support for designing solutions that improve health outcomes. We develop social outcome contracts, cross-sectoral governance, and monitoring systems that demonstrate effects for both individuals and society.

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How the elderly will be healthier in the future

As Swedes live longer, the need for care for age-related diseases is increasing. This will pose unsustainable challenges for an already strained healthcare system.
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Social and Health Impact Center (SHIC)

SHIC is an independent knowledge platform that, in collaboration with the public sector and civil society, designs and tests solutions to bring everyone together around the mast, steer towards needs-based outcomes, and learn along the way.

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Articles on preventive health
How can municipalities work to promote health, and how can long-term social investments be financed?
RISE shares research findings and practical experiences from the work with the public sector.
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Financing of long-term social investments

Because social investments in society are long-term in nature and typically involve many parties, the municipalities and regions in Sweden tend to have a hard time putting them into practice. The public sector also needs to become better at succeeding with innovation by overcoming obstacles and the…
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Preventive collaboration makes for successful outcome in Norrköping

Preventive measures in the welfare sector benefit both society and individuals. Social Outcome Contracts are a model that can help municipalities implement more effective, innovative solutions. RISE has compiled the learnings from Sweden's first attempt at a social outcome contract in Norrköping mu…
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Double outcome of preventative care

So far, the twenty-first century has seen significant increases in society’s healthcare costs. One way of reversing this trend in the public sector is to work with preventative healthcare. The Swedish municipalities of Botkyrka and Örnsköldsvik have invested SEK 40 million in a social impact bond t…

Why you should choose RISE

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SHIC

– independent knowledge platform with a focus on implementation that designs proactive welfare solutions for measurable health outcomes
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Economic impact assessments

– calculations showing the cost-effectiveness and long-term societal benefits of preventive measures
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Social outcome contracts

– funding models that link remuneration to health outcomes achieved and promote cross-sectoral collaboration
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Evidence-based implementation

– systematic review of available research and development of operational impact logic
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Measurement and follow-up

– systems for monitoring the effects of preventive measures at the individual, organizational, and societal levels

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