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September 5, 2025PoliticaOpen Access

The Danish healthcare system: universalism for all?

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CJCarsten JensenPMPeter Bjerre Mortensen

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Overview

This article analyzes universalism in healthcare, focusing on access and inequalities in Denmark, suggesting reforms.

Key Points

  • Significant social and geographical inequalities persist in actual healthcare use and outcomes.
  • While financing and formal access remain universal, actual healthcare disparities are notable.
  • Drawing on welfare state theory, a four-dimensional framework evaluates healthcare universalism.
  • Achieving equity in healthcare is politically challenging due to resistance from resourceful groups.

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Jensen et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68bb4de86d6d5674bcd01a99https://doi.org/10.7146/politica.v57i3.159458
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