compared to other nordic countries health expenditure was the second highest after denmar k of total net expenditure on health and medical care services in swedish county councils and regions in billion sek specialist psychiatric care accounted for pharmaceuticals excluded salar la in terms of total health expenditure the share of private insurance is marginal accounting for merely in which increased only to in oecd b it typically provides supplementary coverage mainly coverage for elective surgery to the public health system in people had supplementary voluntary insurance compared to approximately people in anell et al