ocr: Sweden's health care system 1S comprehensive and ofa universally high standard. However, since 1991,it has been under review in an attempt to cut goverment spending. Almost 25% of surgical beds have been closed and 30,000jobs cut. Sweden is now among the lowest spenders on health as a proportion of GNP in the OECD.Reforms in 1994 gave individuals the right to - choose their own doctors, and allowed doctors and specialists to set up private practices.
