{"id":987778120,"date":"2024-07-24T09:39:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T08:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/?post_type=documents&#038;p=987778120"},"modified":"2025-07-24T11:29:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:29:02","slug":"denmark-health-system-summary-2024","status":"publish","type":"documents","link":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/documents\/denmark-health-system-summary-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Denmark: Health system summary 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;!!! PLEASE DO NOT EDIT !!!&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;!!! PLEASE DO NOT EDIT !!!&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;TO BE EDITED &#8211; TEXT &#8211; Click on the WHEEL icon to open the text-area where you can type your text. Add a paragraph to introduce the Document&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\">\n<div class=\"prose text-pretty dark:prose-invert inline leading-normal break-words min-w-0 [word-break:break-word]\">\n<p class=\"my-0\">Denmark\u2019s national health system provides universal, largely free care to its 5.9 million residents through a tax-funded structure operating across state, regional, and municipal levels. While health spending is among the highest in the EU, with strong public investment and recent reforms targeting hospital optimization, mental health, and facility upgrades, gaps remain in coverage for prescription medicines and dental care, leading to notable out-of-pocket costs. Key ongoing challenges include ensuring coordinated, continuous care, retaining healthcare workers\u2014especially nurses\u2014and addressing long-term structural and technological needs through dedicated commissions and digital health innovation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Denmark\u2019s national health system provides universal, largely free care to its 5.9 million residents through a tax-funded structure operating across state, regional, and municipal levels. While health spending is among the highest in the EU, with strong public investment and recent reforms targeting hospital optimization, mental health, and facility upgrades, gaps remain in coverage for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2098,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3026,3046],"document_type":[2336],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documents\/987778120"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documents"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/documents"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2098"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=987778120"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documents\/987778120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":987778170,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/documents\/987778120\/revisions\/987778170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987778120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987778120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987778120"},{"taxonomy":"document_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document_type?post=987778120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}