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	Encyclopedia: County
		Leinster (Irish: Laighin) is the eastern province of Ireland, comprising the counties of Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow.
		County Tipperary (Tiobraid Ãrann in Irish) is a traditional county in the Republic of Ireland, in the province of Munster.
		At the county level there is a county administrative board led by a governor appointed by the central government of Sweden, as well as an elected county council that handles a separate set of issues, notably hospitals and public transportation.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/County (9098 words)

	County Councils of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The County Council is a political entity, appointed by the county electorate and typically its main responsibilities lie within the public health care system.
		In Swedish terminology the County Council is considered to be a "Provincial Municipality" or Landstingskommun.
		In each County there are also several smaller entities for the local government and administration that constitute municipal self government, which are independent of the County Councils.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/County_Councils_of_Sweden (299 words)

	Station Information - Counties of Sweden
		A County, or Län, is an administrative and political subdivision of Sweden.
		Sweden is divided into 21 counties, and in each county there is a County Administrative Board as well as a County Council.
		The Counties were established in 1634 on count Axel Oxenstierna's initiative, superseding the Provinces of Sweden to introduce a modern administration.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/c/co/counties_of_sweden.html (246 words)

	Learn more about County in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Originally, the county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count (in Great Britain, an earl, though the original earldoms covered larger areas) by reason of that office.
		The county remains one of the oldest levels of government in China and significantly predates the establishment of provinces in the Ming dynasty.
		The county of Oslo is equivalent to the municipality of Oslo.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /c/co/county.html (1292 words)

	Uppsala County - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Uppsala County, or Uppsala län is a County or län on the eastern coast of Sweden.
		The main aim of the County Administrative Board is to fulfil the goals set in national politics by the Parliament and the Government, to coordinate the interests of the county, promote its development, establish regional goals and safeguard the due process of law in the handling of each case.
		The County Council of Uppsala or Landstinget i Uppsala län, which is appointed by the electorate of the county, is primarily responsible for health care and public transportation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Uppsala_County (184 words)

	Counties of Sweden: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Counties of Sweden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The County Council on the other hand is a political assembly appointed by the electorate to deliberate on the "municipal" affairs of the County, primarily regarding the public health care system.
		Each county is further divided into a total of 289 Municipalities or Kommuner (2002).
		An example: The County of Blekinge (Blekinge län) is separate from the province, which plainly is called Blekinge (Blekinge).
	www.encyclopedian.com /co/Counties-of-Sweden.html (236 words)

	Sweden Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sweden was first mentioned in the 1st century, by Tacitus, who wrote that the Suiones lived out in the sea and were powerful in both arms and ships.
		Sweden (etymology)''Sweden'' as a name was originally a plural form of SwedesSwede and is a so-called "back-formation", from Old English ''Sweoðeod,'' the land of the Suiones.
		In underground circles, Sweden is known for a large number of death metal and fl metal acts, often viewed as pioneering or at the forefront of the scene.
	www.echostatic.com /Sweden.html (2943 words)

	County (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In addition "County Tipperary" is actually two counties, called North Tipperary and South Tipperary while the major urban centres Cork, Galway, Limerick, and Waterford have been separated from the town and rural areas of their counties.
		At the county level there is a County Administrative Boards of Swedencounty administrative board led by a governor appointed by the central government of Sweden, as well as an elected County Councils of Swedencounty council that handles a separate set of issues, notably hospitals and public transportation/.
		The thirteen Traditional counties of Walestraditional counties of Wales were fixed by Statute in 1539/ and most of those of Scotland are of at least this age.
	www.infothis.com /find/County (2469 words)

	S W E D E N
		Sweden cooperates actively with the Nordic neighbours and in the cultural policy field within the framework of the Council of Europe.
		County libraries are financed by the county councils, with additional grants from the state for their regional activities.
		Sweden was one of the first European countries to embark upon a cultural development policy at the end of the 1970s.
	www.culturelink.org /culpol/sweden.html (5684 words)

	County Councils of Sweden -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A County Council, or Landsting, is an elected assembly of a (A region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government) County in (A Scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula) Sweden.
		The County Council is a political entity, appointed by the county electorate and typically its main responsibilities lie within the (Click link for more info and facts about public health care) public health care system.
		In each County there are also several smaller entities for the (The government of a local area) local government and administration that constitute municipal self government, which are independent of the County Councils.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/C/Co/County_Councils_of_Sweden.htm (711 words)

	Sweden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sweden is a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy.
		Sweden is divided into three levels of administration: state level, county level and municipal level.
		Sweden consists of 23 county councils and 288 municipalities.
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	Sweden
		However, in order to work as a private practitioner within the social security system, an agreement with the County Council is necessary.The politicians claim to be open to other ways of organising practices within primary healthcare, as it is the contents of primary healthcare and not the way it is organised that matters.
		However, in most County Councils the climate for establishing a private practice has been most unfavourable.General practitioners in Sweden are specialists in family medicine.
		In 1997 the Swedish Medical Association decided that an increase in the number of general practitioners in Sweden from 4,000 to 6,000 was appropriate to meet the new demands in primary hcalthcare.
	www.uemo.org /natsec/sweden.htm (686 words)

	Geography of Sweden (the s.c.nordic FAQ) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Northwestern Sweden is crossed by an ancient mountain chain; the remainder of the north is a southeast-sloping plateau that rises to between 200 and 500 meters.
		South of Norrland, forming the regions of Svealand in central Sweden and Götaland farther south, is a varied landscape of plains and rift valleys.
		Sweden consists of 25 provinces (landskap) which are divided in hundreds (one härad - several härader).
	www.lysator.liu.se /nordic/scn/faq72.html (1273 words)

	Organisation and resources of the health service
		The Act is designed to give county councils and municipalities considerable freedom with regard to how their health services are organised.
		There are 21 county councils in Sweden, with responsibilities that are common to large geographical areas and often requiring considerable resources.
		County councils are responsible for organising their services so that all citizens have access to adequate care.
	www.sweden.gov.se /sb/d/4114/a/26469 (393 words)

	Expanding Access - Sweden population density (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sweden has a population of 8,86 million people, 83 percent living in urban and 17 percent in rural areas.
		The county councils are responsible for financing and operating health and medical care, levying taxes for the required resources.
		In the 1990s the annual number of births in Sweden has decreased from 123,000 in the first years of the decade to about 90.000 in the last.
	www.ipasihcar.net /expacc/reports/swpop.html (648 words)

	Regions of Finland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The regions are governed by, which serve as forums of cooperation for the municipalities of a region.
		Currently, the only region where a popular election is held for the council is Kainuu.
		¹ The role that the Regional Councils serve on Mainland Finland are on the Åland Islands handled by the autonomous Government of Åland.
	www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Regions_of_Finland (166 words)

	County Councils of Sweden: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about County Councils of Sweden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		County Councils of Sweden: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about County Councils of Sweden
		The Swedish name, Landsting, is the same as was used by the supreme things of the historical Provinces of Sweden.
		See also: Counties of Sweden, County Administrative Boards of Sweden, Municipalities of Sweden
	www.encyclopedian.com /co/County-Councils-of-Sweden.html (320 words)

	County Councils of Sweden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This doesn't constitute any degree of federalism, which is consistent with the view that Sweden should be regarded as a unity state.
		As Gotland doesn't have a separate entity for a County Council, the Municipality of Gotland also handles the County Council tasks.
		It uses material from the wikipedia article County Councils of Sweden.
	www.eurofreehost.com /co/County_Councils_of_Sweden.html (346 words)

	Publicly funded medicine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The system is comprehensive and compulsory, like in Sweden, and a small patient fee is also taken.
		In Sweden, the publicly funded medicine system is comprehensive and compulsory.
		Physician and hospital services take a small patient fee, but the services are funded through the taxation scheme of the County Councils of Sweden.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/publicly_funded_medicine (2286 words)

	Swedish experience of HIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The county councils are responsible for health care and public health, some public transport and regional development.
		A few years ago, we had a committee in Sweden made up of leading politicians from the municipalities and counties with the main objective of putting health issues on the political agenda.
		Nearly half of the county councils have begun to use HIA, even though the use of HIA differs in these county councils.
	www.stakes.fi /sva/huia/seminar/berensson.html (2428 words)

	SoS/EpC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 1983 twenty of the 26 county councils reported all in-patient care to the Hospital Discharge Register (HDR) and in 1984 the Ministry of Health and Welfare together with the Federation of County Councils decided to make reporting to HDR compulsory.
		Some counties are better than others in reporting PIN and some others are among the best every year.
		One county council is responsible for a majority of the missing E-codes.
	www.sos.se /epc/english/ParEng.htm (639 words)

	Myocardial infarctions in Sweden 1987-2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The County Councils are responsible for reporting once a year to the register.
		The Cause of Death Register comprises all deaths, where the deceased was registered as a Swedish resident, whether or not the death occurred in Sweden.
		Reports for each case of death are sent to the register from the doctor in charge.
	www.sos.se /FULLTEXT/42/2003-42-4/summary.htm (291 words)

	Sweden\|Swedish Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sweden enjoys a mostly temperate climate despite its northern latitude, mainly due to the Gulf Stream.
		The Finns were the first large group of immigrants to contemporary Sweden.
		During World War II some 70,000 Finnish war childrenwar children were evacuated from Finland.
	www.echostatic.com /Sweden\|Swedish.html (2943 words)

	The Local - Patients being let down by mental care
		This is the conclusion of an investigation by the National Board of Health and Welfare and Sweden’s county councils carried out between 2002 and 2004.
		Social workers in nearly half of Sweden’s local authorities lack the resources to plan or coordinate their work, according to the report.
		RSMH believes that the lack of contact between councils and patient groups, such as RSMH itself, is a major cause of the problem.
	www.thelocal.se /article.php?ID=2049&date=20050908 (353 words)

	European Observatory... - Decentralization in health care: strategies and outcomes * (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The model of territorial units (regions, counties, municipalities) in decentralized country depend on the history, traditions, size of the country, social and economic factors.
		For example, in Sweden, the county councils and municipalities have been delegated responsibility for a major part of welfare provision but they are part of an integrated central-local government system.
		It has been shown that equity of access across counties can be guaranteed by the use of formulas that adjust for variations in local tax income and in healthcare need or are needs based (Diderichsen F, et al., 1997; Diderichsen F, 1999).
	www.who.dk /observatory/Studies/20031112_1 (6321 words)

	IngentaConnect Knowledge of and attitudes towards infertility held by members of... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		To investigate Swedish county council members knowledge of the laws regulating infertility treatment, their understanding of the suggestions put forward in the report ‘Priorities in Health Care’ and their attitudes towards infertility.
		All members (n=182) of the 1998 county councils of Linköping and Jönköping were asked to participate in the study.
		The relative lack of knowledge of Swedish law and of the report from the Health Care Priority Committee might lead to a lower level of commitment to dealing with the problems that infertile couples face than if the members were better informed.
	www.ingentaconnect.com /content/mksg/aog/2000/00000079/00000011/art00023 (400 words)

	EIRA \| Ovid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		EiRA is a joint platform for information and knowledge, for the time being available to 14 county councils in Sweden.
		Through EiRA all staff of the county councils have access to a great number of fulltext journals and also to five of the most common medical databases.
		Staff at the county concils can also get access to this service outside the intranet.
	frodo.silverplatter.com /eira/english/?N=D (100 words)

	Kristianstad Municipality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - TESTVERSION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Kristianstad is a municipality and city in Scania in southernmost Sweden.
		The town is the seat of the Skåne Regional Council and the regional parliament of this evolved County Council.
		The municipality has a population of 75,241 and some 150,000 live in the surrounding area.
	www.wissen-im-web.net /wiki/Kristianstad (127 words)

	county_councils from 24hourpharmacy.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The County Councils Network (CCN) is a Special Interest Group within the Local Government Association (LGA), with all 37 English Shire Counties in membership.
		Hampshire County Council's official gateway to Hampshire in Southern England.
		Hertfordshire County Council provides services for children, schools, libraries, environmental services, older people and people with disabilities, consumer and business advice via trading standards, fire and rescue services, and contact details...
	www.24hourpharmacy.co.uk /county_councils.html (247 words)

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