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David Isaksson is a Lecturer at the Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, specializing in Health Services Research. His work focuses on market mechanisms in Swedish healthcare systems, examining privatization, competition, and equity implications in primary and social care delivery through rigorous empirical analysis.
His research centers on healthcare policy reform impacts, particularly analyzing patient choice systems, provider competition, and contract design in quasi-markets. Key interests include risk selection prevention, geographical access equity, and sustainability of social services programs, with methodological expertise in quantitative analysis of national health data.
Recent publications (2016-2024) demonstrate consistent focus on Swedish primary care reforms, revealing how free establishment policies affect competition and equity. His work bridges health economics and public policy, frequently employing cross-national comparisons and longitudinal data to assess market-oriented reforms while contributing to international health policy discourse.
Dr. Isaksson's research has been disseminated through high-impact journals including BMJ Open, Public Management Review, and BMC Health Services Research, with policy-relevant outputs frequently referenced in governmental reports and news media. His doctoral thesis 'Steering health and social care through quasi-markets' (2018) established foundational work on contract design in privatized welfare services.
