Digital healthcare in Denmark

Key figures

5.8M

inhabitants

5

regions

9.4% of GDP

destined for the healthcare sector in 2023

The Danish healthcare system offers universal coverage and is financed by general taxation.

Denmark is made up of 5 regions and 98 municipalities responsible for healthcare provision. In 2007, a reform centralized planning and regulation but decentralized responsibility for primary and secondary care. Today, the healthcare sector is managed at three political and administrative levels:

  • Thestate services ensure homogeneity of healthcare provision throughout the territory.
  • Theregions own and administer public hospitals.
  • The communes are responsible for home healthcare services, housing for the elderly or disabled, preventive actions.

The healthcare system is 83% tax-financed.Only dental care, physiotherapy and the partial reimbursement of certain drugs require a financial contribution from the patient.

Meeting the ambassadors

Anne Smetana, health attaché at the Danish Embassy in France

Health databases, pillars of digital healthcare

Denmark has set up a national platform for personal and aggregated health data. Sundhed.dk gives citizens access to data from their personalized medical records.
Collected systematically and in compliance with interoperability rules, the platform brings together numerous sources of healthcare data. Their reuse for research and innovation is promising.

How do you access the Danish market?

1. Contact Invest in Denmark

Invest in Denmark is the national investment agency responsible for welcoming international companies wishing to access the Danish market. Thanks to its experts in the development of digital medical technologies, it offers personalized support to entrepreneurs and helps design to market their solutions.

2. Getting closer to the regions, the first point of contact for innovation and access to the Danish market

The regions are responsible for both healthcare innovation and healthcare provision.They are federated at national level by the association of Danish regions.which fosters the exchange of information and technology.The role of its innovation council is to ensure that the best technological solutions are made available throughout the territory.
It is also a one-stop shop that connects innovators and hospitals facilitating access to digital health innovations on the market.

3. Get in touch with regional hubs responsible for innovation in healthcare

Each of Denmark's five regions has its own health innovation center, which is in direct contact with the regional healthcare services:

4. Take into account the standards and repositories for health data exchange on the Medcom platform

The Medcom, a public organization, is tasked with enhancing digital communication within the Danish healthcare system, and defining standards and repositories for the exchange of healthcare data. .
The country emphasizes the secondary use of health data for innovation, research purposes. The Danish Health Data Authority (DHDA) is part of the Ministry of Health and has the main task of developing and managing national health registers to ensure comprehensive and valid health data for patient treatment, development, planning and research.

5. Conducting clinical trials with Trial nation, the one-stop shop for clinical trials

Attached to the Ministry of Health and its 5 regions, Trial Nation centralizes clinical trial applications to facilitate the process.
Some clinical trials can even be conducted decentralized via online recruitment and e-consultations, electronic data collection systems and handheld devices and direct dispatch to patients.


6. Obtain market authorization from Lægemiddelstyrelsen, the Danish drug agency.

The Lægemiddelstyrelsen is the authority regulating the marketing of healthcare products in Denmark. It is involved in the various stages of market access. Its role is to:

  • Regulate the Danish pharmaceutical market and marketing authorizations
  • Supervise the market for healthcare products
  • Authorize clinical trials
  • Authorize and define reimbursement rates for healthcare products and services
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