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I've never heard of house calls in Scandinavia either, unless it's strictly necessary (immobile elderly patient, etc.). It takes more of the doctor's time, therefore is more expensive, and generally we don't want medical care to get more expensive when it's possible to avoid it. For example a typical GP in Denmark sees 6 patients per hour, which seems difficult to do with house visits unless the patients live in the same building or something.

[userium]

In Finland, at least in Helsinki, they have a "home hospital" system (http://www.hel.fi/www/Helsinki/en/socia-health/health/hospit...) for "patients who do not need the services of emergency units or specialist care". In case the patient is "healthy" enough to go home and has somebody to look after him there, they arrange for a nurse to visit e.g. even four times per day, to give meds, provide IV, and even take blood tests. Also sometimes a doctor visits the patient, though not as often as the nurses. Staying at the hospital is very expensive (for the country), so I have heard that the outpatient care ends up being cheaper.