Sweden and Spain experiment with different provider models to reform healthcare provision. Both models have
in common that they extend the role of the for-profit sector in healthcare. As the analysis of Saltman and Duran
demonstrates, privatisation is an ambiguous and contested strategy that is used for quite different purposes. In
our comment, we emphasize that their analysis leaves questions open on the consequences of privatisation for the
performance of healthcare and the role of the public sector in healthcare provision. Furthermore, we briefly address
the absence of the option of healthcare provision by not-for-profit providers in the privatisation strategy of Sweden
and Spai