Övertorneå hälsocentral

Facts about the health centre.

Operating form

Public

Address

Bergsgatan 2, Övertorneå, Övertorneå

Source: 1177 Hitta vård (the HSA catalogue).

Övertorneå hälsocentral scores 81 of 100 on Vårdbetyg, essentially in line with the national average of 80.8, based on 102 responses (52% response rate). Patients rate their experience notably higher than average across most dimensions, respect and empathy (92 vs 83.9) and involvement (89.1 vs 80.4) stand out as particular strengths, alongside strong marks for care and treatment, information and continuity. There's a gap between how patients rated accessibility in the survey (90) and the waiting-time statistics, where only 47.1% got a medical assessment within 3 days, well below what the survey score might suggest, though call answering was strong at 95.5%. With just over 100 responses, these figures should be read as indicative rather than exact.

Automatically generated summary, grounded in the figures on this page (the patient survey 2025).

Share of the region’s primary-care diabetes patients reaching the target value, from the Swedish National Diabetes Register (2024). The row on high blood-sugar level is the exception and instead shows the share above 70 mmol/mol.

Good blood-sugar control (HbA1c < 52 mmol/mol)

50 %

High blood-sugar level (HbA1c > 70 mmol/mol), lower is better

11 %

Blood pressure below 140/85 mmHg

60 %

Foot examination performed

72 %

Lipid-lowering treatment

68 %

This is regional context, not this health centre’s own figures.

Source: the Swedish National Diabetes Register via Vården i siffror.

Antibiotic prescriptions per 1,000 inhabitants in the region’s outpatient care. Strama’s target is at most 250 prescriptions per 1,000 inhabitants per year (2025).

Antibiotic prescriptions per 1,000 inhabitants

276

This is regional context, not this health centre’s own figures. Lower is better.

Source: the Public Health Agency of Sweden, antibiotics statistics.

Complaints to IVO about primary care in the region that were investigated on the merits, and how many were closed with criticism, in total 2018-2025.

Complaints investigated on the merits (total)

46

Of which closed with criticism

15

This is regional context, not this health centre’s own figures. IVO investigates only a small share of all complaints on the merits (most go to the patient committee), and the count also reflects the region’s size, so it is not a quality ranking. Small counts are suppressed at the source, so the figure is a lower bound.

Source: the Health and Social Care Inspectorate, IVO statistics database (table EKPSL09, primary care).

Vårdbetyg is built only on open, year-stamped sources. Some of what patients care about most is not in any open data per health centre. When that is the case we say so plainly instead of guessing.

• Whether a clinic offers or upsells private add-ons.
• How often it refers or passes you on instead of caring for you itself.
• Whether it profits from rebooking you.

A missing figure like this does notmean anything is wrong with this particular health centre, only that it can’t be measured fairly in open data. We never put a number or a judgement on something we can’t substantiate, and never single out an individual clinic on a guess.

Have a concern about a specific health centre? Your region’s patient advisory committee (patientnämnden) receives it free of charge, and serious deficiencies can be reported to IVO.