This is intended to strengthen the patient’s position in accessing sen/ices The act describes a ■0-7-90-90’ rule, meaning same day contact with the health care system: seeing a GP within seven days: consulting a specialist within 90 days, and waiting for no more than 90 days after being diagnosed to receive treatment However, compliance with this waiting time guarantee varies largely across the country and no region has fully been able to meet these rules (see Section 5.2). Amenable mortality rates have been reduced by 25% in Sweden since 2005. Mortality rates for heart attack have decreased between 200S-1S in Sweden, as in many other EU countries (Figure 9). Better access to high-quality acute care for heart attack, including evidence-based interventions and high-quality specialised health facilities, have helped to reduce these 30-day mortality rates (OECD.