Facilitators and constrainers of civilian–military collaboration: the Swedish perspectives

PURPOSE: An increasing number of international and domestic armed conflicts, including terror attacks on civilians, along with constrained healthcare finance and resource limitation, has made a civilian–military collaboration (CMC) crucial. The purpose of this study was to identify facilitators and constrainers in CMC in a national perspective with a specific focus on medical aspects. METHOD: A literature review of recently published papers about civilian–military collaboration, along with a short survey, was conducted. For the review, major search engines were used. RESULTS: The results indicated many facilitators, but few important constrainers with a high impact on the outcome. The conducted survey indicated discrepancies between the needs and resources. CONCLUSION: The current global and domestic security threats and challenges, make CMC critical and inevitable. However, there is a need for careful analysis of its consequences, impact, possibilities, and limitations to differentiate between our expectations and the current reality.