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Health Policy in Finland

Organization, Planning, and High Technology Development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Guy Bäckman
Guy Bäckman
Affiliation:
Åbo Akademi
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Abstract

This article surveys attempts by the Finnish government to plan and budget health care since the Primary Health Care Act of 1972. A national board of health allocates approved resources to local authorities who develop plans for preventative and primary health care and hospital services. The acquisition of expensive technologies are debated at the national level. The author presents studies which suggest that there is a considerable need for expansion of both diagnostic and therapeutic technologies in Finland. These adjustments will be necessary to meet the needs of an economically, socially, and demographically changing country.

Type
Special Section: Health Care Systems and the Diffusion of Technology, Part II
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , July 1988 , pp. 375 - 384
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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