OECD Reviews of Health Systems OECD Reviews of Health Systems: Finland 2005: Edition 2005

This comprehensive review of the Finnish health care system evaluates financing, service provision, investment, governance, and insurance/payment schemes. Recent reforms are assessed and longer-term challenges such as those posed by technological change, a rapidly ageing population, and rising consumer expectations are evaluated. The review includes a series of recommendations. Executive Summary Resume (In French) Introduction Chapter 1. Organisation of the Finnish Health Care System Introduction Sources of Finance Provision of Services Payment of Providers Investment in Human Resources Governance Patient Insurance Chapter 2. The Performance of the Finnish Health System and its Determinants Introduction Health Status Macroeconomic Efficiency (Financial Sustainability) Microeconomic Efficiency (Value for Money) Equity in the Financing and Use of Health Care The Bottom Line Chapter 3. Recent Reforms to the Finnish Health Care System The "Health 2015" Public Health Programme The SOMERA Commission The National Project on Safeguarding the Future of Health Care Services Reforms to the Regulation of Medicine Human Resources Waiting Times Electronic Patient Records Concentration of Public Laboratory and Imaging Services Long-Term Care Vouchers and Proposals to Reform the System of Support for Informal Carers Local Reforms The Project to Restructure Municipalities and Services Commentary Chapter 4. Assessment and Recommendations Macroeconomic Efficiency (Sustainability) Microeconomic Efficiency (Value for Money) Equity in the Financing and Use of Health Care Conclusions References This Report Was Prepared By Jeremy Hurst And Peter Scherer ... With The Help Of Maria Luisa Gil Lapetra ... And Victoria Braithwaite... -- P.3. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 103-106). Executive Summary Also In French. A Comprehensive Oecd Review Of The Finnish Health Care System That Evaluates Financing, Service Provision, Investment, Governance, And Insurance/payment Schemes. The Review Includes A Series Of Recommendations.