Policy papers

Finnish care integrated?

Authors:

  • Jouni Niskanen

Abstract

The public Finnish social and health care system has been challenged by the economic crisis, administrative reforms and increased demands. Better integration as a solution includes many examples, which have been taken to use. The most important are the rewritten national and municipals strategies and quality recommendations, where the different sectors and the levels of care are seen as one entity. Many reorganisations have taken place, both nationally and locally, and welfare clusters have been established. The best examples of integrated care are the forms of teamwork, care management, emphasis on non-institutional care and the information technology.

Keywords:

municipalitystrategycare managementinformation technology
  • Volume: 2
  • DOI: 10.5334/ijic.57
  • Submitted on 1 Mar 2010
  • Published on 1 Jun 2002
  • Peer Reviewed