In-depth reform of the healthcare system in Finland

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Social welfare and healthcare, as well as regional administration, will be totally reformed in Finland in the next years. The centre-right government will unify all public services of social welfare and healthcare, introduce freedom of choice between public and private primary care and abolish the present multi-channel funding in healthcare. New legislation is under preparation and is to be adopted in the autumn of 2016.

Author: Laura Kalliomaa-Puha and Olli Kangas