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SOCIAL AND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN FINLAND. Eeva Helminen. About Finnish population, Health Care spending and financing. Approximately 5.4 miljon inhabitants The biggest charge in demographic structure is ageing Health Care spending in Finland amounted to EUR 61 billion in 2010.
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SOCIAL AND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN FINLAND Eeva Helminen
About Finnish population, Health Care spending and financing Approximately 5.4 miljon inhabitants The biggest charge in demographic structure is ageing Health Care spending in Finland amounted to EUR 61 billion in 2010
Social welfare and health care reform; 2015-> The vision is that Finland in 2020 will be a socially sustainable and vibrant society, in which equality, mental and material wellbeing, gender equality, and economic, social and ecological sustainability contribute to the balanced development of society. (Strategy for Social and Health Policy)
New SOTE- areas • = Social and Health areas (5) 1.6.2016->
New Sote Structure MSAH STATE Financial Ministry • MSAH Sote 1 Sote2 Sote3 Sote4 Sote5 Munipalicit. Munipalici Munipalici Munipalici Munipalici NGOs
Guidance, provision and Funding of Health care system State PP Parliament Governement MSAH Ministry of Finance Health Centres Municipalities Specialized . Sote-areas Medicine Insurance comp. Population Private.. KELA NGO`s Employers Employersownoccupationalclinics
FUNDING SOTE- areas(5) ->Facilities-functioning Municipalities: ->Services
Social welfare and health care system Finland, responsibilities • )
HEALTH Care The aim of health care in Finland is to maintain and improve people's health, wellbeing, work and functional capacity and social security, as well as to reduce health inequalities The system is based on preventive health care and well-run, comprehensive health services.
Primary health care Primary health care • Primary health care is organized by municipalities and is mainly provided by some 160 local health centres. Primary health services include: Consultations with a doctor for people who have become ill and for the treatment of chronic illnesses - patients may be referred to specialists or for further examination
Primary health care.. • Health centres often have a ward for patients requiring nursing care • Health counselling, including health education, contraception advice, maternity and child welfare and medical examinations • Screening and vaccinations • Oral health services • School and student health care • Mental health services • Emergency treatment, emergency cases also handled by hospitals • Home care services
Municipal social welfare work involves the prevention of social problems, maintaining social security and supporting people's independent living. Municipalitiesarrange social servicesprovide social assistancegrant social loansorganize guidance and counselling on social welfare benefits and other forms of social security and their usetake responsibility for the development of social conditions and solving problems Social Welfare Tasks
Quality Recommendations for Guided Health-Enhancing Physical Activity for Older People. • National Memory Programme 2012–2020. Creating a "memory-friendly" Finland • National Recommendations for Nutrition in Old Age • National Programme of Housing Development 2013-2017 • Health 2015 public health programme • Human Impact Assessment (HuIA) • http://www.thl.fi/en_US/web/en/research/tools/human_impact_assessment
Future? • Informal help • Voluntary work • Technology • Mobile services