title: Finland 1993. Theatre nursing today.
abstract: The health care organization in Finland, as in the rest of Scandinavia, forms an important part of the social security services which are delivered to the public by the state and the health boards. In fact, the Finnish National health care organization, being economically and geographically achievable equally for all Finnish citizens, is mentioned by the World Health Organization as an example of a well functioning system. We also have private health care services, providing services mainly for those who want to be taken care of only by a certain doctor, or those with health problems that they want treated immediately. Basically, there are no differences in the quality of care between the private sector and the public one. However, the private units provide only a small part of the sum total of the health care services. For example, the municipal and state hospitals have about 63,500 beds, whereas the private hospitals have about 3,200 beds.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pitkajarvi
mesh_terms: D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends*; D012956:Societies, Nursing