title: Rebirth of the university hospital: the Finnish strategy.
abstract: Like the academic hospitals worldwide, the Finnish university hospitals are under increasing economical pressures seeking ways to re-assess their traditional missions. It is strongly felt that new solutions within the field of evaluative sciences could bring added value to university hospitals. In this vein, university hospitals must take a leading position in assessing efficacy, (cost-)effectiveness and, ultimately, cost-utility of both traditional and emerging clinical technologies. This will affect the research culture of university hospitals both profoundly and permanently.
authors.affiliation: Department Administration, Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District, Finland.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Laitinen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seppälä
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kekomäki
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005387:Finland; D006302:Health Services Research; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006754:Hospital Restructuring; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D016896:Treatment Outcome