Finnish care integrated?
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.
Niskanen
J Jouni
JJ
University of Vaasa, Social and Health Administration, P.O.Box 700, FIN-65101 Vaasa, Finland. jouni.niskanen@uwasa.fi