Oral Health Care Reform in Finland – aiming to reduce inequity in care provision |
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Authors: | Teija Niiranen Eeva Widström Tapani Niskanen |
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Institution: | 1.P?ij?t-H?me Joint Authority for Social and Health Services,Orimattila,Finland;2.National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, Stakes,Helsinki,Finland;3.Institute of Clinical Dentistry,University of Tromso,Tromso,Norway |
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Abstract: | Background In Finland, dental services are provided by a public (PDS) and a private sector. In the past, children, young adults and special
needs groups were entitled to care and treatment from the public dental services (PDS). A major reform in 2001 – 2002 opened
the PDS and extended subsidies for private dental services to all adults. It aimed to increase equity by improving adults'
access to oral health care and reducing cost barriers. The aim of this study was to assess the impacts of the reform on the
utilization of publicly funded and private dental services, numbers and distribution of personnel and costs in 2000 and in
2004, before and after the oral health care reform. An evaluation was made of how the health political goals of the reform:
integrating oral health care into general health care, improving adults' access to care and lowering cost barriers had been
fulfilled during the study period. |
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