Health services are available to all in Finland, regardless of their
financial situation. Public health services are mainly financed from tax
revenues; partly municipal, partly state tax.
Central government's contribution
to municipal health care is determined by population numbers, age structures and
morbidity statistics. A number of other factors also affect its computation. Finland spends less on health care than most other EU member states. This is due both to the efficiency of the system and to the relatively low level of wages in the health care sector in Finland. The FMA has repeatedly demanded more resources for health services.
Other contributors include employers, private insurance and benefit
societies. The decline in public sector health-care expenditure in recent years
has led to increases in costs to households.Costs of public health care
Förbund
The Finnish Medical Association -
Health Care and the Medical Profession in Finland
Association
