Medical Care Research in the Planning of Social Security in Finland

The relationship between governmental policy–making and objective research can easily become one of conflict. Planning may be considered as being in a position between these two: planning implicitly is based on facts, but policy decisions are not always the result of planning and are sometimes based on political considerations and expediency rather than rational planning, In recent decades, however, the increasing complexity and sharply rising costs of health and other community services have stimulated the public demand for a more rational approach to social planning, and this applies especially in the health field. In Finland, the research division of the National Pensions Institute, a governmental social security agency, has been found successful in meeting the demands of planning and evaluating in the field of social security generally and of health services in particular, and therefore it may be of interest to outline some of its activities in the field

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