Hennamari Mikkola

The report examines the state, development and future of Finnish wellbeing and health, as well as related questions in health and social services, social security and crisis resilience.

The aim was to form an overall picture of the effectiveness of social security among adolescents in terms of income.

The development of digital services is on the rise. Especially in countries where social and healthcare services have been less accessible or not available, digital services are seen as a great opportunity. Attitudes towards digital services are more critical in countries where clients are used to traditional face-to-face services. Therefore, digital services may develop faster in countries with less or no resistance to change.

The continuity of patient-doctor relationships in private medical and dental services is investigated using Kela's medical care reimbursement register.

The project will examine the evolution and concentration of the physiotherapy market, and providers’ learning in successive acquisitions.

By reducing subsidies, the private sector became more expensive for patients, causing many to transition to the public sector for their dental needs.

The research project collects and compares the social security of young people through system descriptions, statistics and microsimulation modelling.

This study examines visits and absence of visits to public and private dentists in the years 2017–2018 by education, occupational class and income.

The aim of the study is to examine how different health services and benefits support students’ health, ability to study, and academic performance.

Several factors are correlated with the use of primary care services. If these factors are not taken into consideration in the capitation reimbursements paid to providers for each listed citizen, the reimbursement is not reflective of the individual need for services and can lead to customer selection.