Tiirinki Hanna, Tynkkynen Liina-Kaisa, Sovala Markus, Atkins Salla, Koivusalo Meri, Rautiainen Pauli, Jormanainen Vesa, Keskimäki Ilmo
Department of Health and Social Care Systems, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Finland.
Health Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Finland.
Health Policy Technol. 2020 Dec;9(4):649-662. doi: 10.1016/j.hlpt.2020.08.005. Epub 2020 Aug 27.
The objective of this study was to describe and analyze the impact of the coronavirus disease COVID-19 on health policy, social- and health system, and economic and financing system to prevent, treat, contain and monitor the virus in Finland.
This study provides early outcomes of health policy measures, social- and health system capacity as well as economic challenges in COVID-19 pandemic in Finland. This paper is based available documents and reports of different ministries and social, health and economic authorities collected online. This was complemented by other relevant pandemic data from Finland.
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the Finnish society has been unpredictable although it has not been as extensive and massive than in many other countries. As the situation evolved the Government took strict measures to stop the spread of the virus (e.g. Emergency Powers Act). Available information shows that the economic consequences will be drastic also in Finland, albeit perhaps less dramatic than in large industrial economies.
Finland has transferred gradually to a "hybrid strategy", referring to a move from extensive restrictive measures to enhanced management of the epidemic. However, health system must be prepared for prospective setback. It is possible, that COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the development of digital health services and telemedicine in Finnish healthcare system.
本研究的目的是描述和分析冠状病毒病COVID-19对芬兰预防、治疗、控制和监测该病毒的卫生政策、社会和卫生系统以及经济和融资系统的影响。
本研究提供了芬兰在COVID-19大流行期间卫生政策措施的早期成果、社会和卫生系统能力以及经济挑战。本文基于在线收集的不同部委以及社会、卫生和经济当局的现有文件和报告。此外还补充了来自芬兰的其他相关大流行数据。
COVID-19大流行对芬兰社会的影响虽然不像在许多其他国家那样广泛和巨大，但却是不可预测的。随着形势的发展，政府采取了严格措施来阻止病毒传播（如《紧急权力法》）。现有信息表明，芬兰的经济后果也将很严重，尽管可能不如大型工业经济体那样严重。
芬兰已逐渐转向“混合战略”，即从广泛的限制措施转向加强疫情管理。然而，卫生系统必须为未来的挫折做好准备。COVID-19大流行有可能加速了芬兰医疗保健系统中数字健康服务和远程医疗的发展。
