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Wellbeing services counties and the City of Helsinki and Åland 2024
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A wellbeing services county is a public corporation separate from municipalities and the state that is responsible for organising healthcare, social welfare and rescue services in the county concerned.
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Laki sosiaali- ja terveydenhuoltoa ja pelastustoimea koskevan uudistuksen toimeenpanosta ja sitä koskevan lainsäädännön voimaanpanosta, 616/2021
The purpose of regional classifications used in statistics is to describe regional variations of various phenomena and regional structure. The classification can be used to describe the structure of wellbeing services counties and in what way healthcare, social welfare and rescue services are organised in different counties.
The establishment of the wellbeing services counties was decreed by an Act that entered into force on 1 July 2021. The objective of the Act is to promote and maintain the health and wellbeing of the population. Interim preparatory bodies are responsible for the preparation of the activities of wellbeing services counties until a county council has been elected for each wellbeing services county in the county elections in January 2022. The duty of wellbeing services counties is to organise healthcare, social welfare and rescue services in their respective counties. The duties will be transferred from municipalities and hospital districts to the wellbeing services counties on 1 January 2023.
Statistics Finland has prepared the classification in cooperation with the National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and the Digital and Population Data Services Agency.
The classification of wellbeing services counties comprises 21 wellbeing services counties and the City of Helsinki and Åland. The City of Helsinki and Åland do not form a specific wellbeing services county, but they are included in the classification due to regional coverage. The City of Helsinki and Åland are responsible for organising healthcare, social welfare and rescue services in their areas.
No changes on 1 January 2024
No changes on 1 January 2023
No changes on 1 January 2022
The classification of wellbeing services counties is a classification compiled for national needs.
The correspondence tables are used to describe the correspondence of categories between two different classifications.
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