1. EU-GRANT, action 1 Improving price and volume measures for health and education
TF on Price and Volume measures for services Atte Virtanen, Ville Lindroos, Lotta Sjöblom, Karen Asplund

2. Action 1 Improving price and volume measures for health and education 1 April – 31 December Working group: Project leader: Lis-Lotta Sjöblom Calculations: Atte Virtanen Final report: Ville Lindroos, Atte Virtanen Study visit in Norway: Ville Lindroos, Karen Asplund Other experts: Olli Savela, Niina Suutarinen, Markku Räty

3. Main results of grant work
We have localized mistakes and problems of previous calculations and have made corrections
Calculation process has been updated with new information
the changes came from the renewal of the Local Government Finance statistics’ task classification, and there for of the cost structure.
Future data sources will be affected by the social and health reform planned for 2020, in ways that we are not certain yet.
The data source for the RUG coefficient used with the social services for the elderly, is the National Institute for Health and Welfare.
Housing services for the elderly in around-the-clock care
Institutional care for the elderly
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4. Changes of weights of volume indicators for social services
Local government task classification NEW
Local government task classification OLD
CPA Residential care services
28,61 %
45,85 %
Child welfare institutional and family care
3,70 %
4,10 %
Institutional care for the elderly
7,46 %
6,10 %
Other welfare for children and families
Housing services for the elderly in around-the-clock care
11,14 %
9,12 %
Institutional care for the disabled
1,95 %
2,39 %
Housing services for the disabled in around-the-clock care
4,35 %
24,13 %
Other services for the elderly and the disabled
CPA Social work services without accommodation
71,39 %
54,15 %
Early childhood education and care
30,75 %
25,5 %
Children's care in child day-care centres
Non-institutional services in child welfare
2,99 %
5,4 %
Children's family day care
Other non-institutional services for children and families
3,15 %
1,3 %
Other children's day care
Other services for the elderly
2,94 %
2,3 %
Employment supporting services for the disabled
Other services for the disabled
6,82 %
Home care
14,35 %
11,7 %
Home help service
Services in support of employment
2,16 %
Special services for substance abusers
1,49 %
1,6 %
Other social services and health care activities
6,75 %
6,5 %
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