Finohta

Finnish Office for Health Technology Assessment

About us
Finohta promotes the use of good, evidence-based technologies in health care and thereby develops the efficiency and effectiveness of health care. More...

Research
We provide support for technology assessment research and coordinate assessment in Finland. More...

Information
We disseminate information on international assessments to health care decision makers, professionals and the general public. More...

Publications
Finohta has four publication series to distribute information and report on the findings on assessments. More...

Education
We provide education on health technology assessment and evidence-based health care. More...

Collaboration
We collaborate with several national and international organisations. More...

Cochrane
The Finnish Branch of the Nordic Cochrane Centre is located in Finohta. More...

Contact Information

Finohta is a partner in EUnetHTA

News & Events

• Nordic HTA information specialists' meeting: What is the evidence behind searching? Presentations online.
• Invitational seminar: Evidence for health care decisions. Overcoming the challenges. Presentations online.
• Antibiotic prescribing should be standardised across Europe to help tackle resistance
• More topics...

The National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) started operations on 1 January 2009, following the merger of STAKES and the National Public Health Institute (KTL). THL web site

Recent Publications

Most reports available in Finnish, with an abstract in English.

• Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms in Finland. THL report 30/2011
• Management of infection patients in health centres -final report of the MIKSTRA programme. THL report 36/2010
• Surgical treatment of morbid obesity. THL report 16/2009
• More reports...

MIKSTRA
MIKSTRA is a joint programme designed to optimize diagnostic and treatment practices for common infections in primary care. The programme has its own web site.