Kela's new app reveals rising costs and regional price variations in private healthcare services

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Kela's new app reveals rising costs and regional price variations in private healthcare services

Kela, Finland's social insurance institution, has launched a new publicly accessible online application that allows users to compare median prices of private healthcare services across the country. The app reveals that while the cost of certain services has significantly increased, there are substantial regional disparities in pricing. According to the app's data, covering the period from 2018 to 2023, prices for various medical and dental servi…