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Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has published Quality Recommendations of Assistive Device Services in 2003. According to these recommendations Assistive Technology Device Services should be centralized. North Savo Hospital district had a planning project which aimed at more centralized Assistive Technology Device Services. Main problems in today's delivery service are that the quality of services and specially maintenance varies, lots of devices are waiting at the storerooms and process protocols are unclear. To correct this situation, the project recommends that assistive device technology services are centralized at hospital district in order to get; equal services, better quality for devices to support safety of the users, and to increase knowledge of ATDS to support seamless services. In the long run it is expected that centralized model cuts down the increasing cost of ATD services. The model is financed by the fee/inhabitant in municipalities which is 6, 6 million euros altogether. This model is going for political decision-making during spring and autumn of 2013.
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