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kind. Of these posts, about 40
per cent are fixed-term — i.e.,
posts to which a physician is
appointed for 3 or 5 years at a
time, after which he has to seelc
a permanent post for liimself.
These fixed-term posts are
ciiiefly concerned witli training;
ahout 900 are permanent. Tlie
number of medical officers in
rural and municipal posts
stands at about 550. Other med-
ical appointments of a perma-
nent nature include Government
physieians, Medical Officers in
tne Armed Forces, doctors em-
ployed by the State Railways,
in industry and in the insurance
world, also prison doctors, those
engaged in teacliing, and so on.
Altogether, these groups com-
prise some 500 doclors. In addi-
tion there are numerous inci-
dental offices and occupations
availahle. Only a small section
of the medical iirofession in
Finland feel that they can work
solelv in private practice, so that
the majority have some office
or occupation from which they
receive a regular salary and
which entitles tliem to paid an-
nual leave, sick leave and pen-
sion riglits.
A breakdown into Ihe differ-
ent types of occupation of the
medical profession is shown in
fig. 1. This tahle htfs been com-
piled from the replies to a ques-
tionnaire addressed to all Finn-
Participation of physicians in practising medicine
(2413 answers received)
0therduties+
practice
359
Not engaged
medical practi
i n
No practice
659
Practice on ly
157
Community
medical officers
917
Hospit.+
practice 706
Fig. 1.