Health Care Management in Finland: An Analysis of the Wickedness of Selected Reforms‪.‬

Abstract Questions regarding health care management are interesting, not least because of the nature of health care organizations. Professional expertise is high in these organizations, especially when considering medical and administrative knowledge. Nonetheless, health care management is said to have serious problems, not only in Finland, but also in other Western countries. Why is this? One reason may be the fact that health care management problems are simplified. The concept of "wicked issues" which is discussed in this article can provide the means both to understand and to solve the problems identified in health care management.