Trends in Finnish Public Orthodontic Care from the Professionals' Perspective

Table 3

How orthodontic expertise is obtained in the health centres of different sizes, measured as the number of inhabitants in the area.^*

Size of health centre as the number of inhabitants (Number of health centres)	Own salaried specialist	Purchased consultant services	Purchased commissioned services
Below 10 000 (100)	2	91	40
10 000–19 999 (50)	6	41	15
20 000–29 999 (22)	11	11	4
30 000–50 000 (18)	10	8	4
Above 50 000 (16)	14	2	6
All (206)	43	153	69

^*Some health centres obtain expert services in several ways.