Maintenance break in e-services on 21 May at 6–20 More information
Maintenance break in the appointment booking system on 21 May at 6–20 More information
Possible maintenance breaks in e-services on 16 May at 23–02 More information
A technical problem has been discovered in the Kela’s remote services More information
Publications
Kela publishes benefit guides, magazines, study reports and statistical publications on a regular schedule. Kela also produces an annual report.
OrderPublications for clients
- Elämässä
- Kela publishes a magazine for customers, Elämässä - Mitt i allt. The magazine has Finnish and Swedish pages and an English fold.
- Brochures
- Kela produces benefit guides and leaflets covering the entire range of social security benefits available from Kela. Some of them are translated to English and other languages.
Statistical publications
- Statistical Yearbook
- Yearbook presents key statistical data relating to the benefit schemes administered by the Social Insurance Institution.
- Pocket Statistics
- The booklet contains the most essential statistics compiled by Kela. It is published in three languages (Finnish, Swedish and English)
- Finnish Statistics on Medicines
- The Finnish Statistics on Medicines is published jointly by the Finnish Medicines Agency (Fimea) and the Social Insurance Institution (Kela). It is a comprehensive annual summary on the use, consumption and costs of medicines in Finland.
- Annual statistical surveys
- The Statistical Yearbook of Pensioners in Finland includes data on all recipients of statutory earnings-related and national pensions, new pension recipients and pension expenditure.
The Finnish Student Health and Wellbeing Survey starts
The national Finnish Student Health and Wellbeing Survey (KOTT) produces comprehensive and regular data on the welfare of students – no other study provides this information.
The KOTT survey is implemented in cooperation between the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) and the Social Insurance Institution of Finland. The survey gathers information on the well-being, health and service needs of students, and the impact of the corona epidemic on their everyday life.
The survey is sent to 10,000 students at universities of applied sciences and universities selected through random sampling. The research invitations are sent by email in February and the data collection ends in April. It is important that everyone invited to participate fills out the survey, as none of those invited can be replaced by anyone else.
The study is implemented every four years. KOTT 2021 is the sixth KOTT survey. The Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS) was responsible for the implementation of the previous KOTT surveys.
The results of the survey will be used to develop student health services. They may also be used to improve student restaurants and sports services.
The project is also participated by FSHS, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Ministry of Education and Culture, Otus sr, SAMOK ry, SYL ry, Arene ry, Unifi ry and Statistics Finland.
The results will be reported by the end of 2021. Find out more about the survey: thl.fi/kott.