Some estimates suggest that municipalities would be willing to accept hospital costs 20% higher to avoid hospital’s closure. Firms are required by legislation (Occupational Health Care Act) to provide preventive care to their employees, but many large and medium-sized employers also provide extra services - in particular access to GPs - free of charge. In the mid-2000, additional services were provided to some 90% of employees with access to compulsory occupational health care services and 45% of employees’ physician consultations -13% of the total number of consultations - were in occupational care (Teperi et al.,