One fourth of doctors work beyond the legal age of retirement in Finland, Finnish broadcasting company YLE said on Sunday.
Of the country's 3,600 doctors who are over retirement age, around 900 are still working in private health care clinics, the YLE said.
For doctors aged 64 to 69, an estimated 41 percent remain at work. For those over 70, there are 13 percent at work.
Facing an ageing population that is growing more rapidly than in most Western nations, Finland, a country of 5.3 million people, hopes to maintain economic growth by making people work beyond their retirement age, the report said.
The Finnish government enacted a pension reform in 2005, allowing workers to retire between 62 and 68, and the longer they stay, the higher pension they will have. Many between 63 and 67 have consequently opted for semi-retirement.
Source:Xinhua
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