some estimates suggest that municipalities would be willing to accept hospital costs 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 mediumsized employers also provide extra services in particular access to gps free of charge in the mid additional services were provided to some of employees with access to compulsory occupational health care services and of employees physician consultations of the total number of consultations were in occupational care teperi et al