Healthcare in Norway

In Norway, all public hospitals are funded from the national budget[1] and run by four Regional Health Authorities (RHA) owned by the Ministry of Health and Care Services. In addition to the public hospitals, a few privately owned health clinics are operating.

The four Regional Health Authorities are: Northern Norway Regional Health Authority, Central Norway Regional Health Authority, Western Norway Regional Health Authority, and Southern and Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority.[2][3] All persons residing in the realm are eligible for treatment free of charge in the public hospital system.[4] According to the Patients' Rights Act,[5] all eligible persons have the right to Free Hospital Choices.[6]

The Norwegian Health Care System was ranked number 11 in overall performance by the World Health Organization[7] in a 2000 report ranking the health care systems of each of the 190 United Nations member nations.

References

  1. ↑ "Norwegian National Budget Web Portal". Retrieved 2012-06-19.
  2. ↑ "Norway's Regional Health Authorities info". Retrieved 2012-06-19.
  3. ↑ "South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority info". Retrieved 2012-06-19.
  4. ↑ The King may in regulations grant an exemption from Chapter 2 of the Act, the Right to Health Care and Transport, for persons who are not Norwegian nationals or who do not reside permanently in the realm.
  5. ↑ "The Act of 2 July 1999 No. 63 relating to Patients’ Rights (the Patients’ Rights Act)" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-19.
  6. ↑ "Free Hospital Choice Norway". Retrieved 2012-06-19.
  7. ↑ http://www.photius.com/rankings/healthranks.html