Regional health authority (Norway)
A regional health authority (
Health reform
The authorities were created on January 1, 2002 when the
Criticism
There has been some criticism of the health reform in Norway. Mr. Tønne was a corporate manager from
Other criticism has been directed at the organisational form of the authorities. In essence the reform created more layers of administration (government - regional health authority - health trust - hospital), where there formerly only two (county and hospital). Also, the administrations of the authorities were places in towns outside the major regional centres, places that sometimes didn't even have a hospital, making recruitment of management difficult. This has partially been criticised as directors' wages have escalated to the level of corporate directors.[4] The authorities have also, through cutbacks in government funding, accumulated large amounts of debt.[5]
Authorities and subsidiaries
- Central Norway Regional Health Authority
- Northern Norway Regional Health Authority
- Southern and Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority
- Aker University Hospital Trust
- Blefjell Hospital Trust
- Akershus University Hospital Trust
- The New Akershus University Hospital Trust
- Innlandet Hospital Trust
- Psychiatry of Vestfold Trust
- Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet Trust
- Southern and Eastern Norway Pharmaceutical Trust
- Hospital of Southern Norway Trust
- Sunnaas Hospital Trust
- Sykehuspartner
- Telemark Hospital Trust
- Ullevål University Hospital Trust
- Vestfold Hospital Trust
- Vestre Viken Hospital Trust
- Østfold Hospital Trust
- Western Norway Regional Health Authority
- Bergen Health Trust
- Fonna Health Trust
- Førde Health Trust
- Stavanger Health Trust
- Western Norway Pharmaceutical Trust
References
- Norwegian Ministry of Finance. "Oversikt over budsjettets utgifter og inntekter" (in Norwegian). Archived from the originalon 2007-03-02. Retrieved 2007-07-01.
- ISBN 82-7935-037-3.
- ^ Mercuri Urval. "Oppbygging av regionalt helseforetak" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2007-07-01.
- ^ Sunnmørsposten. "Rystet over helsedirektør-lønninger" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-01.
- ^ Dagsavisen. "Ni milliarder i sykehusgjeld" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2007-07-01. [dead link]