Regional health authority (Norway)

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.

A regional health authority (

Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services
.

Health reform

The authorities were created on January 1, 2002 when the

Labour) who only held office for one and a half years. The ultimate goal of the reform was to increase the effectiveness of the hospitals and reduce the cost of the specialist healthcare service, that in 2007 had an annual budget of NOK 114 billion, about 14% of the state budget.[1]

Criticism

There has been some criticism of the health reform in Norway. Mr. Tønne was a corporate manager from

Second cabinet Stoltenberg
has partially changed this policy by electing politicians onto the boards of the authorities.

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

References

  1. Norwegian Ministry of Finance. "Oversikt over budsjettets utgifter og inntekter" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original
    on 2007-03-02. Retrieved 2007-07-01.
  2. ISBN 82-7935-037-3
    .
  3. ^ Mercuri Urval. "Oppbygging av regionalt helseforetak" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2007-07-01.
  4. ^ Sunnmørsposten. "Rystet over helsedirektør-lønninger" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-01.
  5. ^ Dagsavisen. "Ni milliarder i sykehusgjeld" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2007-07-01. [dead link]
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