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Online HiT With modifications since publication of printed version 1. Introduction 1.1 Geography and sociodemography 1.2 Economic context 1.3 Political context 1.4 Health status 2. Organization and governance 2.1 Overview of the health system 2.2 Historical background 2.3 Organization 2.4 Decentralization and centralization 2.5 Planning 2.6 Intersectorality 2.7 Health information management 2.8 Regulation 2.9 Patient empowerment 3. Financing 3.1 Health expenditure 3.2 Sources of revenue and financial flows 3.3 Overview of the statutory financing system 3.4 Out of pocket payments 3.5 Voluntary health insurance 3.6 Other financing 3.7 Payment mechanisms 4. Physical and human resources 4.1 Physical resources 4.2 Human resources 5. Provision of services 5.1 Public health 5.2 Patient pathways 5.3 Primary / ambulatory care 5.4 Specialized ambulatory care / inpatient care 5.5 Emergency care 5.6 Pharmaceutical care 5.7 Rehabilitation / intermediate care 5.8 Long term care 5.9 Services for informal carers 5.10 Palliative care 5.11 Mental health care 5.12 Dental care 5.13 Complementary and alternative medicine 5.14 Health services for specific populations 6. Principal health reforms 6.1 Analysis of recent reforms 6.2 Future developments 7. Assessment of the health system 7.1 Stated objectives of the health system 7.2 Financial protection and equity in financing 7.3 User experience and equity of access to health care 7.4 Health outcomes, health service outcomes and quality of care 7.5 Health system efficiency 7.6 Transparency and accountability 8. Conclusions 8. Conclusions

Reform log

24 May 2018 - Statutory approvals no longer required for specialist healthcare institutions Read more 08 May 2018 - Proposal to handle confidential price information on pharmaceuticals Read more 18 April 2018 - Financing of specialist health care to be revisedRead more 18 April 2018 - Responsibility over possession and use of minor quantities of illicit drugs to be transferred to the health sectorRead more

Health policy updates

New developments in the area of personalised medicine published 29/09/2017 Strengthening the rights as patients of children and youth published 07/07/2017 Summary of the National Health and Hospital Plan 2016-2019 published 04/04/2017

HiT Profile Norway

Vol. 15 No. 8 2013: This is the latest published version of the health systems in transition profile (HiT) for Norway written by Ånen Ringard, Anna Sagan, Ingrid S. Saunes, Anne Karin Lindahl. Download HiT full version

HSPM members for Norway Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Contributors Authors: Ånen Ringard, Ingrid S. Saunes, Anne Karin Lindahl Editors: Anna Sagan

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