Southern and Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority
Type | Regional health authority |
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Industry | Healthcare |
Founded | 1 June 2007 |
Headquarters | Hamar, Norway |
Area served | Southern and Eastern Norway |
Key people | (acting CEO) (chair) |
Revenue | NOK 44 billion (2006) |
NOK −1.8 billion (2006) | |
Number of employees | 69,000 (2007) |
Parent | Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services |
Website | www.helse-sorost.no |
Southern and Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority (Norwegian: Helse Sør-Øst RHF) is the largest of the four Regional health authorities in Norway. It covers the counties of Viken, Oslo, Innlandet, Vestfold og Telemark, and Agder. The authority owns fifteen health trusts that operate the hospitals as well as Southern and Eastern Norway Pharmaceutical Trust that operates nineteen pharmacies.
The authority is subordinate to the Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services and was created on 1 June 2007 when Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority and Southern Norway Regional Health Authority merged.
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