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| | Financing of Health Care in Norway | | 2005-8-29 13:52:05 professor of forensic medicine, Universi Sidsel Rogde, MD, Ph.D | Sidsel Rogde, MD, Ph.D, professor of forensic medicine, University of Oslo
Norway has a national insurance system, which provides all its citizens
with sickness benefit, disability benefit, old age pension and
unemployment benefit. Necessary treatment in hospital is also paid by
this insurance system. Out patient consultations and treatment with drugs
are also paid for by this insurance system, even though the patients have
to pay for part of it out of their own pocket.
The national insurance system is financed by all the tax payers and the
employers, and the premium is paid as part of the tax.
All persons living legally in Norway benefit from this system, regardless
of whether they have contributed to paying the premium or not.
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Ministry of Health, (2003) No.013
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