Health trust or HF ( no, helseforetak) is a

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owned by one of the four regional health authorities in

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, with responsibility for performing a

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and/or specialist activities of operations on behalf of the regional health authority. There are 43 HFs in Norway, each led by a

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appointed by the authority. Most HFs are responsible for one or more

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s, though some are solely responsible for

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. The trusts are regulated by the ''Health Trust Act'' of 15 June 2001.

Pharmaceutical trusts

The four Regional Health Authorities each own a pharmaceutical trust, organized as a health trust, that manages

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. But some hospitals instead use commercial pharmacies that are part of the chains. All 33 hospital pharmacies belong to the

Ditt Apotek Ditt Apotek is a chain of 80 pharmacies owned and run by independent pharmacists on franchise from Norsk Medisinaldepot, a subsidiary of McKesson Europe. The chain is the fourth largest, and thus smallest, in Norway. The chain was established in ...

chain, on

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from

Norsk Medisinaldepot Norsk Medisinaldepot AS is a pharmaceutics and healthcare products wholesaler in Norway. It also operates the pharmacy chains Vitusapotek and the franchise chain Ditt Apotek. NMD is part of the Celesio group and has a total of 185 pharmacies in N ...

. Total revenue in 2006 was

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3.5 billion. *

Southern and Eastern Norway Pharmaceutical Trust Southern and Eastern Norway Pharmaceutical Trust ( no, Sykehusapotekene ANS) is a health trust owned by Southern and Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority that operates nineteen hospital pharmacies. The pharmacies are part of the Ditt Apotek ...

: 19 outlets * Western Norway Pharmaceutical Trust: 6 outlets *

Central Norway Pharmaceutical Trust Central Norway Pharmaceutical Trust ( no, Sykehusapotekene i Midt-Norge HF) is a health trust owned by Central Norway Regional Health Authority that operates four hospital pharmacies at St. Olavs Hospital in Trondheim, Kristiansund Hospital, Mo ...

: 4 outlets *

Northern Norway Pharmaceutical Trust Hospital Pharmacy of North Norway Trust ( no, Sykehusapotek Nord HF, se, Davvi Buohcceviessoapotehka) is a health trust owned by Northern Norway Regional Health Authority that operates six hospital pharmacies. The pharmacies are part of the D ...

: 4 outlets Types of companies of Norway {{norway-gov-stub