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 board of directors appointed by the authority. Most HFs are responsible for one or more hospitals, 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 hospital pharmacies. 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 ...

chain, on

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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 ...

. Total revenue in 2006 was NOK 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 Western Norway Pharmaceutical Trust ( no, Apotekene Vest HF) is a health trust owned by Western Norway Regional Health Authority that operates four hospital pharmacies at Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Stavanger Hospital, Haugesund H ...

: 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 ...

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