title: Governmental steering of highly specialized medical services.
abstract: In Norway, highly specialized medicine has been under governmental steering since 1991. The Social and Health Department decides at which hospitals certain medical functions should be offered. In the field of cardiovascular medicine this has been experienced as mainly positive. The quality of the work has improved, and cooperation between hospitals has been stimulated.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Forfang
mesh_terms: D006298:Health Services Administration / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008511:Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000592:standards*; D009664:Norway; D011050:Policy Making; D013038:Specialization