27 March 2020 – Funding allocated to expansion of intensive care registry

This item is sourced from the CCCSL: CSH Covid-19 Control Strategies List co-ordinated by the Complexity Science Hub Vienna, Austria. We are in the process of gathering further information and aligning taxonomies for these items.

Intervention Categories: Finance policy and financial aid; Financial aid to health services
Level of Jurisdiction: National

Overview: NOK 5 million has been allocated to the expansion of Norway’s intensive care registry. The plan is to develop an intensive care and pandemic registry. Data from Norwegian hospitals in the intensive care registry will provide the basis for reports to the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and the Norwegian Directorate of Health as part of COVID-19 monitoring in Norway. The data can also be used to keep track of critical care capacity.
Full details here: https://www.regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/norways-health-related-measures-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/id2695470/