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Geographical Locations - Denmark
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- Danish Centre for Evaluation and Health Technology Assessment
- Danish Institute for Studies in Research and Research Policy - The Danish Institute for Studies in Research and Research Policy is a government research institute under the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. The Institute was set up for the purpose of strengthening, through its own research and analysis, the foundations of the research advisory system and the basis for research policy decisions.The Institute is responsible for carrying out both basic research and long-term competence-building, together with more practical-oriented analyses and investigations.
- Danish Ministry of the Interior and Health - The Ministry of the Interior and Health was established on 27 November 2001 when the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health were integrated. In the field of health care, the Ministry is in charge of the administrative functions in relation to the organisation and financing of the health care system, psychiatry and health insurance as well as the approval of pharmaceuticals and the pharmacy sector. Prevention and health promotion are also part of the Ministry’s remit.
- Danmarks Statistik - English Version -The mission of Statistics Denmark is to produce and disseminate trustworthy statistics on social and economic trends in society, which are an essential condition for its democracy and economy to work. Statistics Denmark’s vision is to be recognised as a user-friendly statistical institution, providing internationally high quality products.
- Kennedy Institute - Activities at the Kennedy Institute - National Eye Clinic include diagnosis, prevention, treatment and research in patients with serious, often genetic, handicaps with mental retardation or visual impairment. The institute intends to further develop a highly specialised platform for treatment and research and to create new possibilities for combining research in genetics and eye diseases.
- Ministry of Social Affairs - Social.dk is the common access to the web-site of the Ministry of Social Affairs. The purpose of the Portal is to give an overview of the Ministry, make relevant technical information available, increase the service level for our users and be the pivot for social and political debate in Denmark.
- National Board of Health - "The tasks of the National Board of Health are undertaken by a number of divisions and centres, which deal with related areas of expertise. Attached to the Board are the medical public health officers, who are responsible for monitoring health conditions in the respective counties. In addition, the National Board of Health employs a number of specialist advisers."
- National Institute of Occupational Health - NIOH is a government research institute under the Ministry of Employment. NIOH is obligated to contribute to a safe, healthy and developing work environment in accordance with technical and social development. NIOH is also a national centre for work environment research. This means that the institute conducts strategic research, and it contributes to securing the best possible coordination of Danish work environment research. Furthermore, NIOH monitors international work environment research and the environmental development nationally as well as internationally.
- Statens Serum Institut
Non-Government
- AIDS-Info
- Danish Council of Ethics -The Danish Council of Ethics' was established in 1988 to provide the Danish Parliament, official authorities and the public with ongoing advice and information about ethical problems raised by developments within the national health service and the field of biomedicine. This is accomplished by submitting reports and statements etc. in specified areas and by mounting debate generating activities in the form of e.g. public enquiries and debate days, publishing of debate books, anthologies, videos and teaching material, and extensive lecturing activities.
- Danish Epidemiological Society
- Danish Institute for Health Services Research - DSI Danish Institute for Health Services Research is an independent not-for-profit research institute. The Institute provides research, communication and consultancy services for and with the health sector.
- Danish Medical Association - The specific objectives of the DMA, as stated in its statutes, are: to unite Danish doctors in order to protect the interests of the medical profession, and to serve as the body through which the influence of the medical profession may be exercised on general social issues in the best interest of health and the health care system.
- Danish Society for Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- Danish Society for Public Health
- Institute of Local Government Studies - Akf, institute of local government studies - Denmark, is researching issues of relevance to the public, municipalities and regions. The goal of Akf is to take part in achieving better activities to the public sector and its users, Danish counties and municipalities.
- Institute of Preventive Medicine - Located at Kommunehospitalet in Copenhagen, the Institute of Preventive Medicine is administratively associated with Bispebjerg Hospital. The Institute of Preventive Medicine is a part of the Copenhagen University Hospital, which is an organisation for collaboration in research and academic pre- and post graduate teaching between the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Copenhagen, the Copenhagen Hospital Corporation, and the Copenhagen County Hospitals.
- Komiteen for Sundhedsoplysning - The Danish Committee for Health Education was founded in 1964 and is a non-profit non-governmental organization with close working relations with public authorities like the Ministry of Health, the National Board of Health and private organizations in the health field. The membership organizations are primarily professional associations in the health field and the associations of county councils and local authorities.
- National Institute of Public Health - The National Institute of Public Health is an independent sectorial research institute under the Danish Ministry of the Interior and Health. Its primary purpose is to: Do research into the health and morbidity of the Danish population and the functioning of the health care system with special emphasis on application-oriented research; Carry out monitoring and surveillance of the health and morbidity development of the Danes and make reviews and consultancy for public authorities and participate in post-graduate education within public health science and social medicine
- Ung centret (The Youth Centre) - created by the county of Storstrømmen in 1972 to aid different Danish communes in their work with 16-24 year -olds with serious social, psychiatric, or substance abuse-related problems
Academic Institutions
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Institute of Public Health
National Policy and Related Documents
Reports, Guidelines, and Projects
- Health Care Systems in Transition Denmark - The Health Care Systems in Transition (HiT) profiles are country-based reports that provide an analytical description of each health care system and of reform initiatives in progress or under development. The HiTs are a key element that underpins the work of the European Observatory on Health Care Systems.
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