Medical Equipment Market research report from the US Embassy in Copenhagen, July 1996. Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceutical Industry Overview Market research report from the US Embassy in Copenhagen, July 1997. Spotlight on Medicon Valley Overview of many pharmaceutical and biotech companies on the Swedish-Danish border. Suppliers Denmark's hospitals are almost all publicly owned, and practically all medical care is subsidized. Major public procurement is subject to EU Tender procurement rules.
American companies have access to bid.
There are very few privately-owned hospitals in Denmark. Public hospitals are owned and operated by Denmark s counties. Hospitals are financed by the tax revenue. As an institution, the Copenhagen Hospital Corporation is under the same obligations as the counties to meet the requirements and responsibilities laid down by the legislation for hospital owners. In the rest of Denmark, the hospital sector is operated by the counties, which are general administrative entities at regional level, headed by elected county councils.