Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-06-20

DR. Evhug is rufrEuiiV lu {
World Health Organization meet
los Ia Minneapolis he spoke In
special session at Group Health
Mutual 1900 Como. 81 Pad
Al active participant Ia me AZ,
fairs ~ aorRay's powerful labor
party he emphasized that trade
unions and coopefaiives in his
country are considered h,ity rss
sponalbls agencies Ia fact these
organizations Gfteu start signfi.
cant social reforms
According 10 Dr Evang. pre-
paid medical service h the United
States today - about ~ far adj
vapced as Norwegian efforts wofe
around 1900 He said small heaith
groups sponsored thsrr ~ unions
and cosops merged into ono large
government body about ~ years
later,
AZ Citizens Under Plan
Every Norwegian citizen n now
automatically a member 81 the
government Pre- paid medical
plan be anld Each citizen pays
from aboat rs per cent 10 as
per cent ag hia Income according
20 lta nlte The employer the
community and the government
also contribute
Every Family Covered
pr EyanK baid the Norwegian
family h covered an doctor and
hospital bills for an indefinite per
lod There Is slight charge for
drugs ana medicines but re-
fund IS made when prolonged uso
becomes necessary During an lll
ness Tho government health IN
sufapee plan fovsrn 90 per cent
~ the wage earnar's income "rhe
doctors fees are fixed after At
period of collective bargaining be-
tween the medical Assot iatlau and
the government be pointed out
There are also many doctors on
the government payroll Norway
ia divided into districts and d pub
lle health doctor ia based IN each
district 90 pah.tlmr salary He
also engages in private practice
Full time government doctors
ars hospital specialists, pr Evang
said And only specialists work ID
the hospitals Tits Is called group
practice and aipnK with thuif hos
piial duties, these specialists also
conduct educational sessions for
dpetnra IN local areas
Things are iooaenlng up In this
country" pr Eyang commented
= recall during the second World
War that during my Waits hero
talk about prepaid public health
practices were taboo Nov when
people find eat am a doctor
from another country they I'm.
mediataly asaaii doctors hers
Cos, Ot Services Too high
They don't attack medical ahil
ity but they speak toreefully
against the cost or aofvteoa
A question from Union "A.
vecatc Staffman niil 9ydr.en
quaFled whether .aciatls.d n,etl-
cine destroyed Norwegian mod
teal Incentive
IN Eavug answered "uf course
not Bat yau must understand sos
iaiifed medicine 10 net IN the
Scandinavian vocabulary From
ouF pelnt IT view we 30 not know
what snotalifed medicine means
n Norway the more a doctor
kncwa tho better be becomes ana
the more opportunity he has Ia ~
crease his practice o. e. win =
government position
tluw 90 YOU carn money Tor re
search was another question
l'stuuE pp aocccr Va iegalrcd
IN Norway answered pr EvanK
The ipeomr finances research.
hospitals and youth programs"
Group Health legal counsel Hors
ace Hansen commented on the
team valuc % group az specs
ializia acrvtng the community from
medical center that thr layman
IL then assured of quality gantral
ard opsdfawor service
or Eyang asrcet on the yaius
81 such centsFs and sighted special.
ist group practice as functional
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