Stavanger University Hospital
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Stavanger
Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, is Norway's fourth largest hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
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The hospital has more than 7000 employees and caters for a population of 300,000. It serves as the local hospital from the municipality of Hjelmeland in the north to the municipality of Sokndal in the south, a
nd it is the central hospital of Rogaland county. SUS’ budget is approximately 4,7 billion kroner.
The general catchment area of the hospital is approximately 200.000 m2.