The health services in Norway are divided into a primary care level and a secondary, interdisciplinary specialist care level, which includes hospital care. Both primary and secondary care services are mainly publicly operated. Sørlandet Hospital provides specialist care for both rural and urban communities, covering a population of 302 000.[14] The Division of Mental Health has 12 different locations that provide ambulatory treatment, day care, in-patient treatment, and out-patient treatment. The division provides general mental health treatments, forensic psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, and treatments for substance-related disorders for the region. The division holds 280 beds and manages 4150 admissions and 184,000 consultations per year.
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