ocr: Norway's infant mortality rate is one of - the lowest in the world andi its life expectancy at birth one oft 1 the highest.. Public health expenditure is, however, no higher than the UECD average,andi it has a third ofthe number ofhospital beds ofneighboring Finland. Telemedicine (on-line remote audio and image diagnosis) began in 1988 andis developing fast. It allows remote northern hospitals to obtain specialist consultations without having to send patients to the regional hospital.
