[Research at regional hospitals in Denmark can be reinforced]

We examined the conditions for health research at regional hospitals in Denmark. The study was conducted as an interview-based case study containing interviews with key persons at the governing level as well as medical doctors at the operating level. The results showed that the settings and opportunities regarding health research vary between university hospitals and non-university regional hospitals. However our findings indicate, that focusing on a long-term strategy to implement health research in regional hospitals will enable these to be more active in health research.