Statistics Norway

Nursing and social care services

6 Users of nursing and care services. Need for assistance and kind of service. 2008*
  Number of users1 Total Small need for assistance Average to much need for assistance Extensive need for assistance Unspecified need for assistance1
    Percent
Total  260 604  100 41 28 19 12
Users of home nursing only 62 460  100 51 29 6 14
Users of home help only 45 891  100 68 16 8 8
Users of both home help and home nursing 58 842  100 34 46 18 :
Other services 51 351  100 44 17 7 32
Residents in institutions, short term stay 7 836  100 17 40 37 7
Residents in institutions, long term stay 34 224  100 4 22 73 :
1  Three municipalities have not delivered IPLOS-data, these are not included in the figures.

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