Statistics Norway

Specialized health services. Private specialists with operating agreements with health enterprises

9   Number of contracted man-years between specialized physicians and regional health enterprises, by class of subsidy1. 2004
Speciality Total Class 1 Class 2 Class 3
Total  740.2  144.2 95.4  500.6
General (internal) medicine 65.5 0.5 7.8 57.3
Dermato-venereology 55.0 1.9 5.8 47.3
Paediatrics 28.5 1.4 5.1 22.0
Neurology 14.3 0.6 9.0 4.8
Surgery 13.5 0.8 1.7 11.1
Obstetrics and gynaecology 88.2 - 4.9 83.3
Rheumatology 8.7 0.5 0.6 7.6
Oto rhino laryngology 91.0 0.2 7.0 83.8
Ophthalmology  151.6 0.6 16.8  134.1
Psychiatry  171.4  134.2 32.5 4.8
Other specialities 52.6 3.6 4.4 44.6
1  The specialists are placed in different classes after local negotiations between the regional health enterprises and each specialist, and are based on each specialists need for space, technical equipment and assisting personnel.

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