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. 2005
Speciality Total Class 1 Class 2 Class 3
Total  731.0  142.7 89.5  498.7
General (internal) medicine 66.0 0.2 6.6 59.3
Dermato-venereology 55.0 1.9 3.6 49.5
Paediatrics 27.3 1.4 3.9 22.0
Neurology 14.1 0.6 8.0 5.5
Surgery 12.0 0.8 1.7 9.5
Obstetrics and gynaecology 86.2 0.2 5.3 80.7
Rheumatology 8.7 0.5 0.6 7.6
Oto rhino laryngology 90.1 0.2 6.5 83.4
Ophthalmology  143.7 1.6 13.9  128.3
Psychiatry  173.4  132.0 35.2 6.2
Other specialities 54.6 3.3 4.4 46.9
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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