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. 2006
Speciality Total Class 1 Class 2 Class 3
Total  739.4  174.9 85.0  479.6
General (internal) medicine 44.9 3.2 4.1 37.6
Dermato-venereology 55.1 4.0 3.0 48.1
Paediatrics 27.5 0.0 2.8 24.7
Neurology 14.8 0.2 9.1 5.5
Surgery 12.0 2.2 1.5 8.3
Obstetrics and gynaecology 86.7 6.5 6.3 73.9
Rheumatology 9.5 0.3 0.6 8.6
Oto rhino laryngology 89.7 3.2 5.2 81.4
Ophthalmology  145.9 16.1 12.5  117.3
Psychiatry  178.1  136.8 33.9 7.4
Other specialities 75.4 2.5 6.1 66.9
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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