Statistics Norway

Specialist health service, 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. 2008
Speciality Total Class 1 Class 2 Class 3
Total        
General (internal) medicine 31.0 0.0 1.6 29.4
Dermato-venereology 57.7 1.3 3.0 53.3
Paediatrics 26.4 0.0 1.9 24.5
Neurology 17.2 0.6 10.1 6.5
Surgery 11.3 0.0 1.7 9.6
Obstetrics and gynaecology 84.9 0.2 4.4 80.3
Rheumatology 10.1 0.3 0.6 9.2
Oto rhino laryngology 90.3 0.0 3.0 87.3
Ophthalmology  148.7 0.0 5.0  143.7
Psychiatry  183.0  143.9 36.1 3.0
Other specialities 91.1 1.7 4.3 85.2
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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