Statistics Norway

Specialist health service, psychiatry

7 Activity and man-years, psychiatric institutions. Helse Sør-Øst4. 2007-
  2007 20085
Psychiatric institutions for adults    
Beds in psychiatric institutions and psychiatric wards 2 711 2 582
Man-years1 in psychiatric institutions and psychiatric wards 9 517 8 114
Bed-days in psychiatric institutions and psychiatric wards  845 583  791 293
Discharges 25 503 26 529
Out-patient consultations2 in psychiatric institutions and psychiatric wards3  568 418  651 266
     
Psychiatric institutions for children and adolescents    
Beds in psychiatric institutions and psychiatric wards  194  183
Man-years1 in psychiatric institutions and psychiatric wards 2 095 1 868
Bed-days in psychiatric institutions and psychiatric wards 48 311 47 342
Discharges  951  936
Out-patient consultations2 in psychiatric institutions and psychiatric wards3  321 025  345 181
1  Man-years are full-time employees plus part-time employees (converted into full-time equivalents) at December 31.
2  Out-patient consultations by repayment base.
3  Changed rules for the repayment base from 2005 gives some telephone consultations repayment.
4  From 2007, after the fusion of Helse Sør RHF and Helse Øst RHF to Helse Sør-Øst RHF.
5  From 2008, statistics on personnel in the specialist health service are based on data from administrative registers. Previously the data were collected from questionnaires.

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