Table 2 Expenditure , by category. 2002-2006. NOK million

2	Expenditure¹ , by category. 2002-2006. NOK million

	2002	2003	2004	2005²^, ³	2006³


Total expenditure, exclusive depreciation	56 503	61 110	65 894	75 342	81 246
Wages and social expenses	37 986	41 415	44 266	46 878	50 203
Medicines and other medical consumption goods (40)	5 195	5 826	6 282	6 804	7 616
Purchases of public health services (450, 456, 457)	2 207	1 508	2 442	3 499	4 328
Purchases of private health services (451, 453)	2 806	1 901	4 738	7 009	7 417
Purchases and rental of medical equipment (640, 650)	101	225	248	321	330
Purchases of treatment abroad (454)	.	.	.	75	47
Other purchases of health services (458)	.	.	.	1 039	1 851
Guest patient expenditure (673)²	678	2 888	1 463	.	.
Conveyance of patients (610)	.	.	.	1 397	1 887
Depreciation (600-609)	.	.	.	5 119	5 529
Other expenditure	.	.	.	10 905	11 415

¹	From the year 2005 depreciation is included.Total expenditure includes regional health entreprises, health entreprises and private institutions within the specialist health service. .
²	2005: Code 673, Guest patient expenditure, was removed. Codes for guest patient expenditure are 451, 456 and 457. New codes: 453 Private institutions with operating agreements. 454 Purchases of treatment abroad The variable other expenditure was not published in 2002-2004.
³	Total expenditure is corrected for expenditure to guest patients and transactions between public enterprises and private institutions. Due to this there is a gap between total expenditure and categories of costs.