Spesialized health services. Somatic care

1   Number of calculated man-years1 in general (somatic) institutions, by category of personnel. 1990-2000
Category of personnel 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 19952 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 3 *
Man-years, total 48 156 48 036 48 044 49 008 49 598 51 857 53 614 54 832 57 069 58 919 60 527
Physicians 4 597 4 594 4 778 4 969 5 134 5 481 5 783 6 244 6 646 6 909 7 126
Nurses 15 089 15 382 15 655 16 337 16 768 17 833 18 690 19 678 20 428 21 336 21 513
Auxiliary nursing personnel 7 121 6 740 6 319 6 145 5 954 5 884 5 766 5 646 5 502 5 469 5 474
Other personel in clientdirected services5 904 870 838 659 630 777 775 613 736 523 1 044
Midwives 839 867 884 921 937 991 1 057 1 065 1 100 1 150 1 185
Physiotherapists 738 746 754 782 834 878 911 936 992 1 032 1 200
Medical laboratory technicians 2 258 2 205 2 323 2 447 2 541 2 611 2 758 2 815 2 960 3 043 3 107
Radiographers 730 780 825 845 978 976 999 1 055 1 183 1 236 1 281
Occupational therapists 175 187 189 199 208 229 262 280 314 329 347
Professional health workers for mentally retarded 0 0 0 0 0 0 112 111 99 111 108
Social workers4 183 167 176 168 174 188 179 188 178 195 200
Psychologists 64 66 76 91 120 138 165 175 154 170 174
Other personnel 15 456 15 431 15 226 15 447 15 319 15 871 16 158 16 026 16 777 17 414 17 769
1  Man-years are the sum of full-time employed and part-time employed (calculated in to full-time employed) by the end of the year.
2  Private hospitals that are not a part of public health plans, are included from 1995.
3  From 2000 private institutions for rehabilitation are included.
4  College-trained.
5  The increase in man-years for this category of personnel from 1999 to 2000 may be due to changes in the forms we receive from the institutions.

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