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 20003
Man-years, total   48 156   48 036   48 044   49 008   49 598   51 857   53 614   54 832   57 183   58 907   60 927
Physicians 4 597 4 594 4 778 4 969 5 134 5 481 5 783 6 244 6 655 6 916 7 147
Nurses 15 089 15 382 15 655 16 337 16 768 17 833 18 690 19 678 20 446 21 337 21 573
Auxiliary nursing personnel 7 121 6 740 6 319 6 145 5 954 5 884 5 766 5 646 5 523 5 459 5 497
Other personel in clientdirected services5 904 870 838 659 630 777 775 613 736 469 1 025
Midwives 839 867 884 921 937 991 1 057 1 065 1 100 1 150 1 182
Physiotherapists 738 746 754 782 834 878 911 936 1 000 1 036 1 233
Medical laboratory technicians 2 258 2 205 2 323 2 447 2 541 2 611 2 758 2 815 2 960 3 043 3 095
Radiographers 730 780 825 845 978 976 999 1 055 1 183 1 236 1 293
Occupational therapists 175 187 189 199 208 229 262 280 319 330 356
Professional health workers for mentally retarded 0 0 0 0 0 0 112 111 116 128 124
Social workers4 183 167 176 168 174 188 179 188 183 200 204
Psychologists 64 66 76 91 120 138 165 175 162 178 181
Other personnel 15 456 15 431 15 226 15 447 15 319 15 871 16 158 16 026 16 800 17 424 18 018
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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