Spesialized health services. Somatic care

2   Number of calculated man-years1 in general (somatic) hospitals, by category of personnel. 1980-2000
Category of personnel 1980 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 19952 1996 1997 1998 1999 20003
Man-years, total   41 138   46 508   46 371   46 513   47 426   47 894   50 130   52 111   53 470   55 866   57 658   58 522
Physicians 3 614 4 576 4 570 4 754 4 922 5 057 5 402 5 739 6 202 6 614 6 876 7 073
Nurses 11 358 14 794 15 089 15 353 15 979 16 455 17 484 18 416 19 443 20 206 21 109 21 188
Auxiliary nursing personnel 7 074 6 629 6 283 5 920 5 754 5 591 5 536 5 438 5 386 5 284 5 235 5 216
Other personel in clientdirected services5 1 885 689 598 658 512 416 516 599 485 609 321 772
Midwives 527 820 845 866 901 921 973 1 039 1 048 1 078 1 125 1 155
Physiotherapists 650 675 686 687 713 762 794 826 851 919 959 961
Medical laboratory technicians 1 383 2 255 2 200 2 320 2 443 2 540 2 608 2 753 2 809 2 955 3 037 3 084
Radiographers 423 729 778 824 834 955 954 994 1 047 1 174 1 224 1 281
Occupational therapists 119 143 158 153 163 164 186 209 227 261 280 289
Professional health workers for mentally retarded - 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 14 27 36 29
Social workers4 60 167 150 152 148 153 160 154 159 154 172 175
Psychologists 199 56 53 58 65 77 96 115 118 113 135 128
Other personnel 13 846 14 974 14 960 14 768 14 992 14 802 15 420 15 808 15 682 16 472 17 149 17 170
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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