Spesialized health services. Somatic care

1   Number of calculated man-years1 in general (somatic) institutions, by category of personnel. 1990-2001
Category of personnel 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 19952 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 3 2001
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     62 061
Physicians 4 597 4 594 4 778 4 969 5 134 5 481 5 783 6 244 6 655 6 916 7 147 7 307
Nurses 15 089 15 382 15 655 16 337 16 768 17 833 18 690 19 678 20 446 21 337 21 573 21 690
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 5 374
Other personnel in clientdirected services5  904  870  838  659  630  777  775  613  736  469 1 025 1 157
Midwives  839  867  884  921  937  991 1 057 1 065 1 100 1 150 1 182 1 193
Physiotherapists  738  746  754  782  834  878  911  936 1 000 1 036 1 233 1 262
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 3 233
Radiographers  730  780  825  845  978  976  999 1 055 1 183 1 236 1 293 1 403
Occupational therapists  175  187  189  199  208  229  262  280  319  330  356  348
Professional health workers for mentally retarded - - - - - -  112  111  116  128  124  191
Social workers4  183  167  176  168  174  188  179  188  183  200  204  225
Psychologists 64 66 76 91  120  138  165  175  162  178  181  167
Other personnel 15 456 15 431 15 226 15 447 15 319 15 871 16 158 16 026 16 800 17 424 18 018 18 519
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 are private institutions for rehabilitation 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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