Spesialized health services. Somatic care

1   Number of calculated man-years1 in general (somatic) institutions, by category of personnel. 1993-2002
Category of personnel 1993 1994 19952 1996 1997 1998 1999 20003 2001 2002
Man-years, total 49 008 49 598 51 857 53 614 54 832 57 183 58 907 60 927 62 118 63 895
Physicians 4 969 5 134 5 481 5 783 6 244 6 655 6 916 7 147 7 323 7 386
Nurses 16 337 16 768 17 833 18 690 19 678 20 446 21 337 21 573 21 734 22 630
Auxiliary nursing personnel 6 145 5 954 5 884 5 766 5 646 5 523 5 459 5 497 5 385 5 404
Other personel in clientdirected services4  659  630  777  775  613  736  469 1 025 1 138 1 319
Midwives  921  937  991 1 057 1 065 1 100 1 150 1 182 1 201 1 221
Physiotherapists  782  834  878  911  936 1 000 1 036 1 233 1 281 1 262
Medical laboratory technicians 2 447 2 541 2 611 2 758 2 815 2 960 3 043 3 095 3 234 3 306
Radiographers  845  978  976  999 1 055 1 183 1 236 1 293 1 407 1 397
Occupational therapists  199  208  229  262  280  319  330  356  349  343
Professional health workers for mentally retarded - - -  112  111  116  128  124  191  138
Social workers5  168  174  188  179  188  183  200  204  227  216
Psychologists 91  120  138  165  175  162  178  181  168  185
Other personnel 15 447 15 319 15 871 16 158 16 026 16 800 17 424 18 018 18 480 19 088
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  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.
5  College-trained.

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