Statistics Norway

Spesialized health services. Somatic care

2   Number of calculated man-years1 in general (somatic) hospitals, by category of personnel. 1990-2002
Category of personnel 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 19952 1996 1997 1998 1999 20003 2001 2002
Man-years, total 46 508 46 371 46 513 47 426 47 894 50 130 52 111 53 470 55 866 57 658 58 522 59 413 61 239
Physicians 4 576 4 570 4 754 4 922 5 057 5 402 5 739 6 202 6 614 6 876 7 073 7 242 7 291
Nurses 14 794 15 089 15 353 15 979 16 455 17 484 18 416 19 443 20 206 21 109 21 188 21 346 22 259
Auxiliary nursing personnel 6 629 6 283 5 920 5 754 5 591 5 536 5 438 5 386 5 284 5 235 5 216 5 0816 5 097
Other personel in clientdirected services4  689  598  658  512  416  516  599  485  609  321  772  854  955
Midwives  820  845  866  901  921  973 1 039 1 048 1 078 1 125 1 155 1 172 1 192
Physiotherapists  675  686  687  713  762  794  826  851  919  959  961  966  981
Medical laboratory technicians 2 255 2 200 2 320 2 443 2 540 2 608 2 753 2 809 2 955 3 037 3 084 3 227 3 320
Radiographers  729  778  824  834  955  954  994 1 047 1 174 1 224 1 281 1 393 1 376
Occupational therapists  143  158  153  163  164  186  209  227  261  280  289  281  299
Professional health workers for mentally retarded - - - - - - 22 14 27 36 29 31 25
Social workers5  167  150  152  148  153  160  154  159  154  172  175  192  196
Psychologists 56 53 58 65 77 96  115  118  113  135  128  119  150
Other personnel 14 974 14 960 14 768 14 992 14 802 15 420 15 808 15 682 16 472 17 149 17 170 17 507 18 097
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  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.
6 Corrected since the figures were published in 2001.

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