Statistics Norway

Spesialized health services. Somatic care

2   Man-years1 in general (somatic) hospitals, by category of personnel. 1990-2003
Category of personnel 1990 19952 20003 2001 2002 2003
$Man-years, total 46 508 50 130 58 522 59 413 61 239 63 097
Physicians 4 576 5 402 7 073 7 242 7 291 7 569
Nurses 14 794 17 484 21 188 21 346 22 259 22 944
Auxiliary nursing personnel 6 629 5 536 5 216 55 081 5 097 5 117
Other personnel in clientdirected services4  689  516  772  854  955 1 421
Midwives  820  973 1 155 1 172 1 192 1 185
Physiotherapists  675  794  961  966  981 1 073
Medical laboratory technicians 2 255 2 608 3 084 3 227 3 320 3 422
Radiographers  729  954 1 281 1 393 1 376 1 477
Occupational therapists  143  186  289  281  299  331
Professional health workers for mentally retarded - - 29 31 25 47
Social workers6  167  160  175  192  196  236
Psychologists 56 96  128  119  150  160
Other personnel 14 974 15 420 17 170 17 507 18 097 18 116
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  Corrected since the figures were published in 2001.
6  College-trained.

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