Statistics Norway

Spesialized health services. Somatic care

1   Man-years1 in general (somatic) hospitals and institutions, by category of personnel. 1995-2003
Category of personnel 19952 1996 1997 1998 1999 20003 2001 2002 2003
Man-years, total 51 857 53 614 54 832 57 183 58 907 60 927 62 118 63 767 65 747
Physicians 5 481 5 783 6 244 6 655 6 916 7 147 7 323 7 371 7 676
Nurses 17 833 18 690 19 678 20 446 21 337 21 573 21 734 22 641 23 439
Hjelpepleiere 5 884 5 766 5 646 5 523 5 459 5 497 5 385 5 373 5 413
Other personnel in clientdirected services4  777  775  613  736  469 1 025 1 138 1 245 1 704
Midwives  991 1 057 1 065 1 100 1 150 1 182 1 201 1 224 1 211
Physiotherapists  878  911  936 1 000 1 036 1 233 1 281 1 281 1 391
Medical laboratory technicians 2 611 2 758 2 815 2 960 3 043 3 095 3 234 3 326 3 438
Radiographers  976  999 1 055 1 183 1 236 1 293 1 407 1 387 1 500
Occupational therapists  229  262  280  319  330  356  349  352  385
Professional health workers for mentally retarded -  112  111  116  128  124  191  157  158
Social workers5  188  179  188  183  200  204  227  226  268
Psychologists  138  165  175  162  178  181  168  190  200
Other personnel 15 871 16 158 16 026 16 800 17 424 18 018 18 480 18 993 18 965
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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