Statistics Norway

Spesialist health service, general care

2 Man-years1 in general hospitals, by category of personnel. 2002-2007
Category of personnel 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Man-years, total 61 239 63 155 63 498 64 186 65 140 65 382
Physicians 7 291 7 592 7 922 8 199 8 412 8 640
Nurses 22 259 22 970 23 344 23 310 23 968 24 223
Auxiliary nursing personnel 5 097 5 115 4 819 4 629 4 567 4 261
Other personnel in clientdirected services  955 1 422 1 788 1 886 1 843 1 806
Midwives 1 192 1 187 1 198 1 205 1 283 1 337
Physiotherapists  981 1 079 1 072 1 157 1 160 1 184
Medical laboratory technicians 3 320 3 430 3 399 3 335 3 398 3 450
Radiographers 1 376 1 487 1 569 1 454 1 562 1 655
Occupational therapists  299  332  344  371  366  378
Professional health workers for mentally retarded 25 46 47 47 47 64
Social workers2  196  237  191  179  189  182
Psychologists  150  162  166  193  189  174
Other personnel 18 097 18 097 17 638 18 222 18 158 18 028
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  College-educated.

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