Weekly Bulletin is. 37, 1996

More psychiatric patients are being treated on an out-patient basis

Out-patient consultations at psychiatric institutions in Norway increased by 10.5 per cent from 1994 to 1995. The number of beds per 1,000 inhabitants has, however, dropped from 0.7 to 0.6, according to preliminary figures from Norway's 1995 County Health Statistics.

The number of beds in psychiatric institutions increased from 1994 to 1995, but there has been a decline in the number of beds in psychiatric nursing homes and after-care homes. The number of beds in psychiatric hospitals totalled 3,338 in 1995, while the number of beds in psychiatric nursing homes and after-care homes totalled 3,393. Overall, there has been a 1.4 per cent decline in the bed capacity of county-run psychiatric institutions.

New statistics

County Health Statistics, 1995.
Statistics are published annually in the Weekly Bulletin of Statistics. More information: Trude Fagerli, tel. +47 21 09 44 88, e-mail: tfi@ssb.no, Solveig Haakonsen, tel. +47 21 09 45 48, e-mail: sol@ssb.no.

Weekly Bulletin is. 37, 1996

More psychiatric patients are being treated on an out-patient basis

Out-patient consultations at psychiatric institutions in Norway increased by 10.5 per cent from 1994 to 1995. The number of beds per 1,000 inhabitants has, however, dropped from 0.7 to 0.6, according to preliminary figures from Norway's 1995 County Health Statistics.

New statistics

County Health Statistics, 1995.Statistics are published annually in the Weekly Bulletin of Statistics. More information: Trude Fagerli, tel. +47 21 09 44 88, e-mail: tfi@ssb.no, Solveig Haakonsen, tel. +47 21 09 45 48, e-mail: sol@ssb.no.

County Health Statistics, 1995.
Statistics are published annually in the Weekly Bulletin of Statistics. More information: Trude Fagerli, tel. +47 21 09 44 88, e-mail: tfi@ssb.no, Solveig Haakonsen, tel. +47 21 09 45 48, e-mail: sol@ssb.no.