Health care personnel, 2002, 4th quarter

3 out of 4 worked in health care services

76 ¹ per cent of all employees with health care education were employed in health care services, 9 per cent in public administration, research or education and 16 per cent in other services.

There are great variations among the different groups when it comes to the share working outside health care services. Pharmacists and medical laboratory technologists are typical education groups who have support functions for the health care service, for instance in production and wholesale of pharmaceutical goods. 16 per cent of the physicians and 14 per cent of the nurses were working outside the health care service. However, some of them are still practicing what they are trained to. It may for instance be in research and education, and in industrial health services. There are also some jobs in public administration that demand health care competence, for instance in supervisory agencies.

Few, but an increasing portion employed in provision businesses

1 014 ¹ persons with health care education were employed in Norwegian registered provision of personnel companies in 2002. The corresponding number the 1st of October 2001 was 652 persons. The largest education groups were nurses, auxiliary nurses and medical secretaries. 586 ¹ , or about 0.8 per cent of the employed nurses, worked in provision of personnel companies in 2002, and the number more than doubled compared with 2001. Employees employed in companies who hire out capacity for work are not grouped in the service where they are hired out, but in the service "provision of personnel".

1 018 persons with health care education were employed in Norwegian registered provision of personnel companies in 2002. The corresponding number the 1 ^{s t} of October 2001 was 652 persons. The largest education groups were nurses, auxiliary nurses and medical secretaries. 587, or about 0.8 per cent of the employed nurses, worked in provision of personnel companies in 2002, and the number more than doubled compared with 2001. Employees employed in companies who hire out capacity for work are not grouped in the service where they are hired out, but in the service "provision of personnel".

Large, but stable share in public health care services

86 per cent of all health care personnel were employed in the public sector in 2002, and this share is the same as the year before. 77,3 ¹ per cent of the physicians and 91,4 per cent of then nurses were working in the public sector.

From employees to man-years

88 per cent of all employees with health care education were employed 2002 and 40 ¹ per cent were part time working (less than 29 hours per week). However, the agreed on man-years share was 75. Part-time work is widespread for many groups with health care education.

The employment adjusted for maternity leave was 74 ¹ per cent, adjusted for doctor-certified sickness the employment per cent went down to 67 per cent, which is 21 per cent point below the employment per cent.

The difference between the number employed and man-years varies a lot among the different educations groups. Man-years are higher than number of persons among physicians and medical specialists. The reason is that a large portion is employed - and that agreed on man-years often are higher than an ordinary man-year. A large portion of the employees has more than one job, and overtime is part of the agreed on working hours.

39 per cent with other education in health care services

138 000 ¹ persons or 42,4 per cent of the employees in the health care service do not have a health care education. 117 000 ¹ employees have secondary level education or lower. Typical occupations for these are administrative occupations, cleaning and kitchen work. But there are also some unskilled employees.

The share of employed persons working in the health care service without health care education was the same, but increased by 1 600 ¹ persons.

Register based employment statistics

During the production of the register based employment statistics for 2002, some improvements have been done in the production process. As a consequence new figures for 2000 and 2001 have been made.

Tables

Table 1-2: Number of persons with health care education, by category of personnel and employment status. 1 October 2002

• Table 1 Employment status
• Table 2 Employment and as per cent of employed. Aged 16-66

Table 3-5: Employed persons with health care education aged 16-66 by category of personnel, settled working hours and settled man-years. 1 October 2002

• Table 3 Settled working hours for all employees
• Table 4 Settled working hours for employees in the health care industry
• Table 5 Settled man-years for all employees

Table 6-10: Employed persons aged 16-66 with health care education, by category of personnel, industry and sector. 1 October 2002

• Table 6 All industries. Per cent
• Table 7 All industries. Per cent change
• Table 8 Health care industry by sector. 2002
• Table 9 Health care industry by KOSTRA-functions
• Table 10 Non-health care industries, public administration, research and education

Table 11: Employed persons, aged 16-66 and settled man-years, with health care education, by category of personnel. 1 October 2001 and 2002 Change in per cent

Table 12: Employed persons aged 16-66 with foreign citizenship with health care education in the health care industry1 that have been working in Norway less than 5 years. 1 October 2002

Table 13: Employed spesialized nurses, physicians and dentists, year 16-66, by industry and speciality. 1. October 2001 and 2002 Change in per cent