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Care services

The statistics provide a summary of care services, and include information about users of various care services, capacity and resource input, such as number of beds and staff. Accounting figures are also given.

Updated: 16 June 2025
Next update: Not yet determined

Selected figures from these statistics

  • Nursing and care services
    Nursing and care services
    Percentage changePercentage change
    20242023 - 20242020 - 2024
    Home-based services (selected services)Users 12.31.
    Assistance in daily living77 020-0.80.2
    Home health services, includes both somatic and psychiatric care.173 149-1.34.5
    User-controlled personal assistance4 3533.017.8
    Care benefits (benefits to individuals whom provides care on a voluntary basis to parents, spouses or others)10 696-0.86.0
    Percentage of inhabitants age 80 years and over that are home service users1 25.9-3.7-10.4
    Nursing homesBeds 12.31.
    Beds in total39 8160.21.5
    Percentage of private beds7.92.3-9.6
    Institution services2 Residents 12.31.
    Long-term stay31 129-0.9-2.7
    Short-term stay10 0300.210.3
    Care and nursing services staff3 Man-years
    Man-years - total160 7792.49.7
    of these...
    User-oriented full-time equivalents with health education105 6651.37.0
    Share of user-oriented full-time equivalents with health education72.7-1.4-2.9
    Nursing and care expenditure4 NOK billions
    Nursing and care expenditure, total174.91.734.0
    1Home-based services: Home-nursing and home-help. Includes homebased services in municipal disposed housing.
    2Includes nursing homes, retirement homes, relief institutions and dwellings for children. Dwellings for the elderly not included.
    3Includes agreed full-time equivalents based on employment status during a reference week in November. In 2025, a new method was introduced for defining user-oriented full-time equivalents, and this has been applied retroactively to all years. User-oriented FTEs are now defined based on the employee's occupation, whereas they were previously classified based on other criteria.
    4KOSTRA functions included: 234 Activation of elderly and disabled, 254 Nursing and care services, home-based, 256 Emergency health and care services, 257 Home services - personnel base linked to housing communities/co-located care homes, 258 Home services - ambulatory services and more, 261 Institution facilities. From 2024 onwards, function 254 is divided between 257 and 258.
    Explanation of symbols
  • Health and care institutions, beds and rooms by type and ownership
    Health and care institutions, beds and rooms by type and ownership1
    20202021202220232024
    Number of institutions926922923914905
    Total number of beds39 61539 30539 33739 97640 002
    Nursing home39 24139 05439 11439 75439 816
    Old people's home374251223222186
    Private beds (per cent of total)9.18.78.58.08.2
    Private non-profit5.16.87.06.46.6
    Private commercial4.11.91.51.61.5
    Single rooms (per cent)98.698.898.798.499.0
    User adapted single room with own WC and bathroom (per cent)90.491.692.194.094.7
    1Per 31.12.
    Explanation of symbols
  • Residents in institutions for the elderly and disabled, by age
    Residents in institutions for the elderly and disabled, by age1
    20202021202220232024
    Total41 07141 18841 25941 41941 159
    Under 67 years5 4025 5645 6805 9475 947
    67-79 years8 7189 1339 5509 6689 719
    80-89 years15 30315 00614 93215 05615 144
    90 years and over11 64811 48511 09710 74810 380
    1Per 31.12.
    Figures for the year 2021 were corrected on 28 June 2022.
    Explanation of symbols
  • Residents in dwellings for the aged and disabled.
    Residents in dwellings for the aged and disabled.1
    20202021202220232024
    Total43 32642 59742 19141 63440 814
    Under 67 years20 78719 75119 68019 38318 562
    67-79 years7 8468 0418 1418 3138 305
    80-89 years8 7698 6658 4398 2158 445
    90 years and over5 9246 1405 9315 7235 502
    1Per 31.12.
    Explanation of symbols
  • Users of home-based services, by age.
    Users of home-based services, by age.1
    20202021202220232024
    Total197 738203 169204 261207 820205 566
    Under 67 years89 93393 31694 11295 58792 884
    67-79 years39 74441 47842 08243 39842 825
    80-89 years46 19846 28946 42447 39448 683
    90 years and over21 86322 08621 64321 44121 174
    1Per 31.12.
    Figures for the year 2021 were corrected on 28 June 2022.
    Explanation of symbols
  • Users of home-based services and residents in institutions for the elderly and disabled. Need for assistance and kind of service
    Users of home-based services and residents in institutions for the elderly and disabled. Need for assistance and kind of service1
    Number of usersPer cent
    202020212022202320242024
    20202021202220232024Total, need for assistanceSmall need for assistanceAverage to much need for assistanceExtensive need for assistanceUnspecified need for assistance
    Total, services290 130295 856299 712306 034305 748100.036.729.824.78.9
    Users of home help only32 09431 92631 93432 46732 417100.048.529.815.26.5
    Users of home nursing only102 883107 951109 373111 097109 447100.048.230.09.012.8
    Users of both home help and home nursing62 76163 29262 95464 25663 702100.021.142.635.11.2
    Other home-based services51 32151 49954 19256 79559 023100.048.926.69.115.4
    Residents in institutions, short term stay9 0909 58110 06110 01410 030100.010.329.552.97.3
    Residents in institutions, long term stay31 98131 60731 19831 40531 129100.00.89.288.71.2
    1Per 31.12.
    Figures for the year 2021 were corrected on 28 June 2022.
    Explanation of symbols
  • Average numbers of assigned hours per week for users of home help and home nursing. Age and need for assistance
    Average numbers of assigned hours per week for users of home help and home nursing. Age and need for assistance
    Average number of hours per week
    Total, need for assistanceSmall need for assistanceAverage to much need for assistanceExtensive need for assistanceUnspecified need for assistance
    Years, total9.91.76.136.43.1
    0-17 years18.65.610.937.68.9
    18-49 years18.11.810.568.94.3
    50-66 years12.81.66.449.52.6
    67-79 years6.11.64.220.71.8
    80-89 years4.21.64.011.91.6
    90 years or older5.31.94.812.72.2
    Figures for the year 2021 were corrected on 28 June 2022.
    Explanation of symbols
  • Recievers of respite care, personal support contact, recievers with next of kins receiving pay for caring work and user-controlled assistance. Age.
    Recievers of respite care, personal support contact, recievers with next of kins receiving pay for caring work and user-controlled assistance. Age.1
    20202021202220232024
    Respite care
    Total7 7137 7988 1468 4198 428
    0-66 years7 4297 5487 8728 1088 110
    67 years and over284250274311318
    Personal support contact
    Total32 50632 63632 54232 14731 871
    0-66 years25 48925 47225 51825 08124 984
    67 years and over7 0177 1647 0247 0666 887
    Recievers with next of kins receiving pay for caring work
    Total10 09210 35710 39910 78610 696
    0-66 years8 5838 8068 8879 2159 155
    67 years and over1 5091 5511 5121 5711 541
    User-controlled assistance
    Total3 6963 8794 0564 2264 353
    0-66 years3 2683 4513 6373 7843 894
    67 years or older428428:::
    1Per 31.12.
    Due to incorrect reporting, Statistics Norway has removed figures related to user-controlled personal assistance (BPA) from the data basis for a municipality in the year 2021. The error had an impact on county and national levels. Figures for the year 2021 were corrected on 28 June 2022.
    Explanation of symbols
  • Gross expenditure in municipal care services. NOK 1 000
    Gross expenditure in municipal care services. NOK 1 000
    NOK 1 000 (current prices)
    20202021202220232024
    Gross expenditure - total130 540 556143 750 494154 848 970171 918 210174 913 321
    234 Activation of elderly og disabled6 588 4987 208 5457 846 2768 494 6388 892 156
    253 Nursing and care services in institutions49 367 36953 320 66756 636 04862 537 03763 122 570
    254 Nursing and care services, home-based67 707 99675 617 86482 066 77992 130 180.
    256 Emergency health and care services949 8891 020 5841 007 1961 087 4041 063 260
    257 Home services - personnel base linked to housing communities/co-located care homes....50 184 362
    258 Home services - ambulatory services and more....43 820 980
    261 Institution facilities5 926 8046 582 8347 292 6717 668 9517 829 993
    Explanation of symbols

About the statistics

The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 25 May 2023.

Man-year

These data are intended to embrace all kinds of activities within the home based services and the institutions, and are not only restricted to health care functions. The data also contain administration and management personnel and as far as the institutions are concerned, kitchen and cleaning functions etc. The personnel are registered on the basis of their formal education by December 31st. The figures are reported in man-years, which means that the total numbers of part-time employees are converted into number of full time employees. Thus the total number of man-years is based on the assumption of stability among the personnel during the year. Employees without the specified education are recorded in collective groups.

Man-years - positions

For personnel, the recording unit is hours per week, and applies to hours set for those with permanent full-time or part-time positions. The number of hours per week is recalculated into man-years (full-time positions) by dividing the number of contract working hours per week. In practice this means that we have divided by 36 hours for physiotherapists and 37.5 hours for Doctors, and 35.5 for the other occupational groups.

Organisation

Organisation means the forms of association the individual physicians and physiotherapists have with the municipality. Municipalities offer practitioners four possible forms of association. The two most common forms are fixed salary and contract.

Physicians and physiotherapists with fixed salaries

Physicians and physiotherapists with fixed salaries are municipal employees, in municipal medical officer or physiotherapist positions advertised by the municipality. These positions may be full or part-time. The municipalities cover all expenses of the positions, but the National Insurance scheme provides fixed grants to the municipalities per position. The duties of these fixed-salary physicians and physiotherapists are set by municipal instructions.

Physicians and physiotherapists with municipal contracts

Physicians and physiotherapists with municipal contracts are basically private practising physicians and physiotherapists who sign an agreement with the municipality or borough. The provisions of this agreement are based on an agreement between the Norwegian Association of Local Authorities, Ministry of Health and Care Services and the physicians' and physiotherapists' organizations. The agreement implies that all physicians are obliged to participate in the medical duty service and municipal responsibilities such as care of the elderly and preventive medicine. How much the individual doctor is to perform these duties and the opening hours of the curative practice are defined in the specific agreements between the individual practitioner and the municipality/borough. The basis of the income of physicians and physiotherapists with municipal agreements is National Insurance reimbursements, patient co-payments and a fixed amount (operating grant) from the municipality as compensation for the agreement. Physicians and physiotherapists with combinations of fixed salary part-time positions and part-time contract practice are regarded as practitioners with a municipal contract.

Physicians and physiotherapists without municipal contracts

There are also practitioners with private practices who do not have a contract with the municipality. For the individual patient, it is of no financial significance if you go to a mandatory practitioner, doctor with fixed salary or doctor with a municipal contract. Physicians without a municipal contract may, with certain limitations, take as high a co-payment as the patient is willing to pay.

Following changes in sections 5-4, 5-7 and 5-8 of the National Insurance Act of 1 July 1998, national insurance reimbursements are no longer to be paid to private practising health professionals who do not have an operating agreement with the municipality or county. Exceptions have been made for general practitioners pending the introduction of the regular GP scheme.

Vacant authorised posts/ positions

Authorised posts or fixed-salary positions that are vacant at December 31st due to leave, illness or other reasons, are regarded as filled if the absence is less than four months, otherwise it is regarded as vacant.

Overtime

From the statistical year 1994, data on man-years worked by physicians also include hours worked under extended working time agreements pursuant to the central union federation special agreement between the Norwegian Association of Local Authorities and the Norwegian Medical Association. This agreement permits, for up to one year at a time, the signing of an agreement on extended working hours beyond 37.5 hours per week. Overtime work beyond this is not included.

Users of home based services

The figures cover all users of home help and home nursing or both services that were registered as active users at the end of the year. In general every person receiving services is regarded as one user, with one exception; households consisting of two or more persons receiving help are regarded as one user.

Institutions

These are defined as a group of buildings where parts of the floorage are shared between residents, the household is common and care personnel are present 24 hours a day. This definition embraces all kinds of institutions falling under the law mentioned above and are as follows: nursing homes, old peoples homes, combined nursing and old peoples homes and in addition various municipal dwellings with full-time services.

Dwellings for the aged and disabled

This category includes other kinds of municipal dwellings reserved for persons in need of help because of old age or handicap. They are also offered to mentally retarded persons who have left the traditional institutions according to a major reform concerning this group of disabled in 1991. These dwellings are not included in the institution-category, as they do not have a full-time service offer, and the residents own or pay rent for the dwelling. Some of them have care and nursing services during parts of the day. The other dwellings do not have this offer, and the residents are instead users of the home based services in the same way as other ordinary users. Many of these flats are adjusted for functionally disabled residents and some of them do also have to some extent common floorage and household.

The municipalities are grouped into 16 groups by population and economic conditions. The classification is based on Audun Langørgen and Rolf Aaberge (2011): Classification of municipalities by population and economic conditions of 2008. Report 2011/8, Statistics Norway. In the calculation of average figures for the county, municipalities are divided into 19 counties by the current standard for municipality classification (two first digit).

Regional statistics

The counties are divided into five groups. The classification is identical to subdivisions of counties in health regions apart from that there is established a separate group for Oslo.

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