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More qualified personnel - more consultations
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Specialist health service, psychiatry, 2003

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More qualified personnel - more consultations

Almost 1 million out-patient consultations were carried out in psychiatric institutions in 2003, an increase of more than 17 per cent. The number of man-years continued to rise, from 17 923 in 2002 till 18 293 in 2003. However, the number of beds fell by 118 to 5 633.

More qualified personnel mean that there are more physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists and qualified nurses in psychiatric institutions. This partly explains the 17 per cent growth in out-patient consultations. The increase in consultations took place both in institutions for adults and in institutions for children and adolescents. The increase was 15 per cent for adults and 24 per cent for children and adolescents.

Psychiatry. 1990-2003. Key figures
  1990 1995 2000 2001 2002 2003
Beds 8 011       6 667       6 091       5 821       5 751       5 633
Beds in psychiatric institutions for adults 7 745 6 384 5 781 5 505 5 439 5296
Beds in psychiatric institutions for children and adolescents  266  283 310  316 312 337
Bed-days in 1 000 32 603 32 148 1 942 1 862 1 845 1 792
Discharges 21 242 26 113 34 969 436 550 38 163 42 295
Bed-days per discharge of whole-day patients 3123 382 56 51 48 42
Out-patient consultations1(in 1 000) 396 611  696  736  838  982
Out-patient consultations1, psychiatric institutions for adults ( in 1 000) 272 429  528  555  618  710
Out-patient consultations1, psychiatric institutions for children and adolescents (in 1 000) 124 181 169  181  219  272
Outpatient consultations1 per 1 000 inhabitants 92 140 156  163  185 215
Total man-years2, psychiatric insititutions 14 469 14 806 16 554 17 203 17 923 18 293
Total man-years2, psychiatric institutions for adults 12 980 13 010 14 147 14 592 15 058 15 325
Total man-years2, psychiatric institutions for children and adolescents 1 490 1 796 2 407 2 611 2 866 2 968
Total man-years2 of physicians, psychiatry  741  886 1 141 1 225 1 220 1292
Total man-years2 psychologists, psychiatry  606  834 1 182 1 244 1 409 1525
Total man-years2 of qualified nurses, psychiatry 3 309 3 857 4 660 4 909 5 018 5316
1  In 1996 the definition of out-patient consultations was changed.
2  Man-years is the number of full-time employees and part-time employees (converted to full-time employees) at the end of the year. Overtime is not included.
3  A number of figures has been corrected 19 September 2001.
4  A number of figures has been corrected 26 May 2003.

See also: Specialist health service. 2003

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