Specialist health service, substance abuse treatment, 2005

The capacity within the sector was 1 798 beds in 2005. This number is related to 72 treatment units; 18 more units gave out-patient consultations. On the national level, 557 360 bed-days were registered, just above 40 percent of those are linked to Helseregion Øst. More than 13 000 hospitalizations and almost 70 000 out-patient consultations witness about a still high need for substance abuse treatment. As in 2004, men are the main group of patients; about 32 percent of all treatments were given to women.

The increase in treatment is also reflected in the personnel figures. From 2004 to 2005, the number of man-year within the substance abuse treatment sector rose by approximately 15 percent to 2 646 man-year.

Some discrepancies in the total figures are due to a lack of reporting; cf. "About the statistics" in order to read more about data quality.

See also : Specialist health service, 2005

Tables:

• Table 1 Beds by type of treatment and health region
• Table 2 Hospitalizations by patients' age. 2005
• Table 3 Distribution of sexes, by health region. 2005
• Table 4 Number of places, by region and category
• Table 5 Bed-days, by category of treatment and place. 2005