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Fewer beds - more activity
At the end of 2005, there were almost 14 000 beds at general hospitals. The number decreased from 2004. In the same period, the number of discharges increased and the average length of a hospital stay decreased. The number of daycases in general hospitals rose by 10 per cent, and the number of outpatient consultation was approximately 3 450 000.
| General hospitals. 2002-2005. Key figures |
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beds | 13 944 | 13 945 | 14 161 | 14 208 | 14 228 | 13 995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discharges | 694 703 | 724 635 | 741 581 | 783 529 | 796 493 | 809 970 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bed-days in 1 000 | 4 164 | 4 205 | 4 203 | 4 205 | 4 128 | 4 139 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Out-patient consultations in 1 0003 | 3 591 | 3 582 | 3 080 | 3 315 | 3 362 | 3 451 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Day-cases in 1 0004 | 358 | 419 | 459 | 505 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Man-years1, total | 58 522 | 59 406 | 61 239 | 63 155 | 63 498 | 64 186 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Man-years1, physicians | 7 073 | 7 242 | 7 291 | 7 592 | 7 922 | 8 199 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Man-years1, nurses and midwives | 22 343 | 22 518 | 23 451 | 24 157 | 24 543 | 24 515 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Man-years1, college-educated personnel2 | 5 615 | 5 867 | 5 976 | 6 328 | 6 384 | 6 317 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Man-years1, auxiliary nursing personnel | 5 216 | 5 075 | 5 097 | 5 115 | 4 819 | 4 629 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Man-years1, other occupational therapists | 772 | 854 | 955 | 1 422 | 1 788 | 1 886 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Man-years1, administration and service | 17 170 | 17 507 | 18 097 | 18 097 | 17 638 | 18 222 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |
Man-years are the sum of full-time employed and part-time employed (calculated in to full-time employed)
by the end of the year. Overtime is not included. |
| 2 | Physiotherapists, medical laboratory technicians, radiographers and occupational therapists are included. |
| 3 |
From 2002, data from Norwegian Patient Register (NPR) is used. In addtion Statistics Norway gathered
information on out-patient consultations in private hospitals for 2002 and 2003, 34 679 and 93 127 consultations, respectively. This information was not included in the figures for 2004 and 2005. |
| 4 | Day-cases were incuded in out-patient consultations until 2002. |
See also : Specialist health service, 2005
Tables:
- Table 1 Man-years in general hospitals and institutions, by category of personnel. 2002-2005
- Table 2 Man-years in general hospitals, by category of personnel. 2002-2005
- Table 3 Man-years in general hospitals, by category of personnel, health region and private hospitals. 2005
- Table 4 Number of out-patient consultations at general hospitals, by health region. 2005
- Table 5 Beds in general hospitals and other institutions, by health region. 2002-2005
The statistics is published with Specialist health service.
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