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Fewer beds - man-years increased
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Specialist health service, general care2006

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Fewer beds - man-years increased

At the end of 2006, there were around 13 900 beds at general hospitals, a reduction of 100 compared to 2005. In the same period, man-years increased by 1.5 per cent until 65 100.

There were more than 824 000 discharges after stays in general hospitals and the number of outpatient consultation was approximately 3 500 000. There were almost 544 000 day cases, a growth of 7.7 per cent.

General hospitals. 2000-2006. Key figures
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Beds 13 944   13 945   14 161   14 208   14 228   13 995   13 868
Discharges  694 703  724 635  741 581  783 529  796 493  809 970  824 441
Bed-days in 1 000 4 164 4 205 4 203 4 205 4 128 4 139 4 146
Out-patient consultations in 1 0003 3 591 3 582 3 080 3 315 3 362 3 451 3 545
Day-cases in 1 0004      358  419  459  505  544
Man-years1, total 58 522 59 406 61 239 63 155 63 498 64 186 65 140
Man-years1, physicians 7 073 7 242 7 291 7 592 7 922 8 199 8 412
Man-years1, nurses and midwives 22 343 22 518 23 451 24 157 24 543 24 515 25 251
Man-years1, college-educated personnel2 5 615 5 867 5 976 6 328 6 384 6 317 6 486
Man-years1, auxiliary nursing personnel 5 216 5 075 5 097 5 115 4 819 4 629 4 567
Man-years1, other occupational therapists  772  854  955 1 422 1 788 1 886 1 843
Man-years1, administration and service 17 170 17 507 18 097 18 097 17 638 18 222 18 158
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 addition 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 2004-2006.
4  Day-cases were incuded in out-patient consultations until 2002.

See also: Specialist health service, 2006

See also: Patient statistics, 2006

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