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Fewer beds
At the end of 2008 there were almost 13 000 beds at general hospitals. In the same period, the total number of man-years was 62 900. Physician man-years represent 14 per cent of the total number, and nurses 38 per cent.
There were around 819 000 discharges after stays in general hospitals in 2008; an increase of almost 1 per cent compared to 2007. The number of outpatient consultations was nearly 3 900 000, which is a growth of 3.9 per cent, and there were almost 551 000 day cases.
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Beds1 | 13 944 | 13 945 | 14 161 | 14 208 | 14 228 | 13 995 | 13 868 | 13 553 | 12 980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discharges2 | 694 703 | 724 635 | 741 581 | 783 529 | 796 493 | 809 970 | 824 441 | 811 213 | 819 184 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bed-days in 1 000 | 4 164 | 4 205 | 4 203 | 4 205 | 4 128 | 4 139 | 4 146 | 4 024 | 3 905 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Out-patient consultations in 1 0003 | 3 591 | 3 582 | 3 080 | 3 315 | 3 362 | 3 451 | 3 545 | 3 730 | 3 875 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Day-cases in 1 0004 | . | . | 358 | 419 | 459 | 505 | 544 | 568 | 551 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Man-years5, total | 58 522 | 59 406 | 61 239 | 63 155 | 63 498 | 64 186 | 65 140 | 65 382 | 62 858 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Man-years5, physicians | 7 073 | 7 242 | 7 291 | 7 592 | 7 922 | 8 199 | 8 412 | 8 640 | 8 912 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Man-years5, nurses and midwives | 22 343 | 22 518 | 23 451 | 24 157 | 24 543 | 24 515 | 25 251 | 25 560 | 25 136 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Man-years5, auxiliary nursing personnel | 5 216 | 5 075 | 5 097 | 5 115 | 4 819 | 4 629 | 4 567 | 4 261 | 4 230 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Beds for inpatient stays. |
| 2 | Cf. inpatient stays in the patient statistics. |
| 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. |
| 4 | Day-cases were incuded in out-patient consultations until 2002. |
| 5 | From 2008, statistics on personnel in the specialist health service are based on data from administrative registers. Previously the data were collected from questionnaires. |
See also: Specialist health service, 2008
See also: Patient statistics, 2008
Tables:
- Table 1 Man-years in general hospitals and institutions, by category of personnel. 2002-2008
- Table 2 Man-years in general hospitals, by category of personnel. 2002-2008
- Table 3 Man-years in general hospitals, by category of personnel, health region and private hospitals. 2008
- Table 4 Number of out-patient consultations at general hospitals, by health region. 2008
- Table 5 Beds in general hospitals and other institutions, by health region. 2002-2008
The statistics is published with Specialist health service.
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