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10261: Patients, discharges and bed-days at general hospitals, by sex, age and diagnosis (C) 2012 - 2024

Jostein Starrfelt, Statistics Norway
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Geir Hjemås, Statistics Norway
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2025-05-05 08:00
Patients at general hospital, in total:
persons
In-patients:
persons
Patients with day cases:
persons
Out-patients:
persons
Number of in-patient stays (discharges):
discharges
Number of bed-days:
bed-days
Number of day cases:
day cases
Number of out-patient consultations:
consultations
Patients at general hospital, in total:
01.01.-31.12.
In-patients:
01.01.-31.12.
Patients with day cases:
01.01.-31.12.
Out-patients:
01.01.-31.12.
Number of in-patient stays (discharges):
01.01.-31.12.
Number of bed-days:
01.01.-31.12.
Number of day cases:
01.01.-31.12.
Number of out-patient consultations:
01.01.-31.12.
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Healthy new-borns included, foreign residents excluded. Age = Year of discharge - year of birth Patients county/region A patient may have two or more treatments with different main diagnosis, so that the number of patients in total can be less than the sum of ICD-10-chapters. A patient may have two or more treatments with different main diagnosis (ICD-10), so that the sum of subgroups under each chapter can exceed the total for the chapter. Figures from 2009 - 2011 can be found under all releases for Patient statistics. Find correct publishing date, the appendix tables are at the bottom of the annual article. The Norwegian Patient Register (NPR) has made changes in its registration of certain treatments. Day cases now include inpatient care with 0 overnight stays (previously registered as inpatient care). Dialysis with 0 overnight stays (previously registered as day cases) is now registered as outpatient consultations. Figures for 2015 are therefore not comparable to previous years. 2018 figures for county 50 Trøndelag were published 10 May 2019 at 11.30.

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Patients at general hospital, in total

A patient can have been to hospital at different levels of care.

year

2012

Data on delivery are missing for 2012. There were 39939 in-patient stays related to this diagnosis in 2012.