Norway Yearbook - 2003

Health and social conditions
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Man-years1 in psychiatric institutions, by category of personnel and type of
institution. 2001
Category of personnel Total Mental hospitals2
Psychiatric nursing
homes, after care
homes, etc.
Psychiatric institutions
for children and
adolescents
Man-years, total 17203 10153 4439 2611
Psychiatrists 668 447 120 101
Other physicians 557 389 64 104
Psychologists 1 244 544 224 475
Qualified nurses3 4909 3 324 1 378 207
Other nursing and therapy personnel,
college trained4 2 673 1 019 459 1194
Other nursing and therapy personell,
not college trained5 4 181 2 649 1 420 112
Other personnel6 2 972 1 780 774 418
1Man-years are full-time employees plus part-time employees (converted into full-time employees) at 31 December. 2Mental ho,pitals include
psychiatric wards in somatic hospitals and psychiatric clinics. 3lncludes nurses qualified in psychiatry and other qualified nurses. Includes special-care
nurses, physiotherapists, ergonomists, social workers (college trained), child welfare workers and teachers. 5lncludes ausiliary nurses,
other auxiliary nursing personnel, unqualified occupational therapists. 6lncludes administrative staff and other personnel.
Source: Spesialist health service, psychiatric institutions, Statistics Norway. More information: http:/Ax'swssb.rio/speshelsepsyk_en/
1 9 Discharges and bed-days in somatic hospitals, by sex and age. 2002
Age
Dischargest in 1 000 Average number of bed-days per discharge2
Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females
Total 738 332 406 5.7 5.6 5.7
o - 4 years 48 27 20 4.9 4.8 5.2
5- 9 " 17 10 7 3.1 3.1 3.0
10-14 14 8 6 3.5 3.4 3.7
15-19 ' 18 8 10 3.4 3.6 3.3
20-24 ' 28 9 19 3.7 3.6 3.7
25-29 42 10 32 3.9 3.8 4.0
30-34 50 13 37 4.1 4.0 4.1
35 -39 39 14 25 4.2 4.2 4.2
40 -44 ' 32 15 17 4.4 4.3 4.4
45-49 35 17 18 4.7 4.4 4.9
50-54 41 21 20 5.1 5.0 5.2
55- 59 51 27 24 5.6 5.5 5.7
60-64 44 24 20 6.1 6.0 6.1
65-69 45 24 21 6.6 6.6 6.7
70 -74 56 30 26 7.2 7.1 7.3
75-79 ' 64 31 33 7.6 7.4 7.8
80- ' 113 44 69 7.9 7.7 8.1
1Not including out-patients, patients in psychiatric wards and foreign residents. 2Bed-days before 1 January 2001 are not included.
Source: Norwegian Patient Register/patient statistics, Statistics Norway.
More information: http:/Avww.npr.no/ and http:/Awm.ssb.no/pasient_en/
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