Statistics Norway

Nursing and social care services

7 Users of home-based services and residents in institutions for the elderly and disabled. Need for assistance and kind of service. 2007*
  Number of users Total Small need for assistance Average to much need for assistance Extensive need for assistance Unspecified need for assistance1
    Percent
Total1  202 477  100 39 27 21 13
Users of home nursing only 57 963  100 48 27 6 19
Users of home help only 45 759  100 63 14 7 15
Users of both home help and home nursing 56 925  100 34 41 17 9
Residents in institutions, long term stay 34 558  100 3 21 67 8
Residents in institutions, short term stay 7 258  100 15 37 34 14
1  Includes number of users from 2006 when municipality have not been able to deliver IPLOS-data. Includes 14 residents in institutions not distributed on length of stay.

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