Statistics Norway

Nursing and social care services

6 Users of home-based services and residents in institutions for the elderly and disabled. Need for assistance and kind of service. 2007-2010
  Number of users1 Total Small need for assistance Average to much need for assistance Extensive need for assistance Unspecified need for assistance1
  20071 20082 2009 2010* 2010 - Per cent
Total  252 289  260 824  265 430  265 729  100 38.6 30.7 21.4 9.3
Users of home help only 45 504 45 907 45 091 44 540  100 64.2 19.7 9.1 7.0
Users of home nursing only 58 050 62 698 66 898 67 397  100 48.0 34.1 7.3 10.7
Users of both home help and home nursing 57 005 58 888 62 286 62 722  100 28.0 48.3 21.4 2.4
Other services 49 820 51 274 46 747 47 613  100 46.8 20.3 8.4 24.5
Residents in institutions, short term stay 7 319 7 829 9 608 9 010  100 12.7 40.6 39.7 7.1
Residents in institutions, long term stay 34 591 34 228 34 800 34 447  100 2.1 17.8 78.1 2.0
1  Three municipalities have not delivered IPLOS-data, these are not included in the figures.
2  Three municipalities have not delivered IPLOS-data, these are not included in the figures.

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