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Of the 15,079 man-years around 13,100 were connected with adult psychiatric institutions and the rest with psychiatric institutions for children and young people. Compared to the previous year, the number of man-years in adult psychiatry had risen by 140 by the end of 1996 while in child and youth psychiatry it was up 132 man-years.
Employment in psychiatry increased by 273 man-years from the end of 1995 to the end of 1996. At 31 December 1996 the number of personnel employed by psychiatric institutions in Norway equalled 15,079 man-years. An increasing number of skilled workers are being employed. At the same time the number of beds was reduced by 100 from 1995 to 1996.
The composition of care-giving personnel at psychiatric institutions is changing, and the number of man-years worked by skilled personnel is rising while it is declining for unskilled personnel. From 1995 to 1996 the number of man-years in the job categories nurses and other nursing personnel (unskilled) has changed considerably. For nurses the number of man-years has increased by 392, while the number of man-years for other nursing personnel has dropped by 125.
Man-years at adult psychiatric institutions equalled 39 man-years per 10,000 residents over the age of 18. At child and youth psychiatry institutions the number was 18.9 man-years per 10,000 residents aged 0-17. For 1995 the percentages were 38.8 and 17.7 per cent respectively.
Weekly Bulletin issue no. 23, 1998