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Major increase in municipal health expenditure
Norwegian municipalities spent nearly NOK 12.2 billion on health services in 2011. The number of physicians increased. Most small children are given health checks at health centres.
Municipalities’ gross expenditure on health services reached nearly NOK 12.2 billion in 2011; an increase of approximately NOK 936 million from 2010, which is an increase of approximately 8.3 per cent. The expenditure includes wage costs, per capita grants to private physicians and physiotherapists, expenditure to health centre services and preventive health care. The increase is equivalent to approximately NOK 2 450 per inhabitant.
Increased total FTEs of physicians and physiotherapists
The number of physicians and physiotherapists continues to increase. A total of 86 new physician full-time equivalents (FTEs) was added from 2010 to 2011, making a coverage of physicians of 9.7 per 10 000 inhabitants. One new physiotherapist FTE was added from 2010 to 2011, making a coverage of physiotherapists of 8.6 per 10 000 inhabitants, which is a decrease compared to the coverage in 2010.
Health inspections for small children
Most small children are given regular health checks by a physician or public health nurse in health centres. However, the percentage of children undergoing such controls falls as the child grows older. Health centres are also recommended to perform visits in a child’s home after birth. Four out of five newborns had a home visit in 2011. This is more than in the four previous years.
An increasing number of the municipalities can offer special health centres for youths aged 13 to 20. Teenagers can go there for information on health and to discuss private matters with a public health nurse or physician. A total of 72 per cent of Norwegian municipalities can offer this service. The small municipalities are often the ones that cannot offer this service.
Tables:
- Table 1 Full time equivalents (FTEs) by occupational groups in the municipal health service. Man-years per 10 000 inhabitants. Centrality. 1994-2011
- Table 2 Full time equivalents (FTEs) by occupational groups in the municipal health service. Centrality. 1994-2011
- Table 3 Full time equivalents (FTEs) by physicians with different wage agreements in the municipal health service. Centrality. 1994-2011
- Table 4 Full time equivalents (FTEs) by physiotherapists with different wage agreements in the municipal health service. Centrality. 1994-2011
- Table 5 Full time equivalents (FTEs) for physicians by activity area. 1994-2011
- Table 6 Full time equivalents (FTEs) for physiotherapists, by activity area. 1994-2011
- Table 7 Full time equivalents (FTEs) in the health centre service and school health service. 1994-2011
- Table 8 Actitity in health centre service and school health service. 2002-2011
- Table 9 Expenditure in municipal health service. 2002-2011
Contact
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Trond Ekornrud
E-mail: trond.ekornrud@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 48 13 70 09
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Merete Thonstad
E-mail: merete.thonstad@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 99 30 70 72
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Solveig Stølan
E-mail: solveig.stolan@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 48 19 37 83