Statistics Norway

Specialist health service, private specialists with operating agreements with health enterprises

9 Number of contracted man-years between specialized physicians and regional health enterprises, by class of subsidy1. 2007
Speciality Total Class 1 Class 2 Class 3
Total        
General (internal) medicine 33.0 0.0 2.6 30.4
Dermato-venereology 54.3 1.3 3.0 50.0
Paediatrics 26.2 0.2 2.1 23.9
Neurology 15.6 0.6 8.3 6.7
Surgery 7.5 0.2 1.5 5.8
Obstetrics and gynaecology 87.8 0.2 5.3 82.3
Rheumatology 9.6 0.5 0.6 8.5
Oto rhino laryngology 92.5 0.0 4.6 87.9
Ophthalmology  145.2 0.3 4.8  140.1
Psychiatry  177.0  141.6 30.6 4.9
Other specialities 89.2 2.7 5.0 81.6
1  The specialists are placed in different classes after local negotiations between the regional health enterprises and each specialist, and are based on each specialists need for space, technical equipment and assisting personnel.

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