Municipal health care service, 2007

Municipalities’ gross expenditure on health services reached nearly NOK 9 billion in 2007, an increase of NOK 600 million from 2006. The expenditure includes wage costs, per capita grants to private physicians and physiotherapists and expenditure on health centre services and preventive health care.

Increased number of physicians

The number of physicians and physiotherapists continue to increase. 117 new physician man-years was added from 2006 to 2007, reaching a coverage of physicians at 9.3 per 10 000 inhabitants.

Health inspections for small children

Most small children are regularly controlled by a physician or a nurse in public health centres. However, the percentage of children undergoing such controls decline with increasing age of the child. Health centres are also recommended to perform visits in a child’s home after birth. Three out of four newborns had a home visit in 2007.

An increasing number of the municipalities can offer special health centres for youths aged 14 to 20 years old. Teenagers can go there for information on health and to discuss private matters with a nurse or physician. 75 percent of the Norwegian municipalities offer this service.

(Source: KOSTRA)

Tables:

• Table 1 Man-years by occupational groups in the municipal health service. Man-years per 10 000 inhabitants. Centrality. 1994-2007
• Table 2 Man-years by occupational groups in the municipal health service. Centrality. 1994-2007
• Table 3 Man-years by physicians with different wage agreements in the municipal health service. Centrality. 1994-2007
• Table 4 Man-years by physiotherapists with different wage agreements in the municipal health service. Centrality. 1994-2007
• Table 5 Man-years for physicians by activity area. 1994-2007
• Table 6 Man-years for physiotherapists, by activity area. 1994-2007
• Table 7 Man-years in the health centre service and school health service. 1994-2007
• Table 8 Actitity in health centre service and school health service. 2002-2007
• Table 9 Expenditure in municipal health service. 2002-2007. NOK 1 000