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More out-patient consultations
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Specialist health service, psychiatry, 2002

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More out-patient consultations

The figures for 2002 show a strong growth in the number of outpatient consultations. More than 837,000 consultations were carried out at psychiatric institutions, an increase of more than 100,000 compared with 2001.

Out-patient consultation in psychiatric institutions for children and adolescents, by regional health enterprice . Per 1 000 inhabitants 0-17 years . 1998, 2000 and 2002

The increase has taken place in institutions for adults as well as in institutions for children and adolescents, an 11 per cent increase for adults and 21 per cent increase for children and adolescents respectively.

Increase in man-years

Psychiatric staffing, measured in man-years, is still rising. From 2001 till 2002 the number of man-years in adult psychiatry rose by more than 3 per cent. The corresponding figure for children and adolescents psychiatry increased almost 10 per cent.

Beds

The decline in the number of beds at psychiatric institutions for adults continues but the speed of the decline is slowing down.

Psychiatry. 1990-2002. Key figures
  1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Beds 8 011 6 667 6 573 6 368 46 290 36 155 6 091 5 821 5 751
Beds in psychiatric institutions for adults 7 745 6 384 6 277 6 064 5 975 5 840 5 781 5 505 5 439
Beds in psychiatric institutions for children and adolescents  266  283  296  304 4 315 3 315  310  316  312
Bed-days in 1 000 32 603 32 148 32 107 32 068 2 033 1 995 1 942 1 862 1 845
Discharges   21 242   26 113   27 131   28 948   30 201   32 373   34 969   436 550   38 163
Bed-days per discharge of whole-day patients 3 123 382 378 71 67 62 56 51 48
Out-patient consultations1(in 1 000)  396  611  575  591 4 623 3 666  696  736  838
Out-patient consultations1, psychiatric institutions for adults ( in 1 000)  272  429  435  449 4 475 3 504  528  555  618
Out-patient consultations1, psychiatric institutions for children and adolescents (in 1 000)  124  181  140  142  148  163  169  181  219
Outpatient consultations1 per 1 000 inhabitants 92  140  130  134  141 3 150  156  163  185
Total man-years2, psychiatric insititutions 14 469 14 806 15 079 15 504 15 844 316 190 16 554 17 203 17 923
Total man-years2, psychiatric institutions for adults 12 980 13 010 13 151 13 485 13 689 13 917 14 147 14 592 15 058
Total man-years2, psychiatric institutions for children and adolescents 1 490 1 796 1 928 2 019 2 155 32 273 2 407 2 611 2 866
Total man-years of physicians2 psychiatry  741  886  905  961 1 040 1 076 1 141 1 225 1 220
Total man-years of qualified nurses2 psychiatry 3 309 3 857 4 149 4 376 4 511 34 522 4 660 4 909 5 018
1  In 1996 the definition of out-patient consultations was changed.
2  Man-years is the number of full-time employees and part-time employees (converted to full-time employees) at the end of the year. Overtime is not included.
3  A number of figures has been corrected 19 September 2001.
4  A number of figures has been corrected 26 May 2003.

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