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Table 2 Relative patient load for different personnel groups at St. Olavs University Hospital in1995 and 2001. No corrections have been made for holidays, other leave or vacancies.

From: Lack of patients? – a hypothesis for understanding discrepancies between hospital resources and productivity

 

1995

2001

Change %

Admitted patients/doctor/year

101

87

-13.9

Admitted patients/nurse/year

24

22

-8.3

Admitted patients/office staff/year

106

83

-21.7

In-hospital patients at all hours

813

793

-2.5

In-hospital patients at all hours/doctor

2,2

1,6

-28.3

In-hospital patients at all hours/nurse

0.5

0,39

-20.0

In-hospital patients at all hours/office staff

2,3

1.5

-34.8

Deliveries/midwife/year

57

44

-22.8

Out-patients consultations/doctor/year

629

530

-15.7

Out-patients consultations/nurse/year

147

134

-8.8

Out-patients consultations/office staff/year

656

503

-23.3

Surgical procedures/doctor/year – total*

160

128

-20.0

   General surgery

151

134

-11.4

   Orthopedic surgery

189

155

-18.0

   Neurosurgery

98

100

+2.0

   Otorhinolaryngology

177

125

-29.4

   Ophthalmology

135

152

+12.6

   Gynecology

109

71

-34.9

Anesthetized patients/anesthesiologist/year§

661

534

-19.2

Hours with anesthesia/anesthesiologist/year

1 322

1 148

-13.2

Imaging procedures/radiologist/year

7 003

5 198

-25.8

Imaging procedures/radiology technician/year

2 436

2 077

-14.7

Lab test and procedures/technologist/year#

15 981

15 256

-4.5

  1. *number of surgeons calculated as the sum of surgeons at department of general surgery, department of orthopedic surgery, department of neurosurgery, department of otorhinolaryngolgy, department of ophthalmology, and department of obstetrics and gynecology.
  2. §calculated on the basis of total number of anesthetized patients
  3. # includes all tests/procedures performed at the department of medical biochemistry, department of microbiology, department of immunology and transfusion medicine, department of pharmacology, and all biopsies and cytological analysis at department of pathology.