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Table 3 Increase (FTEs) in medical (doctors) and nursing staff (registered nurses and nurse assistants) at selected departments at St. Olavs University Hospital during the time period 1995–2001.

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

  

1995

2001

Change %

Medical departments

   Internal medicine

Doctors

48.25

89.8

+86.1

 

Nurses

288.25

482.0

+67.2

   Oncology

Doctors

14

20,6

+47.1

 

Nurses

79

108.85

+37.8

   Pediatrics

Doctors

22

32,6

+48.2

 

Nurses

124.75

147.25

+18.0

   Rheumatology

Doctors

6

7,2

+20.0

 

Nurses

22.5

24.5

+8.8

   Dermatology

Doctors

6

9

+50

 

Nurses

23

27

+17.4

   Neurology

Doctors

12

16.4

+36.7

 

Nurses

26

30

+15.4

Surgical departments

   General surgery

Doctors

40

48.85

+22.1

 

Nurses

204.15

221.85

+8.7

   Orthopedic surgery

Doctors

30

31.20

+4.0

 

Nurses

167.5

188.0

12.2

   Neurosurgery

Doctors

10

12

+20

 

Nurses

53.5

70.15

+31.1

   Gynecology & Obstetrics

Doctors

24.5

33.6

+37.1

 

Nurses

160.25

177.90

+11.1

   Otorhinolaryngoly

Doctors

10

14

+40

 

Nurses

31.75

37.5

+18.1

   Ophthalmology

Doctors

13

14.8

+13.8

 

Nurses

33.75

35.7

+5.8

   Anesthesiology

Doctors

29

38,4

+32.4

 

Nurses

138

170.06

+23.2