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Table 4 Patients admitted, outpatient consultations and case-mix at selected medical departments at St. Olavs University Hospital during the time period 1995 to 2001.

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

Department

1995

1997

1999

2001

Change (%)

Internal medicine

Total admittance

9 752

10 230

10 924

11 146

+14.3

   Emergency

8 972

9 616

9 941

10 143

+13.1

   Elective

780

614

983

1 003

+28.6

Outpatient visits, total

26 886

28 425

35 707

41 368

+53.9

   New referrals

10 207

11 901

15 394

15 235

+49.3

   Control consultatiens

16 679

16 524

20 313

26 133

+56.7

Oncology

Total admittance

1 860

2 008

2 332

2 347

+26.2

   Emergency

353

402

513

563

+59.5

   Elective

1 507

1 606

1 819

1 784

+18.4

Outpatient visits, total

5 928

6 010

7 824

9 343

+57.6

   New referrals

525

637

515

983

+87.2

   Control consultatiens

5 403

5 373

7 309

8 360

+54.7

Pediatrics

Total admittance

2 910

3 104

3 129

3 271

+12.4

   Emergency

1 950

1 924

2 003

2 098

+7.6

   Elective

960

1 180

1 126

1 181

+23.0

Outpatient visits, total

11 208

11 669

13 477

14 539

+29.7

   New referrals

4 178

3 740

4 315

3 850

-7.9

   Control consultatiens

7 030

7 929

9 162

10 689

+52.0

Rheumatology

Total admittance

522

453

571

606

+16.1

   Emergency

94

59

103

109

+16.0

   Elective

428

394

468

497

+16.1

Outpatient visits, total

2 601

2 466

3 854

3 838

+47.6

   New referrals

733

813

1.105

811

+10.6

   Control consultatiens

1 868

1 653

2 718

3 027

+62.0

Dermatology

Total admittance

266

335

342

508

+91.0

   Emergency

88

74

96

152

+72.7

   Elective

175

261

246

356

+203.6

Outpatient visits, total

25 046

19 927

19 260

19 824

-20.9

   New referrals

3 781

2 876

2 847

2 766

-26.8

   Control consultatiens

21 265

17 051

16 413

17 058

-19.8

Neurology

Total admittance

1 041

1 103

1 233

1 421

+36.5

   Emergency

771

893

999

938

+21.7

   Elective

270

210

234

483

+78.9

Outpatient visits, total

5 826

6 813

5 949

6 278

+7.8

   New referrals

3 735

4 302

3 728

4 083

+9.3

   Control consultatiens

2 091

2 511

2 221

2 195

+5.0