Table 5 Admitted patients, operations and outpatient consultations and case-mix at selected Surgical departments at St. Olavs University Hospital during the time period 1995 to 2001.

Department

1995

1997

1999

2001

Change (%)

Total admittance

5 542

5 807

5 954

6 198

+11.8

   Emergency

2 882

3 012

3 096

3 347

+16.1

   Elective

2 660

2 795

2 858

2 851

+7.2

   Operations

6 053

6 800

6 328

6 547

+8.2

Out-patients visits, total

16 193

18 988

17 178

20 672

+27.7

   New referrals

7 600

7 816

5 884

5 914

-21.2

   Control consultations

8 593

11 172

11 294

14 758

+71.7

Orthopedic surgery

Total admittance

4 691

4 748

4 646

5 068

+8.0

   Emergency

2 392

2 659

3 020

2 838

+18.6

   Elective

2 299

2 089

1 626

2 230

-3.0

   Operations

5 662

5 766

5 404

5 825

+3.4

Out-patients visits, total

20 120

20 912

22 732

22 866

+13.6

   New referrals

6 710

7 438

7 018

5 719

-14.8

   Control consultations

13 410

13 474

15 705

17 147

+27.9

Neurosurgery

Total admittance

1 620

1 634

1 567

1 826

+12.7

   Emergency

923

1 046

956

745

-19.3

   Elective

697

588

611

1 081

+55.1

   Operations

976

935

848

1 199

+22.8

Out-patients visits, total

2 104

2 301

2 696

3 260

+54.9

   New referrals

646

807

1 050

1 304

+101.8

   Control consultations

1 458

1 494

1 646

1 956

+34.1

Gynecology

Total admittance

1 997

1 899

1 825

1 807

-9.5

   Emergency

799

760

748

560

-29.9

   Elective

1 198

1 139

1 077

1 247

+4.1

   Operations

2 680

2 595

2 365

2 395

-10.6

Out-patients visits, total

14 359

13 085

14 071

13 717

-4.5

   New referrals

10 686

10 036

9 627

7 792

-27.1

   Control consultations

3 673

3 049

4 444

5 925

+61.3

Otorhinolaryngeology

Total admittance

1 223

1 332

1 497

1 282

+0.07

   Emergency

318

373

389

410

+28.9

   Elective

905

959

1 108

872

-3.6

   Operations

1 766

1 895

1 812

1 745

-1.2

Out-patients visits

11 207

11 186

11 535

12 472

+11.3

   New referrals

4 097

5 593

5 263

4 795

+17.0

   Control consultations

7 110

5 593

6 272

7 677

+8.0

Ophthalmology

Total admittance

1 185

1 069

1 065

853

-28.0

   Emergency

675

567

607

426

-37.0

   Elective

510

502

458

427

-16.3

   Operations

1 749

2 208

2 416

2 395

+36.9

Out-patients visits

15 313

13 953

16 477

17 135

+11.9

   New referrals

4 888

5 254

5 267

3 312

-33.2

   Control consultations

10 425

8 699

11 210

13 823

+32.6