Table 2.
Outpatient visits and telemedicine consultations in the period 2009-2013 in the publicly funded hospitals in Norway
| Hospital | Size | Outpatient visits (2009) | Outpatient visits (2010) | Outpatient visits (2011) | Outpatient visits (2012) | Outpatient visits (2013) | Telemedicine consultations (2009) | Telemedicine consultations (2010) | Telemedicine consultations (2011) | Telemedicine consultations (2012) | Telemedicine consultations (2013) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Norway | 879,911 | 930,840 | 947,303 | 994,769 | 1,027,463 | 240 (0.03 %) | 246 (0.03 %) | 821 (0.09 %) | 1586 (0.16 %) | 1686 (0.16 %) | |
| Helse Stavanger HF | Large | 236,601 | 274,315 | 268,052 | 279,797 | 289,860 | 124 (0.05 %) | 201 (0.07 %) | 806 (0.30 %) | 1583 (0.57 %) | 1684 (0.58 %) |
| Helse Fonna HF | Medium | 115,059 | 118,160 | 117,049 | 121,380 | 122,381 | 103 (0.09 %) | 41 (0.03 %) | 13 (0.01 %) | 1 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) |
| Helse Bergen HF | Large | 376,996 | 388,058 | 409,798 | 432,519 | 448,597 | 0 (0.00 %) | 1 (0.00 %) | 2 (0.00 %) | 2 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) |
| Helse Førde HF | Medium | 110,630 | 109,995 | 112,956 | 114,554 | 119,052 | 11 (0.01 %) | 2 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 2 (0.00 %) |
| Betanien Hospital (Hordaland)a | Small | 1675 | 2059 | 2097 | 2104 | 2192 | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) |
| Haugesund San. Revmatismesykehusa | Small | 21,914 | 21,066 | 18,082 | 24,333 | 23,915 | 2 (0.01 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) |
| Haraldsplass Diakonale Sykehusa | Small | 17,036 | 17,187 | 19,269 | 20,082 | 21,466 | 0 (0.00 %) | 1 (0.01 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) |
| Central Norway | 695,162 | 724,617 | 763,467 | 784,757 | 804,753 | 448 (0.06 %) | 23 (0.00 %) | 1 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 32 (0.00 %) | |
| St. Olavs Hospital HF | Large | 327,390 | 350,338 | 368,701 | 382,669 | 393,556 | 448 (0.14 %) | 23 (0.01 %) | 1 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 10 (0.00 %) |
| Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF | Medium | 100,797 | 99,562 | 109,382 | 109,110 | 112,597 | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 22 (0.02 %) |
| Helse Møre og Romsdal HF | Large | 266,975 | 274,717 | 285,384 | 292,978 | 298,600 | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) |
| Northern Norway | 470,078 | 484,151 | 502,839 | 515,029 | 514,316 | 1739 (0.37 %) | 876 (0.18 %) | 986 (0.20 %) | 955 (0.19 %) | 991 (0.19 %) | |
| Helse Finnmark HF | Medium | 55,048 | 54,132 | 55,108 | 59,607 | 59,092 | 14 (0.03 %) | 33 (0.06 %) | 39 (0.07 %) | 105 (0.18 %) | 76 (0.13 %) |
| Universitetssykehuset i Nord-Norge HF | Large | 214,538 | 227,831 | 235,486 | 238,232 | 241,248 | 1325 (0.62 %) | 780 (0.34 %) | 848 (0.36 %) | 558 (0.23 %) | 778 (0.32 %) |
| Nordlandssykehuset HF | Medium | 122,723 | 126,532 | 130,953 | 132,566 | 133,766 | 147 (0.12 %) | 63 (0.05 %) | 99 (0.08 %) | 292 (0.22 %) | 137 (0.10 %) |
| Helgelandssykehuset HF | Medium | 77,769 | 75,656 | 81,292 | 84,624 | 80,210 | 253 (0.33 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) |
| South-Eastern Norway | 2,573,532 | 2,625,076 | 2,711,593 | 2,783,087 | 2,819,054 | 318 (0.01 %) | 41 (0.00 %) | 19 (0.00 %) | 159 (0.01 %) | 170 (0.01 %) | |
| Sunnaas sykehus HF | Small | 2691 | 3922 | 3598 | 3285 | 4388 | 0 (0.00 %) | 4 (0.10 %) | 5 (0.14 %) | 132 (4.02 %) | 154 (3.51 %) |
| Vestre Viken HF | Large | 287,427 | 277,960 | 296,535 | 306,315 | 326,293 | 0 (0.00 %) | 3 (0.00 %) | 1 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 1 (0.00 %) |
| Akershus universitetssykehus HF | Large | 175,830 | 185,536 | 233,530 | 254,194 | 248,798 | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) |
| Sykehuset Innlandet HF | Large | 317,634 | 320,325 | 327,537 | 335,019 | 341,459 | 97 (0.03 %) | 14 (0.00 %) | 1 (0.00 %) | 4 (0.00 %) | 1 (0.00 %) |
| Sykehuset Østfold HF | Large | 200,674 | 195,314 | 196,563 | 205,507 | 212,247 | 137 (0.07 %) | 5 (0.00 %) | 2 (0.00 %) | 3 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) |
| Sørlandet sykehus HF | Large | 267,781 | 271,263 | 279,041 | 292,567 | 298,291 | 74 (0.03 %) | 15 (0.01 %) | 8 (0.00 %) | 18 (0.01 %) | 13 (0.00 %) |
| Sykehuset i Vestfold HF | Large | 196,826 | 195,674 | 205,989 | 215,857 | 213,254 | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 2 (0.00 %) | 1 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) |
| Sykehuset Telemark HF | Medium | 155,306 | 164,000 | 169,598 | 173,197 | 154,658 | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) |
| Oslo universitetssykehus HF | Large | 825,891 | 859,476 | 828,164 | 815,140 | 832,613 | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 1 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) |
| Betanien Hospital (Telemark)a | Small | 14,868 | 16,983 | 18,760 | 19,815 | 19,642 | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 1 (0.01 %) |
| Lovisenberga | Medium | 43,071 | 45,088 | 52,065 | 53,489 | 57,058 | 10 (0.02 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) |
| Martina Hansens hospitala | Small | 22,934 | 22,964 | 25,021 | 29,528 | 29,568 | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) |
| Revmatismesykehuset Lillehammera | Small | 10,701 | 10,803 | 12,351 | 13,916 | 13,960 | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) |
| Diakonhjemmeta | Medium | 51,898 | 55,768 | 62,841 | 65,258 | 66,825 | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) | 0 (0.00 %) |
| Total | 4,618,683 | 4,764,684 | 4,925,202 | 5,077,642 | 5,165,586 | 2745 (0.06 %) | 1186 (0.02 %) | 1827 (0.04 %) | 2700 (0.05 %) | 2879 (0.06 %) |
aPrivate specialist health facilities
Values in brackets (%) represent the percentage of telemedicine consultations compared to the number of outpatient visits, by year and hospital