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Table 2 Outpatient visits and telemedicine consultations in the period 2009-2013 in the publicly funded hospitals in Norway

From: Adoption of routine telemedicine in Norwegian hospitals: progress over 5 years

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 %)

  1. aPrivate specialist health facilities
  2. Values in brackets (%) represent the percentage of telemedicine consultations compared to the number of outpatient visits, by year and hospital