Table 2 Outpatient visits and telemedicine contacts in the period 2009–2015 in the four health regions in Norway
Health region | Centrality (0–20)a | Population (0–10)b | Outpatient visits (2009) | Outpatient visits (2010) | Outpatient visits (2011) | Outpatient visits (2012) | Outpatient visits (2013) | Outpatient visits (2014) | Outpatient visits (2015) | Telemedicine contacts (2009) | Telemedicine contacts (2010) | Telemedicine contacts (2011) | Telemedicine contacts (2012) | Telemedicine contacts (2013) | Telemedicine contacts (2014) | Telemedicine contacts (2015) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Western Norway | 10 | 0.80 | 879,911 | 930,840 | 947,303 | 994,769 | 1,027,463 | 1,103,811 | 1,178,069 | 240 (0.03%) | 246 (0.03%) | 821 (0.09%) | 1586 (0.16%) | 1686 (0.16%) | 1077 (0.10%) | 894 (0.08%) |
Central Norway | 11 | 0.50 | 695,162 | 724,617 | 763,467 | 784,757 | 804,753 | 864,541 | 892,276 | 448 (0.06%) | 23 (0.00%) | 1 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 32 (0.00%) | 11 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) |
Northern Norway | 4 | 0.20 | 470,078 | 484,151 | 502,839 | 515,029 | 514,316 | 539,145 | 552,830 | 1739 (0.37%) | 876 (0.18%) | 986 (0.20%) | 955 (0.19%) | 991 (0.19%) | 680 (0.13%) | 32 (0.01%) |
South-Eastern Norway | 14 | 1.30 | 2,573,532 | 2,625,076 | 2,711,593 | 2,783,087 | 2,819,066 | 2,994,430 | 3,134,280 | 318 (0.01%) | 41 (0.00%) | 19 (0.00%) | 159 (0.01%) | 170 (0.01%) | 130 (0.00%) | 95 (0.00%) |
Private sector | – | – | 57,563 | 61,065 | 35,424 | 34,320 | 37,590 | 50,582 | 75,336 | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) |
Total | 12 | 0.6 | 4,676,246 | 4,825,749 | 4,960,626 | 5,111,962 | 5,203,188 | 5,552,509 | 5,832,791 | 2745 (0.06%) | 1186 (0.02%) | 1827 (0.04%) | 2700 (0.05%) | 2879 (0.06%) | 1898 (0.03%) | 1021 (0.02%) |