Background
Methods
Primary care
Home-based care and nursing homes
Specialist somatic health care services
Specialist mental health care services
Prescribed pharmaceuticals
Burden of disease
Estimation strategy
Adjusting for comorbidities
Addressing data gaps and adjusting for imperfect data
Results
Health care spending by health conditions and type of care
Aggregated health category | Health care spending, 2019 NOK billion | Percent by age group (% by columns) | Percent by type of care (% by columns) | ||||||||||||
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% of total | < 1 | 1–14 | 15–49 | 50–74 | ≥ 75 | GPs | Physio. Chiro | Day patient | Specialized outpatient | Inpatient | Prescript. drugs | Home-based LTC | Nursing homes | ||
Mental and substance use disorders | 65.03 | 20.7 | 1.4 | 36.7 | 45.8 | 15.5 | 3.2 | 12.6 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 31.2 | 21.3 | 11.6 | 33.6 | 10.9 |
Neurological disorders | 48.24 | 15.4 | 0.6 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 11.9 | 30.1 | 3.5 | 8.3 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 23.4 | 47.8 |
Cardiovascular diseases | 31.82 | 10.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 11.8 | 17.4 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 7.1 | 3.3 | 11.8 | 10.9 | 12.2 | 12.7 |
Diabetes, urogenital, blood, and endocrine diseases | 28.14 | 9.0 | 2.1 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 10.0 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 0.7 | 13.9 | 9.9 | 7.5 | 19.9 | 7.1 | 8.5 |
Neoplasms | 22.54 | 7.2 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 12.4 | 6.1 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 11.0 | 15.5 | 11.7 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
Other non-communicable diseases | 21.61 | 6.9 | 9.8 | 14.2 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 8.1 | 9.8 | 1.7 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 4.2 | 8.5 | 5.5 | 8.0 |
Musculoskeletal disorders | 21.04 | 6.7 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 6.7 | 9.7 | 4.6 | 15.1 | 68.1 | 16.4 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 8.8 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
Injuries | 20.98 | 6.7 | 1.3 | 8.6 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 5.3 | 9.3 | 11.2 | 4.6 | 10.3 | 2.2 | 6.7 | 2.9 |
Communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional disorders | 18.99 | 6.0 | 38.9 | 9.8 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 11.9 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 9.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 2.5 |
Digestive diseases | 11.90 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 10.2 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
Well care | 9.73 | 3.1 | 42.7 | 2.6 | 6.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 9.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 5.9 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
Chronic respiratory diseases | 8.75 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 5.8 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 5.2 | 2.2 | 6.2 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 10.9 | 1.2 | 0.4 |
Expenditure on risk factors | 4.37 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 8.4 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
Cirrhosis of the liver | 0.76 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Total % | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |
Total Health Care Spending,2019 NOK Billion | 313.9 | 5.8 | 14.8 | 88.3 | 101.8 | 103.2 | 24.0 | 4.6 | 6.9 | 40.6 | 105.5 | 19.0 | 53.1 | 61.4 |
Rank (high to low) | Health category | Health care spending, 2019 NOK billion | Type of care (% of health care spending, by rows) | |||||||
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GPs | Phys. Chiro. | Day patient | Out-patient | Inpatient | Drugs | Home-based LTC | Nursing homes | |||
Total | 313.9 | 7.6 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 12.9 | 33.6 | 6.0 | 16.9 | 19.2 | |
1 | Dementias | 31.92 | 0.4 | <0.1 | <0.1 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 20.1 | 77.7 |
2 | Falls | 14.52 | 4.9 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 7.4 | 51.7 | 1.2 | 19.2 | 10.5 |
3 | Intellectual disability | 14.42 | 0.4 | 0.1 | <0.1 | 0.8 | 0.9 | <0.1 | 75.1 | 22.7 |
4 | Cerebrovascular disease | 14.28 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 20.0 | 0.9 | 32.4 | 43.4 |
5 | Schizophrenia | 10.20 | 1.3 | <0.1 | 0.3 | 9.1 | 46.6 | 2.7 | 31.0 | 9.1 |
6 | Anxiety disorders | 9.56 | 8.8 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 43.4 | 35.5 | 3.4 | 5.9 | 2.5 |
7 | Sense organ diseases | 9.34 | 8.1 | 0.2 | 6.1 | 32.6 | 10.8 | 7.1 | 10.6 | 24.6 |
8 | Diabetes mellitus | 8.72 | 8.8 | <0.1 | 0.2 | 7.1 | 15.0 | 18.1 | 22.7 | 28.2 |
9 | Skin and subcutaneous | 8.64 | 17.1 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 13.8 | 23.0 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 23.2 |
10 | Depressive disorders | 8.47 | 10.1 | <0.1 | 0.2 | 25.2 | 41.2 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 9.6 |
11 | Other musculoskeletal | 8.03 | 24.3 | 14.5 | 10.6 | 18.0 | 18.3 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 3.2 |
12 | Urinary diseases/male infertility | 6.48 | 11.9 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 7.2 | 44.2 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 7.2 |
13 | Low back and neck pain | 6.35 | 19.1 | 19.9 | 2.1 | 10.6 | 29.6 | 11.7 | 4.7 | 2.4 |
14 | Lower respiratory tract infect. | 6.13 | 5.4 | <0.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 69.9 | 3.4 | 17.1 | 3.0 |
15 | Drug use disorders | 5.41 | 3.1 | <0.1 | 0.5 | 15.1 | 68.3 | 2.7 | 7.9 | 2.5 |
16 | Osteoarthritis | 4.79 | 5.3 | 12.1 | 2.5 | 7.0 | 56.9 | 5.1 | 2.9 | 8.2 |
17 | Endocrine/metab./blood/imm. | 4.48 | 9.2 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 14.4 | 34.5 | 13.1 | 7.3 | 19.4 |
18 | Gynecological diseases | 4.48 | 11.7 | 0.1 | 13.3 | 14.4 | 17.7 | 8.0 | 12.9 | 21.9 |
19 | Other digestive diseases | 4.42 | 13.1 | 0.1 | 5.2 | 15.6 | 34.5 | 8.8 | 12.5 | 10.2 |
20 | Ischemic heart disease | 4.32 | 5.0 | 0.2 | 3.6 | 7.0 | 72.9 | 6.7 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
21 | Epilepsy | 4.28 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 10.5 | 11.3 | 43.2 | 29.4 |
22 | Other unintentional injuries | 4.27 | 8.5 | 2.0 | 5.2 | 14.1 | 53.8 | 2.2 | 10.6 | 3.5 |
23 | Heart Failure | 4.20 | 3.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 36.7 | 4.6 | 32.7 | 18.1 |
24 | Parkinson's disease | 4.14 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 34.8 | 49.1 |
25 | Pregnancy and postpart. care | 4.10 | 7.4 | <0.1 | 0.1 | 5.7 | 86.5 | 0.2 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
26 | Alcohol use disorders | 3.93 | 3.1 | <0.1 | 1.0 | 10.2 | 45.2 | 0.6 | 23.0 | 16.8 |
27 | Bipolar disorder | 3.64 | 3.9 | <0.1 | 0.2 | 16.4 | 55.7 | 3.8 | 16.0 | 3.9 |
28 | Multiple sclerosis | 3.61 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 17.0 | 19.7 | 1.7 | 41.1 | 13.6 |
29 | Atrial fibrillation and flutter | 3.54 | 11.4 | <0.1 | 2.1 | 6.4 | 34.7 | 33.4 | 6.3 | 5.6 |
30 | Other chronic respiratory | 3.35 | 19.1 | 0.2 | 11.9 | 23.0 | 21.5 | 17.4 | 6.1 | 0.8 |
31 | Chronic kidney diseases | 3.35 | 1.5 | <0.1 | 0.8 | 47.8 | 28.6 | 8.5 | 2.1 | 10.6 |
32 | Colon and rectum cancers | 3.25 | 1.9 | <0.1 | 0.9 | 23.3 | 68.4 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 2.1 |
33 | COPD | 3.23 | 9.4 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 4.4 | 50.3 | 18.5 | 11.4 | 3.6 |
34 | Other cardiovascular | 3.06 | 2.6 | <0.1 | 5.0 | 11.2 | 60.3 | 7.6 | 3.5 | 9.7 |
35 | Other neurological disorders | 3.02 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 6.3 | 14.9 | 23.6 | 0.8 | 39.7 | 8.6 |
36 | Congenital anomalies | 2.93 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 8.7 | 36.2 | 0.8 | 30.7 | 17.6 |
37 | ADHD | 2.83 | 6.8 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 50.5 | 16.8 | 19.2 | 4.4 | 1.8 |
38 | Treatment of hypertension | 2.78 | 32.9 | <0.1 | 0.5 | 5.3 | 14.2 | 33.5 | 0.7 | 12.8 |
39 | Other mental | 2.67 | 16.7 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 27.2 | 39.2 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 2.4 |
40 | Breast cancer | 2.51 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 5.7 | 43.4 | 29.8 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 9.9 |
41 | Well baby | 2.39 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | 100.0 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
42 | Trachea, bronc., & lung cancers | 2.11 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 30.9 | 53.2 | 0.5 | 5.3 | 7.0 |
43 | Well person | 1.94 | 75.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 12.6 | 6.5 | <0.1 | 2.4 | 1.5 |
44 | Inflammatory bowel disease | 1.93 | 5.7 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 47.8 | 25.8 | 14.5 | 1.9 | 3.4 |
45 | Other neoplasms | 1.87 | 4.6 | 0.3 | 6.6 | 24.0 | 58.2 | 0.9 | 3.7 | 1.5 |
46 | Eating disorders | 1.83 | 1.3 | <0.1 | 0.2 | 31.7 | 62.1 | 0.2 | 4.1 | 0.3 |
47 | Asthma | 1.76 | 16.6 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 15.8 | 11.7 | 48.4 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
48 | Upper respiratory tract infect, | 1.74 | 69.8 | <0.1 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 15.4 | 11.6 | 0.1 | <0.1 |
49 | Other infectious diseases | 1.69 | 16.9 | 6.1 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 41.8 | 3.9 | 9.5 | 18.9 |
50 | Gallbladder and biliary | 1.69 | 2.7 | <0.1 | 9.7 | 3.7 | 74.4 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 5.9 |
51 | Prostate cancer | 1.67 | 6.3 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 30.5 | 44.1 | 10.3 | 4.2 | 3.3 |
52 | Rheumatoid arthritis | 1.61 | 9.8 | 8.6 | 1.6 | 22.0 | 22.6 | 12.9 | 8.8 | 13.7 |
53 | Autistic spectrum disorders | 1.59 | <0.1 | <0.1 | 0.9 | 38.5 | 25.6 | <0.1 | 18.1 | 16.9 |
54 | Transport injuries | 1.38 | 7.6 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 9.7 | 55.0 | 3.7 | 13.2 | 4.2 |
55 | Brain and nerv. cancers | 1.26 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 9.6 | 53.6 | 0.3 | 16.1 | 17.2 |
56 | Leukemia | 1.24 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 18.7 | 72.8 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 0.7 |
57 | Multiple myeloma | 1.19 | <0.1 | <0.1 | 3.0 | 39.4 | 54.7 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 0.7 |
58 | Migraine | 1.16 | 32.0 | 5.6 | 0.6 | 15.0 | 11.2 | 32.5 | 2.3 | 0.9 |
59 | Preterm birth complications | 1.00 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 98.5 | <0.1 | <0.1 | 0.5 |
60 | Non-melanoma skin cancer | 0.97 | 31.9 | 0.2 | 10.5 | 37.6 | 15.5 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 1.3 |
61 | Inguinal or femoral hernia | 0.96 | 2.5 | <0.1 | 28.4 | 8.7 | 26.3 | <0.1 | 5.9 | 28.1 |
62 | Peripheral vascular disease | 0.95 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 8.9 | 68.3 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 11.2 |
63 | Iron-deficiency anemia | 0.94 | 14.8 | <0.1 | 1.1 | 6.6 | 50.3 | 5.7 | 16.6 | 5.0 |
64 | Treatment of hyperlipidemia | 0.91 | 14.0 | <0.1 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 73.6 | 0.5 | 1.4 |
65 | Other maternal disorders | 0.89 | 37.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 30.3 | 25.8 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
66 | Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 0.88 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 26.8 | 65.0 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
67 | Other nutritional deficiencies | 0.84 | 20.3 | <0.1 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 6.3 | 22.0 | 15.2 | 34.7 |
68 | Self-harm and interpers. | 0.80 | 11.1 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 7.3 | 42.6 | 11.3 | 17.1 | 3.2 |
69 | Peptic ulcer disease | 0.79 | 1.3 | <0.1 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 36.7 | 7.9 | 23.7 | 27.8 |
70 | Cirrhosis of the liver | 0.76 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 7.7 | 68.7 | 4.1 | 10.4 | 3.7 |
71 | Protein-energy malnutrition | 0.74 | <0.1 | <0.1 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 20.4 | <0.1 | 41.4 | 34.2 |
72 | Aortic aneurysm | 0.70 | <0.1 | <0.1 | 2.1 | 8.8 | 87.2 | <0.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
73 | Oral disorders | 0.70 | 8.5 | <0.1 | 4.9 | 22.2 | 46.1 | 3.7 | 11.8 | 2.6 |
74 | Other neonatal disorders | 0.69 | 0.5 | <0.1 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 90.4 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 2.3 |
75 | Counselling services | 0.69 | 53.8 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 19.0 | 8.6 | 0.3 | 8.0 | 7.2 |
76 | Treatment of obesity | 0.68 | 13.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 31.9 | 38.7 | <0.1 | 7.8 | 6.4 |
77 | Malignant skin melanoma | 0.65 | <0.1 | <0.1 | 3.6 | 49.4 | 40.2 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 4.2 |
78 | Paralytic ileus; intest. obstruct. | 0.65 | <0.1 | <0.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 95.1 | <0.1 | 2.4 | 1.4 |
79 | Bladder cancer | 0.64 | 1.7 | <0.1 | 5.9 | 28.1 | 59.9 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
80 | Kidney cancer | 0.61 | 1.9 | <0.1 | 1.8 | 13.5 | 77.4 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 1.9 |
81 | Pancreatic cancer | 0.60 | 2.3 | <0.1 | 0.8 | 16.1 | 70.5 | 0.6 | 5.9 | 3.7 |
82 | Septicemia | 0.58 | <0.1 | <0.1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 69.3 | 0.2 | 14.4 | 15.0 |
83 | Appendicitis | 0.58 | 1.6 | <0.1 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 92.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 4.0 |
84 | Diarrheal diseases | 0.55 | 18.2 | <0.1 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 65.6 | 5.1 | 1.6 | 4.1 |
85 | Family planning | 0.54 | 33.1 | <0.1 | 9.4 | 15.2 | 0.2 | 42.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
86 | Hepatitis | 0.52 | 1.6 | <0.1 | 1.7 | 14.6 | 26.3 | 3.8 | 39.2 | 12.7 |
87 | Ovarian cancer | 0.51 | <0.1 | <0.1 | 4.6 | 31.3 | 55.9 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 5.8 |
88 | Pancreatitis | 0.51 | <0.1 | <0.1 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 81.6 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 11.5 |
89 | Conduct disorder | 0.49 | 8.1 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 38.3 | 33.7 | 2.9 | 8.9 | 4.1 |
90 | Uterine cancer | 0.46 | 2.7 | <0.1 | 23.0 | 26.8 | 45.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
91 | HIV/AIDS | 0.45 | 0.8 | <0.1 | 5.1 | 23.7 | 68.5 | <0.1 | 1.9 | <0.1 |
92 | Acute renal failure | 0.44 | <0.1 | <0.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 75.0 | 17.1 | 4.6 | 1.6 |
93 | Interstitial lung; pulm. sarc | 0.40 | <0.1 | <0.1 | 1.7 | 16.7 | 49.1 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 11.5 |
94 | Stomach cancer | 0.37 | 1.6 | <0.1 | 0.7 | 16.4 | 73.6 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
95 | Mouth cancer | 0.31 | <0.1 | <0.1 | 1.9 | 19.5 | 71.9 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 5.3 |
96 | Cardiomyopathy; myocarditis | 0.31 | 1.7 | <0.1 | 1.6 | 10.5 | 84.1 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.6 |
97 | Otitis media | 0.30 | 41.5 | <0.1 | 14.9 | 29.2 | 12.4 | 0.6 | 1.3 | <0.1 |
98 | Endocarditis | 0.28 | <0.1 | <0.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 98.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | <0.1 |
99 | Complications of abortion | 0.27 | 6.0 | <0.1 | 20.9 | 28.4 | 42.5 | 2.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
100 | Gout | 0.27 | 20.6 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 8.9 | 33.5 | 25.1 | 7.0 | 4.1 |