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Key figures for St. Olavs Hospital

St. Olavs Hospital is a university hospital owned by Helse Midt-Norge. The hospital has approximately 1,000 beds available.

Below are key figures for St. Olavs Hospital in recent years.

 

St. Olavs Hospital 2024

Admissions (number):

  • Somatics: 53,920
  • Mental health and substance abuse medicine: 3,633 (ordinary admissions with overnight stay)

Percentage of emergency admissions (inpatient somatics): 63%

Outpatient visits (number):

  • Somatics: 526,934
  • Adult psychiatry: 127,193
  • Child and adolescent psychiatry: 47,657
  • Substance abuse and addiction medicine: 19,178

Employees (number): 11,699

Budget:

  • Operating revenue: 15,223,103,000 NOK
  • Operating costs: 15,138,865,000 NOK

Scientific articles (number): 667

Doctoral theses (number): 55

 

St. Olavs Hospital 2023

Admissions (number):

  • Somatics: 51,486
  • Mental health and substance abuse medicine: 3,665 (ordinary admissions with overnight stay)

Percentage of emergency admissions (inpatient somatics): 62%

Outpatient visits (number):

  • Somatics: 505,596
  • Adult psychiatry: 119,387
  • Child and adolescent psychiatry: 40,650
  • Substance abuse and addiction medicine: 18,661

Employees (number): 11,575

Budget:

  • Operating revenue: 13,854,000,000 NOK
  • Operating costs: 13,921,886,000 NOK

Scientific articles (number): 606

Doctoral theses (number): 37

 

St. Olavs Hospital 2022

Admissions (number): 62 100

Percentage of emergency admissions (inpatient somatics): 67%

  • Somatics: 57,179
  • Mental health and substance abuse medicine: 4,921

Percentage of emergency admissions (inpatient somatics): 67%

Outpatient consultations (number):

  • Somatics: 465,651
  • Adult psychiatry: 130,599
  • Child and adolescent psychiatry: 45,982
  • Substance abuse and addiction medicine: 20,635

Employees (number): 11,282

Budget:

  • Operating revenue: 13,026,801,000 NOK
  • Operating costs: 13,145,070,000 NOK

Scientific articles (number): 776

Doctoral theses (number): 42

 

St. Olavs Hospital 2021

Admissions (number): 62 141

  • Somatics: 57,435
  • Mental health and substance abuse medicine: 4,706

Percentage of emergency admissions (inpatient somatics): 66%

Outpatient consultations (number):

  • Somatics: 483,165
  • Adult psychiatry: 140,588
  • Child and adolescent psychiatry: 51,697
  • Substance abuse and addiction medicine: 18,167

Employees (number): 10,868

Budget:

  • Operating revenue: 12,578,354,000 NOK
  • Operating costs: 11,862,220,000 NOK

Medical students (number): 155
Health sciences students (number): 366

Scientific articles (number): 748
Doctoral theses (number): 26

 

St. Olavs Hospital 2020

Admissions (number): 58 285

  • Somatics: 53,943
  • Mental health and substance abuse medicine: 4,342

Percentage of emergency admissions (inpatient somatics): 65%

Outpatient consultations (number):

  • Somatics: 433,739
  • Adult psychiatry: 138,944
  • Child and adolescent psychiatry: 45,881
  • Substance abuse and addiction medicine: 17,900

Employees (number): 10,632

Budget:

  • Operating revenue: 11,528,556,000 NOK
  • Operating costs: 10,709,125,000 NOK

Scientific articles (number): 647
Doctoral theses (number): 50

 

St. Olavs Hospital 2019

Admissions: 62 853

  • Somatics: 58,210
  • Mental health and substance abuse medicine: 4,643

Percentage of emergency admissions (inpatient somatics): 66%

Outpatient consultations: 727 920

  • Somatics: 404,243
  • Mental health and substance abuse medicine: 202,265

Employees: 10,515

Budget: 10.874 billion NOK

Medical students: 810 (135 per cohort)
Health sciences students: 1,026 in practice for one year (excluding medical students)

Scientific articles: 635
Doctoral theses: 48

 

St. Olavs Hospital 2018

Outpatient consultations:

  • Somatics: 449,243
  • Adult psychiatry: 130,272
  • Child and adolescent psychiatry: 43,465
  • Substance abuse and addiction medicine: 27,327

Number of discharges, inpatient care: 62,064

  • Somatics: 56,859
  • Adult psychiatry: 3,739
  • Child and adolescent psychiatry: 187
  • Substance abuse and addiction medicine: 1,279

Employees: 10,419

Operating costs: 10,182,464,000 NOK
Operating revenue: 10,739,113,000 NOK

Student internships: 1,732
Doctoral theses: 46
Published articles: 560

 

St. Olavs Hospital 2017

Outpatient consultations total: 669,427

  • Somatics: 453,059
  • Adult psychiatry: 138,550
  • Child and adolescent psychiatry: 55,770
  • Substance abuse and addiction medicine: 22,048

Number of discharges, inpatient care: 62,643

  • Somatics: 57,554
  • Adult psychiatry: 3,744
  • Child and adolescent psychiatry: 163
  • Substance abuse and addiction medicine: 1,182

Employees: 10,483

Operating costs: 9,869,370,000 NOK
Operating revenue: 10,153,010,000 NOK

Student internships: 1,732
Doctoral theses: 40
Published articles: 498

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Last updated 11/17/2025