title: [Variations in the waiting time for sterilization and sterilization rate in Norway].
abstract: A comparison of data from independent sources on numbers of sterilized women indicates that figures for sterilization in Norwegian hospitals are incomplete. More than 50% of the sterilized women are outpatients and nearly 50% of the inpatients are sterilized in connection with other treatment. Permanent geographical differences in sterilization rates are observed, as well as a large variation in the waiting time. We have been unable to verify a simple relation between sterilization rate and waiting time or length of waiting list.
authors.affiliation: NOSYKO A/S, Oslo.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arntzen
authors.forename: F E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Skjeldestad
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Molne
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Iversen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009664:Norway; D013246:Sterilization, Tubal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014850:Waiting Lists
vernacular_title: Forskjeller i ventetid for sterilisering og steriliseringshyppighet i Norge.