There was a decline in the number of patient days in Norwegian hospitals for the oldest patients from 2010 to 2013. In a new article Fafo’s Åsmund Hermansen (pictured) and Anne Skevik Grødem (ISF) explains that this is primarily due to the Coordination Reform. Increased nursing skill is of less significance in this period, but can be important in the long term. The article is in Norwegian only (Sykepleien Forskning, 1/2015).