Bakgrunn og aktiviteter
Bakgrunn:
- Cand polit Universitetet i Bergen - 1985
- Dr.polit Universitetet i Bergen - 1994 Hospital Efficiency in Norway: A Nonparametric Analysis", Dissertations in Economics, 6, University of Bergen
- Forsker/seniorforsker/forskningssjef SINTEF - 1986-2004
- Professor helseøkonomi ved Institutt for Samfunnsmedisin siden 2005
- Professor II helseøkonomi, Universitetet i Oslo 2007-11
- Instituttleder ved Institutt for Samfunnsmedisin, NTNU 1.8 2009 til 31/7 2013
Forskning:
- Helsetjenestens organisering og finansiering.
- Komparative analyser av helsepolitikk og helsesystemer.
- Produktivitet og effektivitet i helsesektoren.
Vitenskapelig, faglig og kunstnerisk arbeid
Et utvalg av nyere tidsskriftspublikasjoner, kunstneriske produksjoner, bok, inklusiv bokdeler og rapport-del. Se alle publikasjoner i databasen
Tidsskriftspublikasjoner
- (2015) A randomised controlled study of the long-term effects of exercise training on mortality in elderly people: Study protocol for the generation 100 study. BMJ Open. vol. 5 (2).
- (2014) Variations in levels of care between nursing home patients in a public health care system. BMC Health Services Research. vol. 14 (108).
- (2013) Life After STroke – the LAST study. Cerebrovascular Diseases. vol. 35.
- (2012) A long term follow up programme for maintenance of motor funnction after stroke: Protocol of the Life After STroke- The LAST Study. Stroke Research and Treatment. vol. 2012.
- (2012) Do hospitals perform better when they are led by doctors? Evidence on costs, efficiency and medical quality. European Journal of Public Health. vol. 22.
- (2012) Are fear avoidance beliefs associated with abdominal muscle activation outcome for patients with low back pain?. Physiotherapy Research International.
- (2012) Is activation of transversus abdominis and obliquus internus abdominis associated with long-term changes in chronic low back pain? A prospective study with 1-year follow-up. British Journal of Sports Medicine. vol. 46.
- (2011) Resisting market-inspired reform in healthcare: The role of professional subcultures in medicine. Social Science and Medicine. vol. 73 (2).
- (2011) Cost efficiency of university hospitals in the Nordic countries: a cross-country analysis. European Journal of Health Economics. vol. 12 (6).
- (2011) Effect of in-hospital comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) in older people with hip fracture. The protocol of the Trondheim Hip Fracture Trial. BMC Geriatrics.
- (2010) How different are hospitals' responses to a financial reform? The impact on efficiency of activity-based financing. Health Care Management Science. vol. 13 (1).
- (2010) Productivity growth in outpatient child and adolescent mental health services: The impact of case-mix adjustment. Social Science and Medicine. vol. 70 (3).
- (2010) Measuring cost efficiency in the Nordic Hospitals-a cross-sectional comparison of public hospitals in 2002. Health Care Management Science. vol. 13 (4).
- (2010) Equal access for equal need? Constructing and implementing a capitation-based formula for the distribution of health care resources in Norway. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. vol. 69 (5).
- (2008) Eldre pasienter i sykehus eller i intermediæravdeling i sykehjem en kostnadsanalyse. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. vol. 128 (3).
- (2008) Measuring efficiency in clinical departments. Health Policy. vol. 87.
- (2008) Measuring efficiency in clinical departments. Health Policy. vol. 87 (1).
- (2007) Centralized or decentralized? A case study of Norwegian hospital reform. Social Science and Medicine. vol. 64 (10).
- (2006) Comparing hospital cost efficiency between Norway and Finland. Health Policy. vol. 77 (3).
- (2005) Does early supported discharge for stroke patients reduce use of health services and costs?. Cerebrovascular Diseases. vol. 19 (05).