Blar i Bergen Open Research Archive på forfatter "Monstad, Karin"
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Competition and physician behaviour: Does the competitive environment affect the propensity to issue sickness certificates?
Brekke, Kurt Richard; Holmås, Tor Helge; Monstad, Karin; Straume, Odd Rune (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Competition among physicians is widespread, but compelling empirical evidence on its impact on service provision is limited, mainly due to endogeneity issues. In this paper we exploit that many GPs, in addition to own ... -
Continuity of care, measurement and association with hospital admission and mortality: a registry-based longitudinal cohort study
Hetlevik, Øystein; Holmås, Tor Helge; Monstad, Karin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objective To assess whether continuity of care (COC) with a general practitioner (GP) is associated with mortality and hospital admissions for older patients We argue that the conventional continuity measure may overestimate ... -
GP consultations for common mental disorders and subsequent sickness certification: register-based study of the employed population in Norway
Holmås, Tor Helge; Gjesdal, Sturla; Hetlevik, Øystein; Monstad, Karin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-08-17)Background. Challenges related to work are in focus when employed people with common mental disorders (CMDs) consult their GPs. Many become sickness certified and remain on sick leave over time. Objectives. To investigate ... -
Health effects of reduced workload for older employees
Bratberg, Espen; Holmås, Tor Helge; Monstad, Karin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)To keep elder employees in the labour force, introducing age-dependent job conditions can be a policy measure. However, we know little about the effect of such initiatives. We investigate the effects of a particular programme ... -
Inequity in the use of physician services in Norway before and after introducing patient lists in primary care
Grasdal, Astrid Louise; Monstad, Karin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-06-15)Background: Inequity in use of physician services has been detected even within health care systems withuniversal coverage of the population through public insurance schemes. In this study we analyse and compareinequity ... -
Protocol for the effect evaluation of Individual Placement and Support (IPS): a randomized controlled multicenter trial of IPS versus treatment as usual for patients with moderate to severe mental illness in Norway
Sveinsdottir, Vigdis; Løvvik, Camilla; Fyhn, Tonje; Monstad, Karin; Ludvigsen, Kari; Øverland, Simon; Reme, Silje Endresen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-11-18)Background: Roughly one third of disability pensions in Norway are issued for mental and behavioral disorders, and vocational rehabilitation offered to this group has traditionally been dominated by train-and-place approaches ... -
A randomized controlled multicenter trial of individual placement and support for patients with moderate-to-severe mental illness
Reme, Silje Endresen; Monstad, Karin; Fyhn, Tonje; Sveinsdottir, Vigdis; Løvvik, Camilla; Lie, Stein Atle; Øverland, Simon Nygaard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of individual placement and support (IPS) for people struggling with work participation due to moderate-to-severe mental illness. The study was conducted ... -
Sysselsettingseffekter av pensjonsreformen - avhenger de av helsetilstand.
Aakvik, Arild; Holmås, Tor Helge; Monstad, Karin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Denne analysen undersøker om dårlig helse hindrer individer fra å kunne øke sitt arbeidstilbud slik pensjonsreformen la opp til. Vi analyserer effekten av reformen på arbeidsdeltakelse og avtalte timer i arbeid for mennesker ... -
What is the effect of independent medical evaluation on days on sickness benefits for long-term sick listed employees in Norway? A pragmatic randomised controlled trial, the NIME-trial
Mæland, Silje; Holmås, Tor Helge; Øyeflaten, Irene Larsen; Husabø, Elisabeth; Werner, Erik Lønnmark; Monstad, Karin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Independent medical evaluations are used to evaluate degree and reason for work disability, uncertainty around the functional status, and/or the employee’s rehabilitation potential in several jurisdictions, but ... -
Worried sick? Worker responses to a financial shock
Bratberg, Espen; Monstad, Karin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-04)Excessive sickness absence may hurt productivity and put a strain on public finances. One explanation put forward for increasing absence rates is that a tougher labour market represents a health hazard. A competing hypothesis ...