• Abort og fosterreduksjon: En etisk sammenligning 

      Dahl, Silje Langseth; Vaksdal, Rebekka Hylland; Barra, Mathias; Gamlund, Espen; Solberg, Carl Tollef (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      De siste årene har fosterreduksjon i økende grad vært gjenstand for debatt i Norge, og intensiteten nådde et foreløpig maksimum da Lovavdelingen leverte tolknings-uttalelsen § 2 - Tolkning av abortloven i 2016 som svar på ...
    • Abortion and multifetal pregnancy reduction: An ethical comparison 

      Langseth Dahl, Silje; Vaksdal, Rebekka Hylland; Barra, Mathias; Gamlund, Espen; Solberg, Carl Tollef (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      In recent years, multifetal pregnancy reduction (MFPR) has increasingly been a subject of debate in Norway. The intensity of this debate reached a tentative maximum when the Legislation Department delivered their interpretative ...
    • Bør vi diskontere fremtidige helsegevinster? Pro et contra 

      Solberg, Carl Tollef; Barra, Mathias; Robberstad, Bjarne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Målet med denne artikkelen er å undersøke de viktigste argumentene for og imot diskontering av fremtidige helsegevinster. Et mer generelt spørsmål dreier seg om hvorvidt vi bør diskontere fremtidig velferd (eng. well-being). ...
    • Cycle-network expansion plan in Oslo: Modeling costeffectiveness analysis and health equity impact 

      Lamu, Admassu Nadew; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Gregersen, Fredrik A.; Barra, Mathias (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Physical inactivity is the leading cause of non-communicable diseases, and further research on the cost-effectiveness of interventions that target inactivity is warranted. Socioeconomic status is vital in this process. We ...
    • The Devils in the DALY: Prevailing Evaluative Assumptions 

      Solberg, Carl Tollef; Sørheim, Preben; Muller, Karl Erik; Gamlund, Espen; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Barra, Mathias (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      In recent years, it has become commonplace among the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study authors to regard the disability-adjusted life year (DALY) primarily as a descriptive health metric. During the first phase of the ...
    • The disvalue of death in the global burden of disease 

      Solberg, Carl Tollef; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Barra, Mathias (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
      In the Global Burden of Disease study, disease burden is measured as disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). The paramount assumption of the DALY is that it makes sense to aggregate years lived with disability (YLDs) and ...
    • Er covid-19 alvorlig? Det norske alvorlighetskriteriet for helseprioriteringer i møte med en pandemi 

      Horn, Sindre August; Jølstad, Borgar; Barra, Mathias; Solberg, Carl Tollef (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Koronapandemien har synliggjort nødvendigheten av prioriteringer i helsetjenesten vår. Helseprioriteringer i Norge skal gjøres etter de tre kriteriene nytte, ressurs og alvorlighetsgrad. Nytte- og ressurskriteriene utgjør ...
    • Premature Death as a Normative Concept 

      Sørheim, Preben; Barra, Mathias; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Gamlund, Espen; Solberg, Carl Tollef (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      The practical goal of preventing premature death seems uncontroversial. But the term ‘premature death’ is vague with several, sometimes conflicting definitions. This ambiguity results in several conceptions with which not ...
    • Public health priority setting: A case for priority to the worse off in well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic 

      Horn, Sindre August; Barra, Mathias; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Solberg, Carl Tollef (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      In Norway, priority for health interventions is assigned on the basis of three official criteria: health benefit, resources, and severity. Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have mainly happened through intersectoral public ...
    • Self-reported cognitive and psychiatric symptoms at 3 months predict single-item measures of fatigue and daytime sleep 12 months after ischemic stroke 

      Kliem, Elisabeth; Labberton, Angela Susan; Barra, Mathias; Olsen, Alexander; Thommessen, Bente; Thomas, Owen Matthew Truscott; Gjestad, Elise Ødegård; Indredavik, Bent; Grambaite, Ramune (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Introduction: Post-stroke fatigue and increased need for daytime sleep are multidimensional and insufficiently understood sequelae. Our aim was to study the relationships of self-reported cognitive and psychiatric symptoms ...
    • Severity as a priority setting criterion: Setting a challenging research agenda 

      Barra, Mathias; Broqvist, Mari; Gustavsson, Erik; Henriksson, Martin; Juth, Niklas; Sandman, Lars; Solberg, Carl Tollef (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-05-22)
      Priority setting in health care is ubiquitous and health authorities are increasingly recognising the need for priority setting guidelines to ensure efficient, fair, and equitable resource allocation. While cost-effectiveness ...
    • Stroke unit demand in Norway – present and future estimates 

      Dahl, Fredrik Andreas; Barra, Mathias; Faiz, Kashif Waqar; Ihle-Hansen, Hege; Næss, Halvor; Rand, Kim; Rønning, Ole Morten; Simonsen, Tone Breines; Thommessen, Bente; Labberton, Angela Susan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-15)
      Background: All stroke patients should receive timely admission to a stroke unit (SU). Consequently, most patients with suspected strokes – including stroke mimics (SM) are admitted. The aim of this study was to estimate ...