• 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 ...
    • 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 ...