Blar i Bergen Open Research Archive på forfatter "Carlsen, Benedicte"
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The changing role of gatekeepers: Rationing and shared decision-making in primary care
Carlsen, Benedicte; Carlsen, Benedicte (Doctoral thesis, 2006-06-21)The Norwegian health care system is increasingly dependent on the general practitioner’s(GP’s) gatekeeper function for cost containment and for fair and effective resource allocation.GPs enjoy extensive professional freedom ... -
General practitioners' experiences with sickness certification: A comparison of survey data from Sweden and Norway
Winde, Lee; Alexanderson, Kristina; Carlsen, Benedicte; Kjeldgård, Linnea; Wilteus, Anna Löfgren; Gjesdal, Sturla (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-03-01)Background: In most countries with sickness insurance systems, general practitioners (GPs) play a key role in the sickness-absence process. Previous studies have indicated that GPs experience several tasks and situations ... -
Guidelines; from foe to friend? Comparative interviews with GPs in Norway and Denmark
Carlsen, Benedicte; Kjellberg, Pia Kürstein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-01-16)Background: GPs follow clinical guidelines to varying degrees across practices, regions and countries, but a review study of GPs’ attitudes to guidelines found no systematic variation in attitudes between studies from ... -
Lay perceptions of evidence-based information – a qualitative evaluation of a website for back pain sufferers
Glenton, Claire; Nilsen, Elin S.; Carlsen, Benedicte (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2006-03-15)Background: In an evidence-informed patient choice the patient has access to research-based information about the effectiveness of health care options and is encouraged to use this information in treatment decisions. This ... -
Legens doble rolle som advokat og portvakt i Fastlegeordningen. Evaluering av fastlegeordningen
Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Carlsen, Benedicte (19-2003, Working paper, 2003-12)The Regular General Practitioner Scheme was introduced June 1st 2001. The aim of this study was to investigate how general practitioners (GPs) assess that the reform has influenced their discretionary decisions as gatekeepers. ... -
Pasientvelferd eller kostnadshensyn: fastlegenes dilemma
Carlsen, Benedicte; Riise, Julie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-09)Det er en jevnt økende etterspørsel etter helsetjenester i Norge; folk blir eldre, nye livsstilsrelaterte plager utvikles og stadig nye lidelser kan behandles. Det økte trykket gjør rasjonering og prioritering i helsevesenet ... -
Psychiatry out-of-hours: a focus group study of GPs’ experiences in Norwegian casualty clinics
Johansen, Ingrid Hjulstad; Carlsen, Benedicte; Hunskår, Steinar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-05-27)Background: For Norwegian general practitioners (GPs), acute treatment of mental illness and substance abuse are among the most commonly experienced emergency situations in out-of-hours primary healthcare. The largest share ... -
Recommended content of referral letters from general practitioners to specialised mental health care: a qualitative multi-perspective study
Hartveit, Miriam; Thorsen, Olav; Biringer, Eva; Vanhaecht, Kris; Carlsen, Benedicte; Aslaksen, Aslak (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-08-19)Background: In most Western countries, the referral letter forms the basis for establishing the priority of patients for specialised health care and for the coordination of care between the services. To be able to define ... -
"Saying no is no easy matter" A qualitative study of competing concerns in rationing decisions in general practice
Carlsen, Benedicte; Norheim, Ole Frithjof (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2005-11-09)Background: The general practitioner in Norway is expected to ensure equity and effectiveness through fair rationing. At the same time, due to recent reforms of the Norwegian health care sector, both the role of economic ... -
Scanning for satisfaction or digging for dismay? Comparing findings from a postal survey with those from a focus group-study
Carlsen, Benedicte; Glenton, Claire (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-09-03)Background: Despite growing support for mixed methods approaches we still have little systematic knowledge about the consequences of combining surveys and focus groups. While the methodological aspects of questionnaire ... -
Using qualitative evidence in decision making for health and social interventions: An approach from qualitative evidence syntheses (GRADE-CERQual)
Lewin, Simon; Glenton, Claire; Munthe-Kaas, Heather; Carlsen, Benedicte; Colvin, Christopher J.; Gülmezoglu, Metin; Noyes, Jane; Booth, Andrew; Garside, Ruth; Rashidian, Arash (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-10-27)Qualitative evidence syntheses are increasingly used, but methods to assess how much confidence to place in synthesis findings are poorly developed. The Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research ... -
What about N? A methodological study of sample-size reporting in focus group studies
Carlsen, Benedicte; Glenton, Claire (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-03-11)Background: Focus group studies are increasingly published in health related journals, but we know little about how researchers use this method, particularly how they determine the number of focus groups to conduct. The ... -
"What lies beneath it all?" - an interview study of GPs' attitudes to the use of guidelines
Carlsen, Benedicte; Norheim, Ole Frithjof (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008-10-22)Background: General practitioners (GPs) adopt clinical practice guidelines to varying degrees. Several factors have been found to influence application of guidelines in practice and the GP is apparently the key actor. ... -
When “Normal” Becomes Normative: A Case Study of Researchers’ Quotation Errors When Referring to a Focus Group Sample Size Study
Glenton, Claire; Carlsen, Benedicte (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-04-23)In 2011, we published a review exploring how researchers report and justify their focus group sample sizes. We concluded that sample sizes vary widely and that most researchers give no explanation for their sample size. ... -
Why physicians are lousy gatekeepers: Sicklisting decisions when patients have private information on symptoms
Carlsen, Benedicte; Lind, Jo Thori; Nyborg, Karine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)In social insurance systems that grant workers paid sick leave, physicians act as gatekeepers, supposedly granting sickness certificates to the sick and not to shirkers. Previous research has emphasized the physician's ...