Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Raknes, Guttorm"
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Distance and utilisation of out-of-hours services in a Norwegian urban/rural district: an ecological study
Raknes, Guttorm; Hansen, Elisabeth Holm; Hunskår, Steinar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-06-17)Background: Long travel distances limit the utilisation of health services. We wanted to examine the relationship between the utilisation of a Norwegian out-of-hours service and the distance from the municipality population ... -
Excess non-COVID-19 mortality in Norway 2020–2022
Raknes, Guttorm; Fagerås, Stephanie Jebsen; Sveen, Kari Anne; Juliusson, Pétur Benedikt; Strøm, Marianne Sørlie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background Causes of death other than COVID-19 seem to contribute significantly to the excess mortality observed during the 2020–2022 pandemic. In this study, we explore changes in non-COVID-19 causes of death in Norway ... -
Lockdown and non-COVID-19 deaths: cause-specific mortality during the first wave of the 2020 pandemic in Norway: a population-based register study
Raknes, Guttorm; Strøm, Marianne Sørlie; Sulo, Gerhard; Øverland, Simon Nygaard; Roelants, Mathieu; Juliusson, Pétur Benedikt (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objective To explore the potential impact of the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic on all cause and cause-specific mortality in Norway. Design Population-based register study. Setting The Norwegian cause of Death ... -
Method Paper – Distance and Travel Time to Casualty Clinics in Norway Based on Crowdsourced Postcode Coordinates: A Comparison with Other Methods
Raknes, Guttorm; Hunskaar, Steinar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-02-14)We describe a method that uses crowdsourced postcode coordinates and Google maps to estimate average distance and travel time for inhabitants of a municipality to a casualty clinic in Norway. The new method was compared ... -
Reisetid, reiseavstand og bruk av legevakt
Raknes, Guttorm (Doctoral thesis, 2015-09-02)Background and objectives: In the discussion concerning centralisation of out-of-hours (OOH) primary health care services in Norway, travel time and distance have received considerable attention. It has been shown that ... -
Telephone counselling by nurses in Norwegian primary care out-of-hours services: a cross-sectional study
Midtbø, Vivian; Raknes, Guttorm; Hunskaar, Steinar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-09-06)Background: The primary care out-of-hours (OOH) services in Norway are characterized by high contact rates by telephone. The telephone contacts are handled by local emergency medical communication centres (LEMCs), mainly ...