Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Torsvik, Gaute"
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Costs and consequences of abortions to women and their households: A cross-sectional study in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Ilboudo, Patrick Christian Gueswende; Greco, Giulia; Sundby, Johanne; Torsvik, Gaute (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Little is known about the costs and consequences of abortions to women and their households. Our aim was to study both costs and consequences of induced and spontaneous abortions and complications. We carried out a ... -
Does payment for performance increase performance inequalities across health providers? A case study of Tanzania
Binyaruka, Peter John; Robberstad, Bjarne; Torsvik, Gaute; Borghi, Josephine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)The impact of payment-for-performance (P4P) schemes in the health sector has been documented, but there has been little attention to the distributional effects of P4P across health facilities. We examined the distribution ... -
Estimating the costs for the treatment of abortion complications in two public referral hospitals: a cross-sectional study in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Ilboudo, Patrick Christian Gueswende; Greco, Giulia; Sundby, Johanne; Torsvik, Gaute (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-10-07)Background: Treatment costs of induced abortion complications can consume a substantial amount of hospital resources. This use of hospitals scarce resources to treat induced abortion complications may affect hospitals’ ... -
Mutual choice of partner and communication in a repeated prisoner's dilemma
Strømland, Eirik Andre; Tjøtta, Sigve; Torsvik, Gaute (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-08)Many markets resemble repeated prisoner's dilemma situations with the possibilities for mutual partner choice. In this paper, we show experimentally that partner choice by mutual consent has a strong positive effect on ... -
Productivity dynamics, performance feedback and group incentives in a sales organization
Aakvik, Arild; Hansen, Frank; Torsvik, Gaute (Journal article, 2017-06)This paper investigates the effect of performance feedback on productivity in a company where workers operate in teams and receive a bonus that depends on both individual worker and team productivity. To address this issue, ... -
Skipping the doctor: evidence from a case with extended self‑certification of paid sick leave
Ferman, Bruno; Torsvik, Gaute; Vaage, Kjell (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This paper examines the impact of a policy reform in a municipality in Norway that extended to workers the right to self-certify sickness absence from work. After the reform, workers were no longer obliged to obtain a ... -
Who benefits from increased service utilisation? Examining the distributional effects of payment for performance in Tanzania
Binyaruka, Peter John; Robberstad, Bjarne; Torsvik, Gaute; Borghi, Josephine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-01-29)Background: Payment for performance (P4P) strategies, which provide financial incentives to health workers and/or facilities for reaching pre-defined performance targets, can improve healthcare utilisation and quality. P4P ...