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Kommunene har som følge av Fastlegeordningen (FLO) ansvar for å sikre innbyggere listeplass hos en fastlege, men er også ansvarlige for at legeoppgaver som ikke omfattes av FLO blir utført. Dette innbefatter ordningen med kommunalt ansatte tilsynsleger på sykehjem og leger på helsestasjon...
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The purpose of this paper is to gain more knowledge concerning individuals’ preferences for alternative GPs within a municipality. We have data on the population’s first, second and third choice of GPs. The data stem from the entry form the inhabitant filled in as a result of the...
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Dette notatet er dels beskrivende og dels diskuterende. Vi beskriver omfanget av det internasjonale helsemarkedet basert på tilgjengelig statistikk. Vi beskriver reguleringen av handel med helsetjenester med henvisning til GATS (General Agreement on Trade in Services) og EU/EØS. I den...
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We study how market conditions influence referrals of patients by general practitioners (GPs). We set up a model of GP referral for the Norwegian health care system, where a GP receives capitation payment based on the number of patients in his practice, as well as fee-for-service reimbursements....
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After 16 years of exemptions from the ban on indoor smoking in other places of work, Norway became the second country after Ireland to implement a smoke-free regime in pubs and restaurants. This paper evaluates the economic impact on the hospitality sector in a northern region with a cold...
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We study Body Mass Index (BMI) changes among immigrants from Iran, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Turkey, and Vietnam relative to native Norwegians in Oslo. We test a symmetric convergence hypothesis: irrespective of whether an immigrant’s initial BMI is lower or higher than a native Norwegian,...
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I denne rapporten beskrives trekk ved utviklingen i bruk, tilgjengelighet og fornøydhet med fastlegetjenesten etter at den ble etablert i 2001. Datamaterialet som er benyttet, er en kobling av Statistisk sentralbyrås (SSB) levekårsundersøkelser og fastlegedatabasen til Arbeids- og...
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Tumor necreosis factor alfa (TNF-a) - hemmere, og andre biologiske inflammatoriske modifiserende legemidler blir brukt innen reumatologi, gastroenterologi og dermatologi. I denne rapporten analyseres effekter av endringer i finansieringssystemet for seks legemidler som faller innenfor disse...
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This dissertation consists of empirical essays within the subject of health economics. There are four essays in applied micro-econometrics and, as data in Essays 2 and 4 have a panel format, econometric methods for panel data are applied. Tobit-type models for limited dependent variables are...
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In this paper, we compare and analyse the systems for financing long-term care for older people in the Scandinavian countries – Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The three countries share common political traditions of local autonomy and universalism, and these common roots are very apparent when...
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