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Health and Life Science

Abelsen, B., Pedersen, K., Løyland, H. I., & Aandahl, E. (2023). Expanding general practice with interprofessional teams: a mixed-methods patient perspective studyBMC Health Services Research23(1), 1327.

Bjørk, M. H., Borkenhagen, S., Oteiza, F., Dueland, A. N., Sørgaard, F. E., Sæther, E. M., & Bugge, C. (2023). Comparative retention and effectiveness of migraine preventive treatments: A nationwide registry‐based cohort studyEuropean Journal of Neurology.

Bråten, R. H., & Sten-Gahmberg, S. (2022). Unge uføre og veien til uføretrygd: The path to disability benefits for young peopleSøkelys på arbeidslivet39(1), 1-19.

Bråten, R. H., Sten-Gahmberg, S., Bugge, C., Kristiansen I. S., Gardsjord, E. S. & Sæther, E. M. (2023). Økt bruk av psykiske diagnoser for unge. Tidsskrift for Norsk psykologforening.

Bugge, Christoffer, et al. (2018). Diagnosing heart failure with NT-proBNP point-of-care testing: lower costs and better outcomes. A decision analytic study. BJGP open 2(3), bjgpopen18X101596.

Bugge C, Brustugun OT, Sæther EM, Kristiansen IS (2021). Phase- and gender-specific, lifetime, and future costs of cancer: A retrospective population-based registry study. Medicine100(26), e26523. https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000026523.

Bugge, C., Kaasa, S., Sæther, E. M., Melberg, H. O., & Kristiansen, I. S. (2021). What are determinants of utilisation of pharmaceutical anticancer treatment during the last year of life in Norway? A retrospective registry studyBMJ open11(9), e050564.

Bugge C, Sæther EM, Kristiansen IS (2021). Men receive more end-of-life cancer hospital treatment than women: fact or fiction?. Acta Oncologica. doi: 10.1080/0284186X.2021.1917000 (Accepted for publication April 2021).

Bugge C, Sæther EM, Brustugun OT, Kristiansen IS (2021). Societal cost of cancer in Norway – Results of taking a broader cost perspective. Health Policy. 2021 May 24;S0168-8510(21)00135-4. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2021.05.008.

Engebretsen, I., Munkhaugen, J., Bugge, C., Halvorsen, S., Ødegaard, K. M., Støvring, H., & Kristiansen, I. S. (2022). Gaps and discontinuation of statin treatment in Norway: potential for optimizing management of lipid lowering drugsEuropean Heart Journal Open2(6), oeac070.

Engebretsen, I., Gilhus, N. E., Kristiansen, I. S., Sæther, E. M., Lindberg‐Schager, I., Arneberg, F., & Bugge, C. (2024). The epidemiology and societal costs of myasthenia gravis in Norway: A non‐interventional study using national registry data. European Journal of Neurology, e16233.

Hindhammer, A., Ali, Z., Lange, M., Pedersen, S.H., Steinland, E., Sæther, E.M., Sørbråten, T. (2012). Gir innføring av multidose riktigere legemiddelbruk? Norsk Farmasøytisk tidsskrift 4/2012.

Hovland R, Bremer S, Frigaard C, Henjum S, Faksvåg PK, Sæther EM and Kristiansen IS (2020). Effect of a pharmacist-led intervention on adherence among patients with a first-time prescription for a cardiovascular medicine: a randomized controlled trial in Norwegian pharmacies. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice.

Yngvil Solheim Husum, Ragnhild Haugli Bråten, Erik Magnus Sæther, Morten Carstens Moe, Ivar Sønbø Kristiansen, Øystein Kalsnes Jørstad (kommer i 2024). Intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy for retinal diseases in Norway from 2011 to 2021: A combined registry and survey study. Acta Ophthalmologica.

I. S. Kristiansen, R. H. Bråten, Ø. K. Jørstad, M. C. Moe og E. M. Sæther (2019). Intravitreal therapy for retinal diseases in Norway 2011–2015. Acta Ophthalmologica. doi: 10.1111/aos.14262

Kristiansen IS, Bugge C (2018). Prioritering i pasienters siste leveår. Tidsskriftet Den Norske Legeforening.

Kristiansen IS, Bugge C, Forde OH (2018). Bidrar overdiagnostikk til høye melanomtall? Tidsskriftet Den Norske Legeforening.

Løyland, H. I., Pedersen, K., Sten-Gahmberg, S., Harsheim, I. G., Sæther, E. M., Iversen, T., … & Abelsen, B. (2023). Effekter, gevinster og kostnader ved digital hjemmeoppfølging – en samfunnsøkonomisk analyse basert på et pragmatisk randomisert forsøkMagma26(5).

Oteiza F, Løyland HI, Bugge C, Kristiansen IS, Støvring H (2021). Persistence of statin treatment – the impact of analytic method when estimating drug survival. Norsk Epidemiologi 2021; 29.

Pedersen, K., Løyland, H. I., Sæther, E. M., Sten-Gahmberg, S., Abelsen, B., Snilsberg, Ø., & Iversen, T. (2023). Primærhelseteam – en mer teambasert fastlegetjenesteMagma26(5).

Sten-Gahmberg, S., Pedersen, K., Harsheim, I.G. et al. Experiences with telemedicine-based follow-up of chronic conditions: the views of patients and health personnel enrolled in a pragmatic randomized controlled trial. BMC Health Serv Res 24, 341 (2024).

Sten-Gahmberg, S., Pedersen, K., Harsheim, I.G. et al. Pragmatic randomized controlled trial comparing a complex telemedicine-based intervention with usual care in patients with chronic conditionsEur J Health Econ (2024).

Sæther EM, Bugge C, Kristiansen IS (2017). Den nye virkeligheten. Overlegen 2-2017:26-7.

Sæther EM, Løyland HI, Bugge C (2022). An economic analysis indicates less strict infection control of COVID-19. Tidsskriftet Den Norske Legeforening.

Torkki, P., Leskelä, R. L., Bugge, C., Torfadottir, J. E., & Karjalainen, S. (2022). Cancer-related costs should be allocated in a comparable way—benchmarking costs of cancer in Nordic countries 2012–2017Acta Oncologica61(10), 1216-1222.

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Competition, Markets and Regulation

Asphjell, M. K., Bergh, H. N., Merker, T., & Skaar, J. (2017). Unilateral effects of horizontal mergers with vertical relations between firms and other structural market changes. Review of Industrial Organization, 51(3), 381-394.

Bergh, H.N., Gramstad, A.R. & Skaar, J. (2020). Unilateral Price Effects and Vertical Relations Between Merging and Non-merging Firms. Review of Industrial Organization. 57(1) 131-143.

Bergh, H. N.; Hammersmark, E. M.; Hansen, J. S.; Skaar, J. (2020). Samfunnsøkonomiske konsekvenser av et forbud mot prisdiskriminering i det norske dagligvaremarkedet. Samfunnsøkonomen, 136(1), ss. 4-11.

Braunfels E, Gramstad A, Skaar J (2019). Efficiency Gains vs. Internalization of Rivalry: Brand-Level Evidence from a Merger in the Mobile Telecom Market.

Evensen, C.B., Steen, F., & Ulsaker, S.A. (2023). Co-location, good, bad or both: How do new entries of discount variety stores affect local grocery businesses?Journal of the European Economic Association

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Culture, Sports and Media

Skille EÅ, Hanstad DV, Svensgaard M, Lien G, Bugge C (2021). Lokale aktivitetsmidler – Implementering av den statlige idrettspolitikken. Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift04 / 2021 (Volum 5).

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Resources and Sustainability

Aragón, F. M., Oteiza, F., & Rud, J. P. (2021). Climate change and agriculture: Subsistence farmers’ response to extreme heatAmerican Economic Journal: Economic Policy13(1), 1-35.

Arin, P.; & Braunfels, E. (2018). The Resource Curse Revisited: A Bayesian Approach Model Averaging Approach. Energy Economics, vol. 70(C), pages 170-178.

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Development Economics

Abramovsky, L., Augsburg, B., Lührmann, M., Oteiza, F., & Rud, J. P. (2023). Community matters: Heterogeneous impacts of a sanitation interventionWorld Development165, 106197.