• Behovsanalyse Helsefellesskap Helse Stavanger 

      Hilland, Geir Haakon; Halvorsen, Trond; Kalseth, Jorid; Anthun, Kjartan Sarheim (SINTEF Rapport;2021:00774, Research report, 2021)
      Denne rapporten presenterer utviklingstrekk de siste tiår for helsefellesskapet basert på offentlig tilgjengelig statistikk. Utviklingen omfatter bruk av spesialisthelsetjenester, bruk av kommunale omsorgstjenester, samt ...
    • Budgeting in public hospital trusts: Surplus, optimism, and accuracy 

      Lindaas, Nils Arne; Anthun, Kjartan Sarheim; Magnussen, Jon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Hospitals in Norway are organized as trusts, required to follow the same accounting principles as the private sector, and responsible for funding their own investments. Thus, being able to run with a surplus has been an ...
    • Costs and quality at the hospital level in the nordic countries 

      Kittelsen, Sverre A.C.; Anthun, Kjartan Sarheim; Goude, Fanny; Huitfeldt, Ingrid Marie Schaumburg; Häkkinen, Unto; Kruse, Marie; Medin, Emma; Rehnberg, Clas; Rättö, Hanna (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      This article develops and analyzes patient register-based measures of quality for the major Nordic countries. Previous studies show that Finnish hospitals have significantly higher average productivity than hospitals in ...
    • Economic incentives and diagnostic coding in a public health care system 

      Anthun, Kjartan Sarheim; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon; Magnussen, Jon (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      We analysed the association between economic incentives and diagnostic coding practice in the Norwegian public health care system. Data included 3,180,578 hospital discharges in Norway covering the period 1999–2008. For ...
    • Effects of GP characteristics on unplanned hospital admissions and patient safety. A 9-year follow-up of all Norwegian out-of-hours contacts 

      Svedahl, Ellen Rabben; Pape, Kristine; Austad, Bjarne; Vie, Gunnhild Åberge; Anthun, Kjartan Sarheim; Carlsen, Fredrik; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background: There are substantial differences in hospital referrals between general practitioners (GPs); however, there is little research on the consequences for patient safety and further healthcare use. Objective: ...
    • Estimert insidens av kronisk utmattelsessyndrom/myalgisk encefalopati i Norge mellom 2016-2018: en registerstudie 

      Hilland, Geir Haakon Iversen; Anthun, Kjartan Sarheim (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Kronisk utmattelsessyndrom/myalgisk encefalopati (ME/CFS) er en kompleks og kronisk sykdom som er assosiert med en betydelig reduksjon i livskvalitet for de rammede. I denne studien estimerer vi insidensraten for ME/CFS i ...
    • Fordeling av felleskostnader i helseforetakene 

      Anthun, Kjartan Sarheim; Torvik, Liv Heidi Wiig (SINTEF Rapport;A70, Research report, 2006)
      Et utvalg helseforetak var med i kartlegging av hvordan felleskostnader ble fordelt i årene 2002-2004. Resultatene av analysen viser at det i perioden ikke var noen regionale prinsipper for fordeling. Felleskostnadene øker ...
    • Forprosjekt Mobile spesialisthelsetjenester på Helgeland 

      Bøe, Stein Espen; Kristoffersen, Hanne; Anthun, Kjartan Sarheim (SINTEF Rapport;2022:00558, Research report, 2022)
      Behovet for forskning og utvikling vil være å kartlegge hvilke konsekvenser (økonomiske og livskvalitet) lange reiseveier har for pasienter og behandlende enhet på Helgeland, og finne innovative løsninger til et mobilt ...
    • Framskrivinger Helsefellesskap Helse Stavanger 

      Kalseth, Jorid; Anthun, Kjartan Sarheim (SINTEF Rapport;2021:00906, Research report, 2021)
      Dette er andre prosjektrapport fra utredningsoppdraget Sintef har gjennomført på oppdrag fra Helsefellesskap Helse Stavanger. Rapporten presenterer framskrivinger av pasienter/brukere og aktivitet for sykehus og kommuner ...
    • Health care and long-term care costs by age and proximity to death in a publicly funded universal system 

      Kalseth, Jorid; Anthun, Kjartan Sarheim; Forma, Leena (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Trends in population ageing parallel concerns with escalating health care expenditures. The purposes of this study are to (1) estimate the distribution of health care and long-term care costs to ascertain the relative ...
    • High volumes of recent surgical admissions, time to surgery, and 60-day mortality 

      Nilsen, Sara Marie; Asheim, Andreas; Carlsen, Fredrik; Anthun, Kjartan Sarheim; Johnsen, Lars Gunnar; Vatten, Lars Johan; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Aims: Few studies have investigated potential consequences of strained surgical resources. The aim of this cohort study was to assess whether a high proportion of concurrent acute surgical admissions, tying up hospital ...
    • Hospitals' Discharge Tendency and Risk of Death - An Analysis of 60,000 Norwegian Hip Fracture Patients 

      Nilsen, Sara Marie; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon; Carlsen, Fredrik; Anthun, Kjartan Sarheim; Johnsen, Lars Gunnar; Vatten, Lars Johan; Asheim, Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Purpose: A reduction in the length of hospital stay may threaten patient safety. This study aimed to estimate the effect of organizational pressure to discharge on 60-day mortality among hip fracture patients. Patients ...
    • How do busy hospital circumstances affect mortality and readmission within 60 days: A cohort study of 680 000 acute admissions in Norway 

      Nilsen, Sara Marie; Asheim, Andreas; Carlsen, Fredrik; Anthun, Kjartan Sarheim; Vatten, Lars Johan; Aam, Stina; Davies, Neil Martin; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Objective: To study mortality and readmissions for older patients admitted during more and less busy hospital circumstances. Design: Cohort study where we identified patients that were admitted to the same hospital, ...
    • Kvalitet og produktivitet i norske sykehus 

      Kittelsen, Sverre A.C.; Anthun, Kjartan Sarheim; Huitfeldt, Ingrid Marie Schaumburg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      I følge økonomisk teori vil sterke incentiver knyttet til kostnadsreduksjon kunne gå på bekostning av tjenestenes kvalitet, i det minste hvis tjenesteprodusentene driver effektivt, og incentiver knyttet til kvantitet bør ...
    • Place of death among older people in Finland and Norway 

      Forma, Leena; Aaltonen, Mari; Reitanen, Jani; Anthun, Kjartan Sarheim; Kalseth, Jorid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Aims: This study aimed to find out how place of death varied between countries with different health and social service systems. This was done by investigating typical groups (concerning age, sex and end-of-life trajectory) ...
    • Predicting diagnostic coding in hospitals: individual level effects of price incentives 

      Anthun, Kjartan Sarheim (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The purpose of this paper is to test if implicit price incentives infuence the diagnostic coding of hospital discharges. We estimate if the probability of being coded as a complicated patient was related to a specifc price ...
    • Productivity growth, case mix and optimal size of hospitals. A 16-year study of the Norwegian hospital sector 

      Anthun, Kjartan Sarheim; Kittelsen, Sverre A.C.; Magnussen, Jon (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Background and objectives This paper analyses productivity growth in the Norwegian hospital sector over a period of 16 years, 1999–2014. This period was characterized by a large ownership reform with subsequent hospital ...
    • Reablement in a small municipality, a survival analysis 

      Anthun, Kjartan Sarheim; Lillefjell, Monica; Anthun, Kirsti Sarheim (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background: Reablement is a municipal service given to patients at home. The purpose of the service is to assist recovery after hospital discharges or other sudden changes in a patient’s functional level. The service is ...
    • SAMDATA Rus sektorrapport 2006. Rapport 4/07 

      Lilleeng, Solfrid; Gystad, Stein Olav; Anthun, Kjartan Sarheim (SINTEF Rapport;A2154, Research report, 2007)
      Oppdragsgiver: Sosial- og helsedirektoratet
    • Scale and quality in Nordic hospitals 

      Kittelsen, Sverre A.C.; Anthun, Kjartan Sarheim; Häkkinen, Unto; Kruse, Marie; Rehnberg, Clas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Empirical analysis of hospitals in production economics often find little or no evidence of scale economies and quite small optimal sizes. Medical literature on the other hand provides evidence of better results for hospitals ...