• 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • Modellering av usikkerhet i numeriske likevektsmodeller med stokastisk scenariometode : 

      Brekke, Kjell Arne; Golombek, Rolf; Kaut, Michal; Kittelsen, Sverre A.C.; Wallace, Stein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
    • 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 ...