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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background: Mobile health interventions are increasingly used in health care. The level of acceptability may indicate whether and how such digital solutions will be used. Objective: This study aimed to explore associations ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background The public’s attitudes to conscientious objection (CO) are likely to influence political decisions about CO and trust towards healthcare systems and providers. Few studies examine the public’s attitudes in ...
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2020)Provision of equitable health care to migrants presents challenge to most health care systems, including the Norwegian health care system. However, access to and utilization of healthcare may not be the same across population ...
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2022)Women with FGC, particularly those subjected to the most severe type (i.e., infibulation), require specialized healthcare interventions such as deinfibulation, a minor surgical procedure performed to prevent or manage ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Immigrants face barriers in accessing healthcare services in high-income countries. Inequalities in health and access to healthcare services among immigrants have been previously investigated. ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)Introduction and theory: The US and EU developed special legislation to promote the development of drugs for patients with rare diseases (orphan drugs). Rare diseases are defined as <5 patients out of 10,000 inhabitants. ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)In Burkina Faso, abortion is permitted only in cases of incest, rape, when the woman's life is in danger or in cases of fetal malformation. Access to safe abortion is therefore legally restricted in Burkina Faso and women ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Thai massage is a highly gendered and culturally specific occupation. Many female Thai masseuses migrate to Norway as marriage migrants and as such are entitled to the same public healthcare as ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Accreditation is increasingly important worldwide; however, some industries have higher accreditation rates than others. We suggest a duopoly model to discuss how market characteristics affect the incentive for firms to ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)We study firms that supply a vertically and horizontally differentiated service in a market with regulated prices. The incentives for seeking accreditation are more significant for sellers of below‐average quality services ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)Medical imaging has rapidly increased in numbers and cost. Evaluation of diagnostic methods has much focused on accuracy, but less on cost and hazard. Advanced tests for coronary artery disease are expensive and carry a ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objective The objective of this study was to compare achievement of remission in 2 early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treat‐to‐target (TTT) cohorts, a tight control cohort with a target of stringent remission in a randomized ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)Diseases change the life of individuals, the social status of groups, the obligations of professionals, and the welfare of nations. Disease classifications function as a demarcation of access to care, rights, and duties. ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Abstract: Different sources of patient heterogeneity or personal characteristics may contribute to differential cost-effectiveness profiles of national screening programs for colorectal cancer (CRC). To motivate the use ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)Personalized medicine is the notion that medical treatments can be adapted to individual patients based on a multitude of personal attributes. The set of personal characteristics that can together explain in part why ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background The condition known as chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is poorly understood. Simplified medical models tend to neglect the complexity of illness, contributing to a terrain of ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)In an effort to reduce newborn mortality, a newly developed strap-on electronic fetal heart rate monitor was introduced at several health facilities in Tanzania in 2015. Training sessions were organized to teach staff how ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)In the African meningitis belt, a region of sub-Saharan Africa comprising 22 countries from Senegal in the west to Ethiopia in the east, large epidemics of serogroup A meningococcal meningitis have occurred periodically. ...
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(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2016)