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- an overview of scientific publications from the Global Health Priorities Research Group prior to 1 June 2019

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Later publications are listed under BCEPS (Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting) and can be found in the publications section of the BCEPS website.

2019

2018

2017

Magelssen M, Miljeteig I, Pedersen R, Førde R. Roles and responsibilities of clinical ethics committees in priority setting. BMC Medical Ethics 18 (1), 68, 2017, DOI: 10.1186/s12910-017-0226-5

Grépin KA, Pinkstaff CB, Hole AR, Henderson K, Norheim OF, Røttingen JA, Ottersen T. Allocating external financing for health: a discrete choice experiment of stakeholder preferences. Health Policy and Planning. 2018 Feb 1;33(suppl_1):i24-30.

Bringedal, Berit and Kristine Bærøe: Commentary to ‘Social Health Disparities in Clinical Care: A New Approach to Medical Fairness’ by Puschel, Furlan and Dekkers. Public Health Ethics (2017) 10(1): 86-89.Magelssen M, Miljeteig I, Pedersen R, Førde R. Roles and responsibilities of clinical ethics committees in priority setting. BMC Medical Ethics 18 (1), 68, 2017, DOI: 10.1186/s12910-017-0226-5.

Onarheim KH, Sisay MM, Gizaw M, Moland KM, Miljeteig I. What if the baby doesn't survive? Health-care decision making for ill newborns in Ethiopia. Social Science & Medicine. 2017 Nov 2.

Solberg CT, Norheim OF, Barra M. The disvalue of death in the global burden of disease. Journal of Medical Ethics. 2017 Oct 27:medethics-2017.

Hailu A, Lindtjørn B, Deressa W, Gari T, Loha E, Robberstad B. Economic burden of malaria and predictors of cost variability to rural households in south-central Ethiopia. PloS one. 2017 Oct 11;12(10):e0185315.

Ngalesoni F, Ruhago G, Mayige M, Oliveira TC, Robberstad B, Norheim OF, Higashi H. Cost-effectiveness analysis of population-based tobacco control strategies in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases in Tanzania. PloS one. 2017 Aug 2;12(8):e0182113.

Lindemark F, Haaland ØA, Kvåle R, Flaatten H, Norheim OF, Johansson KA. Costs and expected gain in lifetime health from intensive care versus general ward care of 30,712 individual patients: a distribution-weighted cost-effectiveness analysis. Critical Care. 2017 Aug 21;21(1):220

Jull J et al (Robberstad B and Norheim OF co-authors). When is a randomised controlled trial health equity relevant? Development and validation of a conceptual framework. BMJ open. 2017 Sep 1;7(9):e015815.

Aidem JM. Stakeholder views on criteria and processes for priority setting in Norway: a qualitative study. Health Policy. 2017 Jun 30;121(6):683-90. 

Johansson, KA, Nygaard, E, Herlofsen, B, & Lindemark, F. (2017). Implementation of the 2013 amended Patients’ Rights Act in Norway: Clinical priority guidelines and access to specialised health care. Health Policy.

Cookson, R, Mirelman, AJ, Griffin, S, Asaria, M, Dawkins, B, Norheim, OF, Verguet, S and Culyer, AJ, 2017. Using cost-effectiveness analysis to address health equity concerns. Value in Health, 20(2), pp.206-212.

Memirie, ST, Metaferia, ZS, Norheim, OF, Levin, CE, Verguet, S, & Johansson, KA. (2017). Household expenditures on pneumonia and diarrhoea treatment in Ethiopia: a facility-based study. BMJ Global Health, 2(1), e000166.

2016

Andersson AK, Lindemark F, Johansson KA, (2016) Priority Rules as Solutions to Conflicting Health Care Rights, Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, Published online 3 September 2016

Black RE, Levin C, Walker N, Chou D, Liu L, Temmerman M, DCP3 Essential Surgery Author Group (including Johansson KA). (2016) Reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health: key messages from Disease Control Priorities 3rd Edition, Lancet, Published online 9 April 2016

Bringedal B, og Bærøe B. Økt rettsliggjøring for likebehandling i helsetjenesten? RETFÆRD NR. 153 – 2016/2

Bringedal B og Bærøe K: Commentary to ‘Social Health Disparities in Clinical Care: A New Approach to Medical Fairness’ by Puschel, Furlan and Dekkers, Public Health Ethics, 2016, doi:10.1093/phe/phw04

Chisholm D, Johansson KA, Raykar N, Megiddo I, Nigam A, Strand KB, Colson A, Laxminarayan R, Verguet S. Moving towards universal health coverage for mental, neurological and substance use disorders: an extended cost-effectiveness analysis. in Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders volume of Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries, 3rd edition. Editors: Vikram Patel, Dan Chisholm, Tarun Dua, Ramanan Laxminarayan and Maria Elena Medina-Mora. 2016

Deressa, Wakgari, et al. (Robberstad B co-author) Combining long-lasting insecticidal nets and indoor residual spraying for malaria prevention in Ethiopia: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. Trials 17.1 (2016): 1.

Eide KT, Fadnes LT, Engebretsen IM, Onarheim KH, Wamani H, Tumwine JK, Norheim OF. Impact of a peer-counseling intervention on breastfeeding practices in different socioeconomic strata: results from the equity analysis of the PROMISE-EBF trial in Uganda. Global Health Action. 2016 Jul 28;9.

Gangstoe, J. J., Heggestad T, Norheim OF. (2016). Norwegian Priority Setting in Practice - an Analysis of Waiting Time Patterns Across Medical Disciplines. Int J Health Policy Manag 5(6): 373-378.

Gari, Taye, et al. (Robberstad B co-author) Malaria incidence and entomological findings in an area targeted for a cluster-randomized controlled trial to prevent malaria in Ethiopia: results from a pilot study. Malaria journal 15.1 (2016): 1.

GBD 2015 (Norheim OF co-author) (2016). Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet 388(10053): 1775-1812.

GBD 2015 (Norheim OF co-author) (2016). Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet 388(10053): 1659-1724.

GBD 2015 (Norheim OF co-author) (2016). Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet 388(10053): 1603-1658.

GBD 2015 (Norheim OF co-author) (2016). Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet 388(10053): 1545-1602.

GBD 2015 (Norheim OF co-author) (2016). Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet 388(10053): 1459-1544.

GBD 2015 (Norheim OF co-author) (2016). Measuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: a baseline analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet 388(10053): 1813-1850.

Hailu, A., Lindtjørn, B., Deressa, W., Gari, T., Loha, E., & Robberstad, B. (2016). Equity in long-lasting insecticidal nets and indoor residual spraying for malaria prevention in a rural South Central Ethiopia. Malaria Journal, 15(1), 366.

Johansson KA, Strand KB, Fekadu A, Chisholm D, (2016) Health Gains and Financial Protection Provided by the Ethiopian Mental Health Strategy: an Extended Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Health Policy and Planning (doi: 10.1093/heapol/czw134)

Memirie ST, Verguet S, Levin C, Norheim OF, Johansson KA. (2016) Inequalities in utilization of maternal and child health services in Ethiopia: the role of primary health care. BMC Health Serv Res.; 16: 51.

Mori, AT, Norheim OF, Robberstad B. (2016). Budget Impact Analysis of Using Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine to Treat Uncomplicated Malaria in Children in Tanzania. Pharmacoeconomics 34(3): 303-314.

Ngalesoni FN, Ruhago GM, Mori AT, Robberstad B, Norheim OF. Cost-effectiveness of medical primary prevention strategies to reduce absolute risk of cardiovascular disease in Tanzania: a Markov modelling study. BMC health services research. 2016 May 17;16(1):1

Ngalesoni FN, Ruhago GM, Mori AT, Robberstad B, Norheim OF. Equity impact analysis of medical approaches to cardiovascular disease prevention in Tanzania: Social Science and Medicine 2016; 16(1): 1-29

Norheim, OF. (2016). Ethical priority setting for universal health coverage: challenges in deciding upon fair distribution of health services. BMC Med 14: 75.

Onarheim KH, Iversen JH, Bloom DE. Economic Benefits of Investing in Women’s Health: A Systematic Review. PloS one. 2016 Mar 30;11(3):e0150120.

Ottersen T, Førde R, Kakad M, Kjellevold A, Melberg HO, Moen A, Ringard Å, Norheim OF. A new proposal for priority setting in Norway: Open and fair. Health Policy. Available online 18 January 2016, ISSN 0168-8510, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2016.01.012.

Solberg, Carl Tollef & Espen, Gamlund. The Badness of Death and Priorities in Health. BMC Medical Ethics, 17:21 2016.  DOI: 10.1186/s12910-016-0104-6.

Strømme EM and Norheim OF (2016). Global Health Inequality: Comparing Inequality-Adjusted Life Expectancy over Time. Public Health Ethics.

Tolla MT, Norheim OF, Memirie ST, Abdisa SG, Ababulgu A, Jerene D, Bertram M, Strand K, Verguet S, Johansson KA. Prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease in Ethiopia: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation. 2016 Aug 12;14(1):1.

Verguet S, Memirie ST, Norheim OF. Assessing the burden of medical impoverishment by cause: a systematic breakdown by disease in Ethiopia. BMC Medicine. 2016;14:164. doi:10.1186/s12916-016-0697-0.

Verguet S, Pecenka C, Johansson KA, Tessema Memirie S, Driessen JR, Olson ZD, et al. Health gains and financial risk protection afforded from treatment and prevention of diarrhea and pneumonia in Ethiopia in  Reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health volume of Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries, 3rd edition. Editors: Jamison DT, Gelband H, Jha P, Horton S, Lazminarayan R, R N. 2016

Voorhoeve A, et al. (Ottersen T and Norheim OF co-authors) Three case studies in making fair choices on the path to universal health coverage. Health and Human Rights Journal, vol.18 issue 2, Dec 2016.

Voorhoeve A, Ottersen T and Norheim OF (2016). Making fair choices on the path to universal health coverage: a précis. Health Economics, Policy and Law, 11, pp 71-77. doi:10.1017/S1744133114000541.

Wang, H., et al. (Norheim OF co-author) (2016). Estimates of global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and mortality of HIV, 1980-2015: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet HIV 3(8): e361-387

2015

Onarheim, K. H., Taddesse, M, Norheim OF, Abdullah M, Miljeteig I (2015). Towards universal health coverage for reproductive health services in Ethiopia: two policy recommendations. Int J Equity Health; 14:86.

Johansson KA, Memirie ST, Pecenka C, Jamison DT, Verguet S (2015) Health Gains and Financial Protection from Pneumococcal Vaccination and Pneumonia Treatment in Ethiopia: Results from an Extended Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. PLoS ONE 10(12): e0142691.

Ruhago, GM, FN Ngalesoni, B Robberstad and OF Norheim. Cost-effectiveness of live oral attenuated human rotavirus vaccine in Tanzania. BMC Cost-Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2015, 13:7. DOI: 10.1186/s12962-015-0033-0.

Mazalale, J., C Kambala, S Brenner, J Chinkhumba, J Lohmann, D Mathanga, B Robberstad, AS Muula and M de Allegri (2015). Factors associated with delivery outside a health facility: cross-sectional study in rural Malawi. Trop Med Int Health 20(5): 617-626

Chola, L., LT Fadnes, IMS Engebretsen, L Nkonki, V Nankabirwa, H Sommerfelt, JK Tumwine, T Tylleskar and B Robberstad (2015). Cost-Effectiveness of Peer Counselling for the Promotion of Exclusive Breastfeeding in Uganda. PLoS One 10(11): e0142718.

Mori AT, Norheim OF, Robberstad B. Budget Impact Analysis of Using Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine to Treat Uncomplicated Malaria in Children in Tanzania. Pharmacoeconomics 2015.

Wisloff, T. and B. Robberstad (2015). Re: Markov-modellering. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 135(16): 1432.

Robberstad.  Alder og alvor (Age and severity of disease). Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2015 Aug 11; 1376 – 1378.

Tranvåg EJ, Nygaard E, Norheim OF. Hvordan påvirker prioriteringsvilkårene rettighetstildelingen i Helsedirektoratets prioriteringsveiledere? Michael 2015; 12: 416–27.

Norheim OF. Ethical perspective: five unacceptable trade-offs on the path to universal health coverage. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2015;4(11):711–714. doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2015.184 

Bærøe K. "Institutional framework", chapter in Etisk skjønn i forskning Fossheim, H. and H. C. Ingierd (Red.). [Oslo, 2015], Universitetsforlaget: 126 s.

Strand, K. B., Chisholm, D., Fekadu, A., & Johansson, K. A. (2015). Scaling-up essential neuropsychiatric services in Ethiopia: a cost-effectiveness analysis.Health Policy and Planning. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czv093

Defaye, F., D. Desalegn, M. Danis, S. Hurst, Y. Berhane, O. Norheim and I. Miljeteig (2015). "A survey of Ethiopian physicians' experiences of bedside rationing: extensive resource scarcity, tough decisions and adverse consequence BMC Health Services Research 15(1): 467.

Bærøe K, Cappelen C. Phase-dependent justification: the role of personal responsibility in fair healthcare. J Med Ethics 2015;41:836-840, October 1, 2015 (10.1136/medethics-2014-102645).

Hoffman SJ, Ottersen T. Addressing Antibiotic Resistance Requires Robust International Accountability Mechanisms. J Law Med Ethics 2015; 43 Suppl 3: 53-64.

Wester G. Conscientious Objection by Health Care Professionals. Philosophy Compass 2015; 10: 427-37.

Voigt K, Wester G. RELATIONAL EQUALITY AND HEALTH. Social Philosophy and Policy 2015; 31: 204-29.

Lindemark F, Haaland ØA, Kvåle R, Flaatten H, Johansson KA (2015) Age, Risk, and Life Expectancy in Norwegian Intensive Care: A Registry-Based Population Modelling Study. PLoS ONE 10(5): e0125907. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0125907

Pecenka CJ, Johansson KA, Memirie ST, et al. Health gains and financial risk protection: an extended cost-effectiveness analysis of treatment and prevention of diarrhoea in Ethiopia. BMJ Open 2015; 5: e006402.

Asada, Y., Hurley, J., Norheim, O. F., & Johri, M. (2015). Unexplained health inequality–is it unfair?. International journal for equity in health, 14(1), 11.

Stéphane Verguet et al. (Dawit Desalegn, Kjell Arne Johansson, Solomon Tessema Memmirie among several co authors) Health gains and financial risk protection afforded by public financing of selected interventions in Ethiopia: an extended cost-effectiveness analysis. The Lancet Global Health, Volume 3, Issue 5, e288 - e29.

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