Blar i BI Open på forfatter "Skau, Irene"
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Do expert patients get better treatment than others? Agency discrimination and statistical discrimination in obstetrics
Grytten, Jostein Ivar; Skau, Irene; Sørensen, Rune Jørgen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)We address models that can explain why expert patients (obstetricians, midwives and doctors) are treated better than non-experts (mainly non-medical training). Models of statistical discrimination show that benevolent ... -
Does the Use of Diagnostic Technology Reduce Fetal Mortality?
Grytten, Jostein Ivar; Skau, Irene; Sørensen, Rune Jørgen; Eskild, Anne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Objective: To examine the effect that the introduction of new diagnostic technology in obstetric care has had on fetal death. Data Source The Medical Birth Registry of Norway provided detailed medical information for ... -
Does the Use of Diagnostic Technology Reduce Fetal Mortality?
Grytten, Jostein Ivar; Skau, Irene; Sørensen, Rune Jørgen; Eskild, Anne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Objective: To examine the effect that the introduction of new diagnostic technology in obstetric care has had on fetal death. Data Source The Medical Birth Registry of Norway provided detailed medical information for ... -
Educated mothers, healthy infants: the impact of a school reform on the birth weight of Norwegian infants 1967-2005
Grytten, Jostein Ivar; Skau, Irene; Sørensen, Rune Jørgen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Birth weight is an important predictor of health and success in later life. Little is known about the effect of mothers’ education on birth weight. A few causal analyses have been done, but they show conflicting results. ... -
Fastlegeordningen : marked, legedekning og tilgjengelighet
Grytten, Jostein; Sørensen, Rune Jørgen; Skau, Irene (Forskningsrapport;4/2005, Research report, 2005)Myndighetenes mål med fastlegereformen var bedre tilgjengelighet, større valgfrihet og økt kvalitet i allmennlegetjenesten. Enkeltleger har fått ansvar for en avgrenset gruppe med pasienter (listepasientene), pasientene ... -
Fastlegereformen: En analyse av fastlegenes arbeidsbelastning og tjenestetilbud
Grytten, Jostein; Skau, Irene; Sørensen, Rune Jørgen; Aasland, Olaf G. (Research Report, Research report, 2003)Fastlegereformen ble innført 1. juni 2001, og rapporten belyser effekter av reformen. Analysene bygger på to omfattende spørreundersøkelser blant allmennleger. Den første ble gjennomført før reformen i 1998, og den andre ... -
Regionalization and local hospital closure in Norwegian maternity care: the effect on neonatal and infant mortality
Grytten, Jostein Ivar; Monkerud, Lars Christian; Skau, Irene; Sørensen, Rune Jørgen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Objective. To study whether neonatal and infant mortality, after adjustments for differences in case-mix, were independent of the type of hospital in which the delivery was carried out. Data. The Medical Birth Registry ... -
Saving Newborn Babies: The Benefits of Interventions in Neonatal Care in Norway over More Than 40 Years
Grytten, Jostein Ivar; Monkerud, Lars Chr.; Skau, Irene; Eskild, Anne; Sørensen, Rune Jørgen; Saugstad, Ola Didrik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The aim of this study was to examine the effect that the introduction of new medical interventions at birth has had on mortality among newborn babies in Norway during the period 1967–2011. During this period, there has ... -
The impact of hospital revenue on the increase in Caesarean sections in Norway. A panel data analysis of hospitals 1976-2005
Grytten, Jostein Ivar; Monkerud, Lars Christian; Hagen, Terje P.; Sørensen, Rune Jørgen; Eskild, Anne; Skau, Irene (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Background: There has been a marked increase in the number of Caesarean sections in many countries during the last decades. In several countries, Caesarean sections are carried out in more than 20 per cent of births. These ... -
The impact of the mass media on obstetricians' behavior in Norway
Grytten, Jostein Ivar; Skau, Irene; Sørensen, Rune Jørgen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Little is known about how physicians and hospitals respond to the risk of being negatively exposed in the mass media. We assume that newspapers will cover events more closely in the areas where they have most of their ... -
Who dies early? Education, mortality and causes of death in Norway
Grytten, Jostein Ivar; Skau, Irene; Sørensen, Rune Jørgen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)We estimated the effects of education on mortality and causes of death in Norway. We identified causal effects by exploiting the staggered implementation of a school reform that increased the length of compulsory education ...