• Trolly dilemmas fail to predict ethical judgment in a hypothetical vaccination context 

      Dahl, Fredrik Andreas; Oftedal, Gry (Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics;14(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-01)
      We investigated whether the responses of 68 ethics committee members and staff to trolley dilemmas could predict their responses to research ethics problems concerning vaccine trials. Trolley dilemmas deal with the issue ...
    • The impact of attending day care designed for home-dwelling people with dementia on nursing home admission : a 24-month controlled study 

      Rokstad, Anne Marie Mork; Engeland, Knut Arne; Kirkevold, Øyvind; Saltyte-Benth, Jurate; Selbæk, Geir (BMC health services research;18(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-16)
      Background Day care services offer meaningful activities, a safe environment for attendees and respite for family caregivers while being expected to delay the need for nursing home (NH) admission. However, previous research ...
    • Changes in survival and characteristics among older stroke unit patients-1994 versus 2012 

      Labberton, Angela Susan; Rønning, Ole M.; Thommessen, Bente; Barra, Georg Mathias Honore (Brain and behavior;9(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-25)
      Objectives Treatment on organized stroke units (SUs) improves survival after stroke, and stroke mortality has decreased worldwide in recent decades; however, little is known of survival trends among SU patients specifically. ...
    • A Norwegian 15D value algorithm: proposing a new procedure to estimate 15D value algorithms 

      Michel, Yvonne Anne; Augestad, Liv Ariane; Barra, Georg Mathias Honore; Rand, Kim (Quality of Life Research;28(5), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-30)
      Purpose So far there is no Norwegian value algorithm to inform healthcare decision making. The 15D health state values estimated with the original 15D valuation procedure tend to be higher than the values of other generic ...
    • A hybrid discrete event agent based overdue pregnancy outpatient clinic simulation model 

      Viana, Joe; Simonsen, Tone Breines; Dahl, Fredrik Andreas; Flo, Kari (Proceedings of the 2018 Winter Simulation Conference;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-12)
      This paper provides an overview of a hybrid, discrete event simulation (DES) agent based model (ABM), simulation model of the overdue pregnancy outpatient clinic at the Obstetrics department of Akershus University Hospital, ...