• Aging and Health Care Costs 

      Karlsson, Martin; Iversen, Tor; Øien, Henning (Chapter; Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2018-10)
      An open issue in the economics literature is whether health care expenditure (HCE) is so concentrated in the last years before death that the age profiles in spending will change when longevity increases. The seminal article ...
    • Gender bias in public long-term care? A survey experiment among care managers 

      Jakobsson, Niklas; Kotsadam, Andreas; Syse, Astri; Øien, Henning (Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-09-14)
      Daughters of elderly women are more likely to provide informal care than sons. If care managers take this into account and view informal care as a substitute for formal care, they will statistically discriminate against ...
    • The impact of community-based interventions for the older population: a quasi-experimental study of a hip-fracture prevention program in Norway 

      Øien, Henning; Jakobsson, Niklas; Bonander, Carl (BMC Geriatrics;18(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Background Hip fractures among older adults are a major public health problem in many countries. Hip fractures are associated with expensive health care treatments, and serious adverse effects on patients’ health and ...
    • Variasjoner i kommunale tildelingsvurderinger av helse- og omsorgstjenster til eldre 

      Syse, Astri; Øien, Henning; Solheim, Mari Bugge; Jakobsson, Niklas (Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning;18(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Utgiftene til helse- og omsorgshjelp øker ettersom befolkningen eldes og tjenestestandarden høynes. Individer skal like fullt tildeles «nødvendige helsetjenester ». Det er imidlertid liten kunnskap om variasjonen i ...