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Professor Health Services Research Department of Community Medicine ohf000@post.uit.no

Olav Helge Førde

  • Bård Erling Uleberg, Kaare Harald Bønaa, Ragna Elise Støre Govatsmark, Frank Olsen, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Eva Stensland et al.:
    Exploring variation in timely reperfusion treatment in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in Norway: A national register-based cohort study
    BMJ Open 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Anja Margrete Davis Norbye, Birgit Abelsen, Olav Helge Førde, Unni Ringberg :
    Health anxiety is an important driver of healthcare use
    BMC Health Services Research 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Anja Margrete Davis Norbye, Birgit Abelsen, Olav Helge Førde, Unni Ringberg :
    The association between health anxiety, physical disease and cardiovascular risk factors in the general population – a cross-sectional analysis from the Tromsø study: Tromsø 7
    BMC Primary Care 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Anja M. Davis Norbye, Birgit Abelsen, Olav Helge Førde, Unni Ringberg :
    Distribution of health anxiety in a general adult population and associations with demographic and social network characteristics
    Psychological Medicine 2020 ARKIV / DOI
  • Ingvild Mathiesen Rosenlund, Linda Leivseth, Olav Helge Førde, Arthur Revhaug :
    Regional variation in hospitalizations and outpatient appointments for diverticular disease in Norway: a nationwide cross-sectional study
    Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology 2018 DOI
  • Ingvild Mathiesen Rosenlund, Linda Leivseth, Ingard Nilsen, Olav Helge Førde, Arthur Revhaug :
    Extent, regional variation and impact of gynecologist payment models in routine pelvic examinations: A nationwide cross-sectional study
    BMC Women's Health 2017 ARKIV / DOI
  • Ingvild Mathiesen Rosenlund, Olav Helge Førde, Arthur Revhaug :
    Routine deferred computed tomography for patients with suspected urolithiasis is low-value healthcare
    Scandinavian Journal of Urology 2017 ARKIV / DOI
  • Haakon Lindekleiv, Ellisiv B. Mathiesen, Olav Helge Førde, Tom Wilsgaard, Tor Ingebrigtsen :
    Hospital volume and 1-year mortality after treatment of intracranial aneurysms: a study based on patient registries in Scandinavia
    Journal of Neurosurgery 2015 DOI
  • Unni Ringberg, Nils Fleten, Olav Helge Førde :
    Examining the variation in GPs' referral practice: A cross sectional study of GPs' reasons for referral
    British Journal of General Practice 2014 DOI
  • Trygve sigvart Deraas, Gro Karine Rosvold Berntsen, Andy Jones, Olav Helge Førde, Erik Reidar Sund :
    Associations between primary healthcare and unplanned medical admissions in Norway: A multilevel analysis of the entire elderly population
    BMJ Open 12. April 2014 ARKIV / FULLTEKST / DOI
  • ragnar Hotvedt, Olav Helge Førde :
    Doctors are to blame for perceived medical adverse events. A cross sectional population study. The Tromsø study
    BMC Health Services Research 2013 ARKIV / DOI
  • Trygve sigvart Deraas, Gro Berntsen, Toralf Hasvold, Unni Ringberg, Olav Helge Førde :
    Is a high level of general practitioner consultations associated with low outpatients specialist clinic use? A cross-sectional study
    BMJ Open 2013 ARKIV / DOI
  • Unni Ringberg, Nils Fleten, Trygve sigvart Deraas, Toralf Hasvold, Olav Helge Førde :
    High referral rates to secondary care by general practitioners in Norway are associated with GPs' gender and specialist qualifications in family medicine, a study of 4350 consultations
    BMC Health Services Research 2013 ARKIV / DOI
  • Hans Johan Breidablik, Eivind Meland, Kristin Aakre, Olav Helge Førde :
    PSA-måling og prostatakreft – overdiagnostisering og overbehandling?
    Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening 2013 ARKIV / DOI
  • Anne Helen Hansen, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Ivar Johannes Aaraas, Olav Helge Førde :
    Continuity of GP care is related to reduced specialist healthcare use: a cross-sectional survey
    British Journal of General Practice 2013 SAMMENDRAG / DOI
  • Anne Helen Hansen, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Olav Helge Førde :
    The ecology of medical care in Norway: wide use of general practitioners may not necessarily keep patients out of hospitals
    Journal of Public Health Research 2012 FULLTEKST / ARKIV / DOI
  • Anne Helen Hansen, Peder Andreas Halvorsen, Unni Ringberg, Olav Helge Førde :
    Socio-economic inequalities in health care utilisation in Norway: a population based cross-sectional survey
    BMC Health Services Research 2012 ARKIV / DOI
  • Olav Helge Førde, Hans Johan Breidablik, Øgar Petter :
    Truar skilnadene i tilvisingsratar målet om likeverdige helsetenester?
    Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening 2011 ARKIV / DOI
  • Margrete Gaski, Marita Melhus, Trygve sigvart Deraas, Olav Helge Førde :
    Use of Health care in the main area of Sami habitation in Norway - catching up with national expenditure rates
    Rural and remote health 31. May 2011 ARKIV
  • Trygve sigvart Deraas, Gro Berntsen, Toralf Hasvold, olav helge FØrde :
    Does long-term care use within primary health care reduce hospital use among older people in Norway? A national five-year population-based observational study
    BMC Health Services Research 2011 FULLTEKST / ARKIV / DOI
  • Tove Skjelbakken, Tom Wilsgaard, Olav Helge Førde, Egil Arnesen, Maja-Lisa Løchen :
    Haemoglobin predicts total mortality in a general young and middle-aged male population. The Tromso Study
    Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation 2006
  • Nils Fleten, Roar Johnsen, Olav Helge Førde :
    Length of sick leave - Why not ask the sick-listed? Sick-listed individuals predict their length of sick leave more accurately than professionals
    BMC Public Health 2004 ARKIV / DOI
  • Inger N. Norderhaug, Torbjørn Wisløff, Sophie Fosså, Sverre Sandberg, Kjeld Malde, Frode Forland et al.:
    Formidling av kunnskapsbasert informasjon om PSA-test og
    prostatakreft til leger
    Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening 2004
  • ragnar Hotvedt, Hans Morten Lossius, Ivar Sønbø Kristiansen, Petter Andreas Steen, Eldar Søreide, Olav Helge Førde :
    Are expert panel judgements of medical benefits reliable?
    International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 2003
  • Ivar Sønbø Kristiansen, Olav Helge Førde, Inge S. Kristiansen, Olaf Aasland, Olav Helge Førde, Ragnar Hotvedt et al.:
    Threats from patients and their effects on medical decision making: a cross-sectional, randomised trial
    The Lancet 2001
  • Reidun Førde, Roar Johnsen, Olav Helge Førde :
    Spennende internasjonalt bidrag om medisinske feil
    Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening 2000
  • Inger Thune, Inger Njølstad, Maja-Lisa Løchen, Olav Helge Førde :
    Physical activity improves the metabolic risk profiles in men and women. The Tromsø Study
    Archives of Internal Medicine 1998
  • Svein Ivar Bekkelund, Anna-Catherina Hegstad, olav helge FØrde :
    Uredelighet i medisinsk og helsefaglig forskning i Norge
    Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening 1995
  • Knut Fylkesnes, Olav Helge Førde :
    Determinants and dimensions involved in self-evaluation of health
    Social science & medicine 1992
  • Knut Fylkesnes, Roar Johnsen, Olav Helge Førde :
    Factors affecting patient-initiated and physician-initiated use of health care services
    Sociology of Health and Illness 1992
  • Knut Fylkesnes, Olav Helge Førde :
    The Tromsø Study: Predictors of self-evaluated health - has society adopted the expanded Health concept?
    Social science & medicine 1991
  • Olav Helge Førde, Synnøve Fønnebø Knutsen, Egil Arnesen, Dag Steinar Thelle :
    The Tromso heart study: coffee consumption and serum lipid concentrations in men with hypercholesterolaemia: a randomised intervention study
    BMJ. British Medical Journal 1985
  • Kaare Harald Bønaa, Inger Njølstad, Maja-Lisa Løchen, Sameline Grimsgaard, Olav Helge Førde, Dag Steinar Thelle :
    Norsk hjerteforskning i verdensklasse: 50 år siden Tromsø-undersøkelsen startet En hel generasjon norske forskere har basert sine studier på Tromsø-undersøkelsen.
    dagensmedisin.no 2024 DATA
  • Anja Margrete Davis Norbye, Birgit Abelsen, Olav Helge Førde, Unni Ringberg :
    Assosiasjonen mellom helseangst, kreft og kardiovaskulære sykdommer
    2023
  • Anja Margrete Davis Norbye, Birgit Abelsen, Olav Helge Førde, Unni Ringberg :
    Health anxiety is an important driver of healthcare use
    2022
  • Anja Margrete Davis Norbye, Birgit Abelsen, Olav Helge Førde, Unni Ringberg :
    The association between health anxiety, cancer and cardiovascular disease – preliminary results from the Tromsø study: Tromsø7
    2022
  • Anja Margrete Davis Norbye, Birgit Abelsen, Olav Helge Førde, Unni Ringberg :
    Distribution of health anxiety in a general adult population and associations with demographic and social network characteristics
    2021
  • Anja Margrete Davis Norbye, Birgit Abelsen, Olav Helge Førde, Unni Ringberg :
    The association between health anxiety and number of physical diseases in a general population
    2021
  • Ivar Sønbø Kristiansen, Christoffer Bugge, Olav Helge Førde :
    Bidrar overdiagnostikk til høye melanomtall?
    Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening 2018 DOI
  • Ivar Sønbø Kristiansen, Christoffer Bugge, Olav Helge Førde :
    Kristiansen og medarbeidere svarer :
    Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening 2018 DOI
  • Olav Helge Førde :
    Uønsket variasjon
    2014
  • Olav Helge Førde :
    Drivarar og variasjon i helsetenesta
    2014
  • Olav Helge Førde :
    Variasjon og overbehandling i norsk Helsetjeneste
    2014
  • Olav Helge Førde :
    Overbehandling i Norsk helseteneste
    2014
  • Olav Helge Førde :
    Overbehandling – ei utfordring i norsk helsevesen. Eksempel frå Nord
    2014
  • Olav Helge Førde :
    Uønsket variasjon i medisinsk praksis
    2014
  • Olav Helge Førde :
    Den ustyrlige helsetjenesten
    2014
  • Unni Ringberg, Olav Helge Førde :
    Referral rates and factors that influence the general practitioner’s decision to refer patients to Secondary care
    2011
  • Unni Ringberg, Olav Helge Førde :
    Primærlegers begrunnelse for henvisningsbehov til spesialisthelsetjenesten, en tverrsnittsstudie av enkeltbeslutninger i primærhelsetjenesten
    2009
  • Unni Ringberg, Olav Helge Førde :
    PRIMÆRLEGERS BESLUTNING OM HENVISNING TIL SPESIALISTHELSETJENESTEN
    2009

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    Research interests

    • Use of health care
    • Evaluation of health care
    • Quality of care