Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Fjær, Erlend Løvø"
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Educational Inequalities in Mortality Amenable to Healthcare. A Comparison of European Healthcare Systems
Rydland, Håvard Thorsen; Fjær, Erlend Løvø; Eikemo, Terje Andreas; Huijts, T.; Bambra, C; Wendt, C; Kulhánová, Ivana; Martikainen, Pekka; Dibben, Chris; Kalediene, R; Borrell, Carme; Leinsalu, Mall; Bopp, Matthias; Mackenbach, Johan P. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background Educational inequalities in health and mortality in European countries have often been studied in the context of welfare regimes or political systems. We argue that the healthcare system is the national level ... -
Exploring the differences in general practitioner and health care specialist utilization according to education, occupation, income and social networks across Europe: findings from the European social survey (2014) special module on the social determinants of health.
Fjær, Erlend Løvø; Balaj, Mirza; Stornes, Per Gunnar; Todd, Adam; McNamara, Courtney L.; Eikemo, Terje Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: Low socioeconomic position (SEP) tends to be linked to higher use of general practitioners (GPs), while the use of health care specialists is more common in higher SEPs. Despite extensive literature in this ... -
Helse og helseulikheter i politiske regimer: En studie basert på European Social Survey
Fjær, Erlend Løvø (Master thesis, 2013)Flere studier har undersøkt forbindelsen mellom politisk ideologi og helse. Disse studiene kan kategoriseres som individstudier og kontekststudier. Individstudiene har generelt kommet fram til at de som har en høyreorientert ... -
Inequalities in Health Care Utilization in Europe
Fjær, Erlend Løvø (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2022:82, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Equal access to health care is an important principle in European welfare states. However, previous studies have shown that health care utilization is related to socioeconomic position, such as income and education. Social ... -
Subjective perceptions of unmet need for health care in Europe among social groups: Findings from the European social survey (2014) special module on the social determinants of health.
Fjær, Erlend Løvø; Stornes, Per Gunnar; Borisova, Liubov; McNamara, Courtney L.; Eikemo, Terje Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: Unmet need can be defined as the individually perceived subjective differences between services judged necessary to deal with health problems and the services actually received. This study examines what factors ... -
The use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in Europe
Fjær, Erlend Løvø; Landet, Erling Ravnanger; McNamara, Courtney L.; Eikemo, Terje Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background While the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has become increasingly popular in western societies, we do not understand why CAM use is more frequent in some countries than in others. The aim of ...