Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Svedahl, Ellen Rabben"
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Contact with primary health care physicians before an acute hospitalisation
Skarshaug, Lena Janita; Svedahl, Ellen Rabben; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon; Steinsbekk, Aslak; Pape, Kristine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Objectives: To assess contacts with general practitioners (GPs), both regular GPs and out-of-hours GP services (OOH) during the year before an emergency hospital admission. Design: Longitudinal design with register-based ... -
Effects of GP characteristics on unplanned hospital admissions and patient safety. A 9-year follow-up of all Norwegian out-of-hours contacts
Svedahl, Ellen Rabben; Pape, Kristine; Austad, Bjarne; Vie, Gunnhild Åberge; Anthun, Kjartan Sarheim; Carlsen, Fredrik; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background There are substantial differences in hospital referrals between general practitioners (GPs); however, there is little research on the consequences for patient safety and further healthcare use. Objective To ... -
Health services under pressure: General practitioners´ workload, gatekeeping, and patient safety
Svedahl, Ellen Rabben (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2022:157, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Norsk sammendrag Bakgrunn Med en økende og aldrende befolkning verden over øker presset på helsevesenet og kapasiteten utfordres. Helsevesenet i Norge er rangert som et av verdens beste, og har en universell utforming ... -
Impact of altering referral threshold from out-of-hours primary care to hospital on patient safety and further health service use: a cohort study
Svedahl, Ellen Rabben; Pape, Kristine; Austad, Bjarne; Vie, Gunnhild Åberge; Anthun, Kjartan Sarheim; Carlsen, Fredrik; Davies, Neil Martin; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Objectives To estimate the impact of altering referral thresholds from out-of-hours services on older patients’ further use of health services and risk of death. Design Cohort study using patient data from primary and ... -
Increasing workload in Norwegian general practice – a qualitative study
Svedahl, Ellen Rabben; Pape, Kristine; Toch-Marquardt, Marlen; Skarshaug, Lena Janita; Kaspersen, Silje Lill; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon; Austad, Bjarne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background General practitioners (GPs) play a key role in securing and coordinating appropriate use of healthcare services, by providing primary and preventive healthcare and by acting as gatekeepers for secondary ... -
Long-term changes in body weight and physical activity in relation to all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: the HUNT study
Nordstoga, Anne Lovise; Zotcheva, Ekaterina; Svedahl, Ellen Rabben; Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund; Skarpsno, Eivind S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Most previous studies have relied on single measurements of body weight and physical activity and have not considered the interplay between long-term changes in body weight and physical activity in relation to ... -
Risk of suicide after hospitalizations due to acute physical health conditions—a cohort study of the Norwegian population
Asheim, Andreas; Nilsen, Sara Marie; Svedahl, Ellen Rabben; Kaspersen, Silje Lill; Bjerkeset, Ottar; Janszky, Imre; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background It is well known that individuals recently discharged from psychiatric inpatient care face a high risk of suicide. Severe physical health conditions have also been linked to suicide risk. The risk of suicide ...