Tor Helge Holmås
Research Professor
															toho@norceresearch.no
																						+47 56 10 76 12
								
																						+47 959 42 997
								
																						Nygårdsgaten 112, 5008 Bergen, Norway
													
Division
Health & Social Sciences
Research Groups
Health Services and Health Economics
More information about Tor
Projects
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												Research reportTiltak for økt valgdeltakelse blant personer med innvandrerbakgrunn– NORCE Research AS 2025
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												Academic chapterHva skjer med førstegangsvelgerne? Valgdeltakelsen ved kommunestyrevalget 2023– 2025
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												Academic articleAggregation Bias and Socioeconomic Gradients in Waiting Time for Hospital Admissions– Health Economics 2024
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												Research reportRegisterdataanalyse – sjukefråvær og fråfall frå arbeidslivet– NORCE Research AS 2024
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												Academic articleHealth status, life expectancy and early claiming of pension– SN Business & Economics 2024
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												Academic articleHvilke forhold påvirker om en henvisning til BUP avvises?– Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning 2023
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												Research reportHealth and unemployment during a negative labour demand shock– Working Paper 10/23, Institutt for økonomi, Universitetet i Bergen 2023
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												Conference lectureVoting alone: The effect of convenience voting on the social act of voting– MPSA 2023
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												Academic chapterValgdeltakelse, forhåndsstemmegivning og familiens betydning for politisk deltakelse– 2023
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												Conference lectureImmigrant turnout in the Norwegian 2021 parliamentary election: The impact of Neighbourhoods.– Seminar 2023
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												Research reportSocioeconomic Gradients in Waiting Time for Hospital Admissions– Universitetet i Bergen 2022
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												Conference lectureMobilizing Immigrants and Their Families to Vote: Is Political Participation Contagious?– MPSA conference 2022
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												Academic articleWhat is the effect of independent medical evaluation on days on sickness benefits for long-term sick listed employees in Norway? A pragmatic randomised controlled trial, the NIME-trial– BMC Public Health 2022
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												Academic chapterMobiliseringsvalget 2019: Hadde kommunereformen noen betydning?– 2021
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												Research reportKunnskap om kommunene for å videreutvikle treffsikker bosetting– NORCE Research AS 2021
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												Research reportEvaluering av fritt behandlingsvalg– Universitetet i Oslo 2021
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												Academic articleContinuity of care, measurement and association with hospital admission and mortality: A registry-based longitudinal cohort study– BMJ Open 2021
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												Academic articleRegular employment for people with mental illness – An evaluation of the individual placement and support programme– Social Science and Medicine 2021
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												Academic articleHvilke faktorer påvirker bruken av ordningen med fritt behandlingsvalg?– Samfunnsøkonomen 2021
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												Research reportUtdanning som tiltak og aktivitet for brukere i NAV– NORCE Research AS 2020
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												Academic articleHow does the type of remuneration affect physician behavior?– American Journal of Health Economics 2020
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												Academic articleSysselsettingseffekter av pensjonsreformen - avhenger de av helsetilstand.– Søkelys på arbeidslivet 2020
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												Academic articleHealth effects of reduced workload for older employees– Health Economics 2020
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												Academic articleCompetition and physician behaviour: Does the competitive environment affect the propensity to issue sickness certificates?– Journal of Health Economics 2019
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												Research reportLeiarspenn og organisering: Samanhengar med sjukefråvær og turnover– NORCE Research AS 2019
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												Research reportSysselsettingseffekter av pensjonsreformen – avhenger de av helsetilstand?– Universitetet i Bergen 2019
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												Conference lectureSocioeconomic Gradients in Waiting Time for Hospital Admissions– 2019 iHEA World Congress 2019
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												Academic articleSocio-economic status and physicians' treatment decisions– Health Economics 2018
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												Research reportHow does the type of remuneration affect physician behaviour? Fixed salary versus fee-for-service– Samfunns- og næringslivsforskning (SNF) 2018
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												Conference lectureHow does the type of remuneration affect physician behaviour? Fixed salary versus fee-for-service.– Seminar 2018
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												Research reportHealth, life expectancy and pension reform– Universitetet i Bergen 2018
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												Research reportThe Effects of Health Shocks to the Elderly onChildren's Labor Supply– NORCE Research AS 2018
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												Academic articleNew episodes of musculoskeletal conditions among employed people in Norway, sickness certification and return to work: A multiregister-based cohort study from primary care– BMJ Open 2018
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												Research reportForsøk med ny medisinsk vurdering (NMV) etter seks måneders sykmelding– NORCE Research AS 2018
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												Research reportHealth effects of reduced workload for older employees– NORCE Research AS 2018
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												Academic articleFamily Matters? The Importance of Relatives for Frail Elders’ Mortality and Hospital Readmission– Journal of Population Ageing 2017
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												Research reportThe Effect of Retirement on Health Outcomes– Universitetet i Bergen 2017
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												Conference lectureEffects of Air Pollution on Health, Productivity,and Health Care Consumption– European Association of Labour Economists Conference 2017
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												Conference lectureEffects of Air Pollution on Health, and Health Care Consumption– Essen Health Conference 2017 - Health and Labour. 2017
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												Conference lectureEffects of Air Pollution on Health, and Health Care Consumption– 2017 ESPE Annual Conference 2017
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												Research reportSpousal responses to health shocks - effects on labour supply and social insurance– Universitetet i Bergen 2017
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												Academic articleProtocol for the effect evaluation of independent medical evaluation after six months sick leave: a randomized controlled trial of independent medical evaluation versus treatment as usual in Norway– BMC Public Health 2017
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												Research reportCompetition and physician behaviour: Does the competitive environment affect the propensity to issue sickness certificates?– Norges Handelshøyskole 2017
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												Research reportHow GPs influence sickness absence: Using random assignment in emergency centers as a natural experiment– NORCE Research AS 2017
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												Conference lectureThe causal effect of workload on labour supply of older employees– ESPE European Society for Population Economics 2017
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												Conference lectureNEW EPISODES OF MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS AMONG EMPLOYED PEOPLE IN PRIMARY CARE, SICKNESS CERTIFICATION AND RETURN TO WORK: A NATIONWIDE MULTIREGISTER BASED COHORT STUDY– 20th Nordic Congress of General Practice 2017
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												Conference lectureCompetition and physician behaviour: Does the competitive environment affect the propensity to issue sickness certificates?– - 11th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Economic Journal, Vila Real (Portugal), 7-9 Juli 2017 2017
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												Conference lectureEffects of Air Pollution on Health, Productivity,and Health Care Consumption– Uib-NHH PhD Workshop 2017
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												Research reportEffects of Air Pollution on Health and Health Care Consumption– Universitetet i Bergen 2017
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												Conference lectureCompetition and physician behaviour: Does the competitive environment affect the propensity to issue sickness certificates?– 44th Annual Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE) 2017
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												Academic articleDo treatment decisions depend on physicians' financial incentives?– Journal of Public Economics 2017
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												Research reportThe causal effect of workload on the labour supply of older employees– Universitetet i Bergen 2017
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												Conference lectureProtocol for Effect Evaluation of Independent Medical Evaluation in Norway– The 4th Conference on Work Disability Prevention and Integration 2016
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												Academic articleGP consultations for common mental disorders and subsequent sickness certification: register-based study of the employed population in Norway– Family Practice 2016
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												Research reportEffektevaluering av ny medisinsk vurdering (NMV) etter seks måneders sykmelding : underveisrapport.– NORCE Research AS 2016
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												Conference lectureCompetition and physician behaviour: Does the competitive environment affect the propensity to issue sickness certi cates?– Instituttseminar 2016
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												Academic articleKommunale pleie- og omsorgstjenester – en studie av eldre med og uten nære pårørende.– Samfunnsøkonomen 2016
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												Academic articleMortalitet og reinnlegging – samanhengen med pårøranderessursar blant eldre pasientar.– Tidsskrift for omsorgsforskning 2016
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												Research reportSpousal responses to health shocks– Working paper 2016
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												Conference lectureCompetition and physician behaviour: Does the competitive environment affect the propensity to issue sickness certi cates?– Brukerseminar, NFR 2016
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												Academic articleEvaluering av kommunal medfinansiering– Tidsskrift for omsorgsforskning 2016
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												Research reportEvaluering av kommunal medfinansiering.– NORCE Research AS 2015
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												Research reportHospital Readmission and Mortality Among Frail Elderly – The Importance of Spouse and Adult Children.– NORCE Research AS 2015
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												Academic articlePrice regulation and parallel imports of pharmaceuticals– Journal of Public Economics 2015
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												Research reportDo Treatment Decisions Depend on Physicians Financial Incentives?– Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, NHH 2015
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												Academic articlePrioritization and the elusive effect on welfare - A Norwegian health care reform revisited– Social Science and Medicine 2015
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												Research reportSocioeconomic Status and PhysiciansTreatment Decisions.– Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, Norges Handelshøyskole 2015
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												Academic articleFordeling av midler til kommunal medfinansiering av spesialisthelsetjenestene– Samfunnsøkonomen 2014
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												Academic articleSickness absence among immigrants in Norway: Does occupational disparity matter?– European Sociological Review 2014
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												Research reportPrioritization and the Elusive Effect on Welfare - A Norwegian Health Care Reform Revisited– Institutt for økonomi 2014
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												Research reportPrice Regulation and Parallel Imports of Pharmaceuticals– Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, Norges Handelshøyskole 2014
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												Research reportEvaluating a National Labour and Welfare Administration Reform (NAV)– Institutt for økonomi 2014
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												Academic articleWages and work conditions as determinants for physicians’ work decisions– Applied Economics 2013
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												Academic articleThe impact of different prioritisation policies on waiting times: Case studies of Norway and Scotland– Social Science and Medicine 2013
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												Academic articleBetween two beds: inappropriately delayed discharges from hospitals– International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics 2013
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												Academic articleInterdependency between social care and hospital care: the case of hospital length of stay– European Journal of Public Health 2013
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												Research reportDiffusion of Pharmaceuticals: Cross-Country Evidence of Anti-TNF drugs– Department of Economics, Norwegian School of Economics 2013
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												Academic articleDiffusion of pharmaceuticals: cross-country evidence of anti-TNF drugs– European Journal of Health Economics 2013
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												Academic articleMargins and market shares: Pharmacy incentives for generic substitution– European Economic Review 2013
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												Research reportVeier til gradert eller full uførepensjon– Institutt for økonomi 2012
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												Research reportLifestyle and future need for social care– NORCE Research AS 2012
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												Academic articleMonitoring prioritization in the public health care sector by use of medical guidelines: the case of Norway– Health Economics 2011
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												Academic articleReference pricing, competition, and pharmaceutical expenditures: theory and evidence from a natural experiment– Journal of Public Economics 2011
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												Feature articlePrisene på legemidler. Norge er blant de billigste landene i Europa– 2011
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												Conference lectureGP affiliation and sickness absence: a register-based analysis including 185785 men and 162269 women in two Norwegian cities– 3rd European Public Health Conference 2010
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												Conference lectureFastlegenes betydning for sykefraværets lengde– Konferanse 2010
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												Academic articleDoes variation in general practitioner (GP) practice matter for the length of sick leave? A multilevel analysis based on Norwegian GP-patient data– Social Science and Medicine 2010
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												Academic articleDoes monetary punishment crowd out pro-social motivation? A natural experiment on hospital length of stay– Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 2010
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												Research reportMargins and market shares: pharmacy incentives for generic substitution– Norges Handelshøyskole 2010
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												Academic articlePrioritization and patients' rights: Analysing the effect of a reform in the Norwegian hospital sector– Social Science and Medicine 2010
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												Research reportTeachers' sickness absence in primary schools: A panel data multilevel analysis– Department of Economics 2010
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												Conference lectureSocioeconomic differences in treatment intencity in GP practise– Det 31. forskermøtet for økonomer 2009 2009
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												Conference lectureFår pasienter ulik behandling hos allmennlegen avhengig av derers sosioøkonomiske bakgrunn?– Helseøkonomikonferansen 2009 2009