Trygve Ottersen
Associate Professor
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Department of Community Medicine and Global Health

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Phone
+47 22850537
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Visiting address
Kirkeveien 166
Fredrik Holsts hus
0450 Oslo
Postal address
Postboks 1130 Blindern
0318 Oslo
Academic interests
Research interests within global health policy:
- Health systems strengthening, including priority setting and public health interventions
- Global health security, including pandemic preparedness and antimicrobial resistance
- Development assistance for health
Background
- MD, PhD
- Currently Executive Director at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health; Associate Professor at the University of Oslo; and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa.
- Directs the Oslo Group on Global Health Policy
- Previously worked with the Norwegian Committee on Priority Setting in the Health Sector; the WHO Consultative Group on Equity and Universal Health Coverage; the Centre on Global Health Security at Chatham House; the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; and the UN Special Envoy on Ebola.
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Partners
- Department of International Public Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health
- Global Health Priorities Research Group, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen
- Global Strategy Lab, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
- Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania
- Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health, US
Publications
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Tschirhart, Naomi Anne; Jiraporncharoen, Wichuda; Thongkhamcharoen, Rojanasak; Yoonut, Kulyapa; Ottersen, Trygve & Angkurawaranon, Chaisiri (2021). Including undocumented migrants in universal health coverage: a maternal health case study from the Thailand-Myanmar border. BMC Health Services Research. ISSN 1472-6963. 21. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-07325-z. Full text in Research Archive
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Teerawattananon, Yot; Painter, Chris; Dabak, Saudamini; Ottersen, Trygve; Gopinathan, Unni & Chola, Lumbwe [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2021). Avoiding health technology assessment: a global survey of reasons for not using health technology assessment in decision making. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation. ISSN 1478-7547. 19. doi: 10.1186/s12962-021-00308-1.
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Tranvåg, Eirik Joakim; Strand, Roger; Ottersen, Trygve & Norheim, Ole Frithjof (2021). Precision medicine and the principle of equal treatment: a conjoint analysis. BMC Medical Ethics. ISSN 1472-6939. 22. doi: 10.1186/s12910-021-00625-3. Full text in Research Archive
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Cyr, Pascale Renée; Jain, Vageesh; Chalkidou, Kalipso; Ottersen, Trygve & Gopinathan, Unni (2021). Evaluations of public health interventions produced by health technology assessment agencies: A mapping review and analysis by type and evidence content. Health Policy. ISSN 0168-8510. 125(8), p. 1054–1064. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2021.05.009. Full text in Research Archive
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Spicer, Neil; Agyepong, Irene; Ottersen, Trygve; Jahn, Albrecht & Ooms, Gorik (2020). 'It's far too complicated': Why fragmentation persists in global health. Globalization and Health. ISSN 1744-8603. 16(60). doi: 10.1186/s12992-020-00592-1. Full text in Research Archive
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Tschirhart, Naomi Anne; Jiraporncharoen, Wichuda; Angkurawaranon, Chaisiri; Hashmi, Ahmar; Nosten, Suphak & McGready, Rose [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2020). Choosing where to give birth: Factors influencing migrant women's decision making in two regions of Thailand. PLOS ONE. ISSN 1932-6203. 15(4). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230407. Full text in Research Archive
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Kriegner, Sabrina; Ottersen, Trygve; Røttingen, John-Arne & Gopinathan, Unni (2020). Promoting Intersectoral Collaboration Through the Evaluations of Public Health Interventions: Insights From Key Informants in 6 European Countries. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. ISSN 2322-5939. 10(2), p. 67–76. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.19. Full text in Research Archive
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Emanuel, Ezekiel J.; Persad, Govind; Kern, Adam; Buchanan, Allen; Fabre, Cécile & Halliday, Daniel [Show all 19 contributors for this article] (2020). An ethical framework for global vaccine allocation. Science. ISSN 0036-8075. 369(6509), p. 1309–1312. doi: 10.1126/science.abe2803.
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Gouglas, Dimitrios; Hoyt, Kendall; Peacocke, Elizabeth Fleur; Kaloudis, Aris; Ottersen, Trygve & Røttingen, John-Arne (2019). Setting strategic objectives for the coalition for epidemic preparedness innovations: An exploratory decision analysis process. INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics (IJAA). ISSN 2644-0865. 49(6), p. 430–446. doi: 10.1287/inte.2019.1011. Full text in Research Archive
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Tschirhart, Naomi Anne; Straiton, Melanie Lindsay; Ottersen, Trygve & Winkler, Andrea Sylvia (2019). “Living like I am in Thailand”: stress and coping strategies among Thai migrant masseuses in Oslo, Norway. BMC Women's Health. ISSN 1472-6874. 19, p. 1–11. doi: 10.1186/s12905-019-0836-9. Full text in Research Archive
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Tschirhart, Naomi Anne; Diaz, Esperanza & Ottersen, Trygve (2019). Accessing public healthcare in Oslo, Norway: The experiences of Thai immigrant masseuses. BMC Health Services Research. ISSN 1472-6963. 19(1). doi: 10.1186/s12913-019-4560-9. Full text in Research Archive
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Dieleman, Joseph L.; Cowling, Krycia; Agyepong, Irene Akua; Alkenbrack, Sarah; Bollyky, Thomas J. & Bump, Jesse B. [Show all 20 contributors for this article] (2019). The G20 and development assistance for health: historical trends and crucial questions to inform a new era. The Lancet. ISSN 0140-6736. 394(10193), p. 173–183. doi: 10.1016/%20S0140-6736%2819%2931333-9.
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Ooms, Gorik; Ottersen, Trygve; Jahn, Albrecht & Agyepong, Irene Akua (2018). Addressing the fragmentation of global health: the Lancet Commission on synergies between universal health coverage, health security, and health promotion. . The Lancet. ISSN 0140-6736. 392(10153), p. 1098–1099. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736%2818%2932072-5.
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Hoffman, Steven J.; Ottersen, Trygve; Tejpar, A; Baral, Prativa & Fafard, Patrick (2018). Towards a Systematic Understanding of How to Institutionally Design Scientific Advisory Committees: A Conceptual Framework and Introduction to a Special Journal Issue. . Global Challenges. ISSN 2056-6646. 2(9). doi: 10.1002/gch2.201800020.
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Groux, Gaëlle; Hoffman, Steven J. & Ottersen, Trygve (2018). A Typology of Scientific Advisory Committees. Global Challenges. ISSN 2056-6646. doi: 10.1002/gch2.201800004. Full text in Research Archive
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Gopinathan, Unni; Hoffman, Steven J & Ottersen, Trygve (2018). Scientific Advisory Committees at the World Health Organization: A Qualitative Study of How Their Design Affects Quality, Relevance, and Legitimacy. Global Challenges. ISSN 2056-6646. doi: 10.1002/gch2.201700074. Full text in Research Archive
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Grépin, Karen A.; Pinkstaff, Crossley B.; Hole, Arne Risa; Henderson, Klara; Norheim, Ole Frithjof & Røttingen, John-Arne [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2018). Allocating external financing for health: A discrete choice experiment of stakeholder preferences. Health Policy and Planning. ISSN 0268-1080. 33, p. i24–i30. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czx017. Full text in Research Archive
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Ottersen, Trygve; Grépin, Karen A.; Henderson, Klara; Pinkstaff, Crossley Beth; Norheim, Ole Frithjof & Røttingen, John-Arne (2018). New approaches to ranking countries for the allocation of development assistance for health: Choices, indicators and implications. Health Policy and Planning. ISSN 0268-1080. 33, p. i31–i46. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czx027. Full text in Research Archive
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Tranvåg, Eirik Joakim; Norheim, Ole Frithjof & Ottersen, Trygve (2018). Clinical decision making in cancer care: a review of current and future roles of patient age. BMC Cancer. ISSN 1471-2407. 18. doi: 10.1186/s12885-018-4456-9. Full text in Research Archive
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Martinsen, Lene; Ottersen, Trygve; Dieleman, Joseph; Hessel, Philipp; Kinge, Jonas Minet & Skirbekk, Vegard Fykse (2018). Do less populous countries receive more development assistance for health per capita? Longitudinal evidence for 143 countries, 1990–2014. BMJ Global Health. ISSN 2059-7908. 3:e000528, p. 1–8. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000528.
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Hernæs, Ulrikke Johanne Voltersvik; Johansson, Kjell Arne; Ottersen, Trygve & Norheim, Ole Frithjof (2017). Distribution-Weighted Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Using Lifetime Health Loss. PharmacoEconomics (Auckland). ISSN 1170-7690. 35(9), p. 965–974. doi: 10.1007/s40273-017-0524-2.
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Skirbekk, Vegard; Ottersen, Trygve; Hamavid, Hannah; Sadat, Nafis; Sadat, Nafis & Dieleman, Joseph (2017). Vast majority of development assistance for health funds target those below age sixty. Health Affairs. ISSN 0278-2715. 36(5), p. 926–930. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.1370. Full text in Research Archive
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Ooms, Gorik; Beiersmann, Claudia; Flores, Walter; Hanefeld, Johanna; Müller, Olaf & Mulumba, Moses [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2017). Synergies and tensions between universal health coverage and global health security: why we need a second ‘Maximizing Positive Synergies’ initiative. BMJ Global Health. ISSN 2059-7908. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000217.
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Voorhoeve, Alex; Edejer, Tessa Tan-Torres; Kapiriri, Lydia; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Snowden, James & Basenya, Olivier [Show all 20 contributors for this article] (2017). Three case studies in making fair choices on the path to universal health coverage. Health and Human Rights: An International Journal. ISSN 1079-0969. 18(2), p. 11–22.
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Ottersen, Trygve; Elovainio, Riku; Evans, David B.; McCoy, David; McIntyre, Di & Meheus, Filip [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2017). Towards a coherent global framework for health financing: recommendations and recent developments. Health Economics, Policy and Law. ISSN 1744-1331. 12(2), p. 285–296. doi: 10.1017/S1744133116000505. Full text in Research Archive
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Ottersen, Trygve; Moon, Suerie & Røttingen, John-Arne (2017). The challenge of middle-income countries to development assistance for health: recipients, funders, both or neither. Health Economics, Policy and Law. ISSN 1744-1331. 12(2), p. 265–284. doi: 10.1017/S1744133116000499. Full text in Research Archive
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Ottersen, Trygve; Moon, Suerie & Røttingen, John-Arne (2017). Distributing development assistance for health: Simulating the implications of 11 criteria. Health Economics, Policy and Law. ISSN 1744-1331. 12(2), p. 245–263. doi: 10.1017/S1744133116000487. Full text in Research Archive
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Ottersen, Trygve; Kamath, Aparna; Moon, Suerie; Martinsen, Lene & Røttingen, John-Arne (2017). Development assistance for health: what criteria do multi- and bilateral funders use? Health Economics, Policy and Law. ISSN 1744-1331. 12(2), p. 223–244. doi: 10.1017/S1744133116000475. Full text in Research Archive
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Voorhoeve, Alex; Edejer, Tessa Tan-Torres; Kapiriri, Lydia; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Snowden, James & Basenya, Olivier [Show all 20 contributors for this article] (2016). Three case studies in making fair choices on the path to universal health coverage. Health and Human Rights: An International Journal. ISSN 1079-0969. 18(2), p. 11–22.
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Ottersen, Trygve; Hoffman, Steven J. & Groux, Gaëlle (2016). Ebola again shows the International Health Regulations are broken: What can be done differently to prepare for the next epidemic? American Journal of Law & Medicine (AJLM). ISSN 0098-8588. 42(2–3), p. 356–392. doi: 10.1177/0098858816658273. Show summary
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Ottersen, Trygve; Førde, Reidun; Kakad, Meetali; Kjellevold, Alice; Melberg, Hans Olav & Moen, Atle [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2016). A new proposal for priority setting in Norway: Open and fair. Health Policy. ISSN 0168-8510. 120(3), p. 246–251. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2016.01.012.
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Voorhoeve, Alex; Ottersen, Trygve & Norheim, Ole Frithjof (2016). Response to our critics. Health Economics, Policy and Law. ISSN 1744-1331. 11(01), p. 103–111. doi: 10.1017/S1744133114000590.
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Voorhoeve, Alex; Ottersen, Trygve & Norheim, Ole Frithjof (2016). Making fair choices on the path to universal health coverage: a précis. Health Economics, Policy and Law. ISSN 1744-1331. 11(01), p. 71–77. doi: 10.1017/S1744133114000541.
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Hoffman, Steven J. & Ottersen, Trygve (2015). Addressing antibiotic resistance requires robust international accountability mechanisms. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics (JLME). ISSN 1073-1105. 43, p. 53–64. doi: 10.1111/jlme.12275.
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Voorhoeve, Alex; Ottersen, Trygve & Norheim, Ole Frithjof (2014). Making fair choices on the path to universal health coverage: A précis. Health Economics, Policy and Law. ISSN 1744-1331. 11(1), p. 71–77. doi: 10.1017/S1744133114000541.
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Ottersen, Trygve; Mæstad, Ottar & Norheim, Ole Frithjof (2014). Lifetime QALY prioritarianism in priority setting: Quantification of the inherent trade-off. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation. ISSN 1478-7547. 12:2. doi: 10.1186/1478-7547-12-2. Full text in Research Archive
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Ottersen, Trygve (2013). Lifetime QALY prioritarianism in priority setting. Journal of Medical Ethics. ISSN 0306-6800. 39(3), p. 175–180. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2012-100740.
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Ottersen, Trygve; Mbilinyi, Deogratius; Mæstad, Ottar & Norheim, Ole Frithjof (2008). Distribution matters: Equity considerations among health planners in Tanzania. Health Policy. ISSN 0168-8510. 85(2), p. 218–227. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2007.07.012.
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Gopinathan, Unni; Peacocke, Elizabeth Fleur; Gouglas, Dimitrios; Ottersen, Trygve & Røttingen, John Arne (2020). R&D for Emerging Infectious Diseases of Epidemic Potential: Sharing Risks and Benefits Through a New Coalition. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-030-39819-4. 28 p.
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Enria, Delia; Feng, Zijian; Fretheim, Atle; Ihekweazu, Chikwe; Ottersen, Trygve & Schuchat, Anne [Show all 14 contributors for this article] (2021). Strengthening the evidence base for decisions on public health and social measures. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. ISSN 0042-9686. 99(9), p. 610–610A. doi: 10.2471/BLT.21.287054.
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Gopinathan, Unni; Ottersen, Trygve; Cyr, Pascale Renée & Chalkidou, Kalipso (2021). Evidence-Informed Deliberative Processes for HTA Around the Globe: Exploring the Next Frontiers of HTA and Best Practices; Comment on “Use of Evidence-informed Deliberative Processes by Health Technology Assessment Agencies Around the Globe”. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. ISSN 2322-5939. 10(4), p. 232–236. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.145.
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Norheim, Ole Frithjof & Ottersen, Trygve (2020). Setting Priorities in the Pursuit of Universal Health Coverage. In Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Emanuel, Ezekiel J. & Millum, Joseph (Ed.), Global Health Priority-Setting: Beyond Cost-Effectiveness. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780190912765. Full text in Research Archive
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Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Asaria, Miqdad; Johansson, Kjell Arne; Ottersen, Trygve & Tsuchiya, Aki (2020). Level-dependent equity weights. In Cookson, Richard; Griffin, Susan; Norheim, Ole Frithjof & Culyer, Anthony J. (Ed.), Distributional Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780198838197. Full text in Research Archive
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Røttingen, John-Arne & Ottersen, Trygve (2018). Supra‐SAC: Need and Role for an All‐of‐Government Scientific Advisory Committee. Global Challenges. ISSN 2056-6646. 2(1700075). doi: 10.1002/gch2.201700075.
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Hoffman, Steven J.; Ottersen, Trygve; Baral, Prativa & Fafard, Patrick (2018). Designing Scientific Advisory Committees for a Complex World . Global Challenges. ISSN 2056-6646. 2(1800075), p. 1–2. doi: 10.1002/gch2.201800075.
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Gopinathan, Unni & Ottersen, Trygve (2017). Evidence-informed deliberative processes for universal health coverage: broadening the scope. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. ISSN 2322-5939. 6(8), p. 473–475. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2016.148. Full text in Research Archive
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Ottersen, Trygve & Schmidt, Harald (2017). Universal health coverage and public health: ensuring parity and complementarity. American Journal of Public Health. ISSN 0090-0036. 107(2), p. 248–250. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303590.
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Ottersen, Trygve; Evans, David B.; Mossialos, Elias & Røttingen, John-Arne (2017). Global health financing towards 2030 and beyond. Health Economics, Policy and Law. ISSN 1744-1331. 12(2), p. 105–111. doi: 10.1017/S1744133116000372. Full text in Research Archive
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Ottersen, Trygve (2015). Sharing financial responsibilities. In Frenk, Julio & Hoffman, Steven J. (Ed.), To save humanity: what matters most for a healthy future. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780190221546.
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Voorhoeve, Alex; Ottersen, Trygve & Norheim, Ole Frithjof (2014). Response to our critics. Health Economics, Policy and Law. ISSN 1744-1331. 11(1), p. 103–111. doi: 10.1017/S1744133114000590.
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Ottersen, Trygve & Norheim, Ole Frithjof (2014). Making fair choices on the path to universal health coverage. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. ISSN 0042-9686. 92(6). doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.139139.
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Bærøe, Kristine; Ottersen, Trygve; Eide, Kristiane Tislevoll; Engjom, Hilde Marie; Johansson, Kjell Arne & Miljeteig, Ingrid [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2011). Priorities in global health. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. ISSN 0029-2001. 131(17). doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.11.0743.
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Bjerke, Lise; Torjusen, Marius Lamberg & Ottersen, Trygve (2021). Prosjekt utveier. Veien ut av koronakrisen: Fire fremtidsbilder og fem avgjørende spørsmål . Folkehelseinstituttet. Full text in Research Archive
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Bergsaker, Marianne A Riise; Bratsberg, Bernt; Daae, Anita Odveig; Flottorp, Signe Agnes; Forland, Frode & Furuseth, Ellen [Show all 31 contributors for this article] (2021). Folkehelserapportens temautgave 2021. Folkehelsen etter covid-19. Pandemiens konsekvenser for ulike grupper i befolkningen. Folkehelseinstituttet, Område for psykisk og fysisk helse. ISSN 978-82-8406-244-0. Full text in Research Archive
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Feiring, Eli; Førde, Reidun; Holm, Søren; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Solberg, Berge & Solberg, Carl Tollef [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2020). Råd om prioriterte grupper for koronavaksinasjon i Norge. Ekspertgruppe i etikk og prioritering 15. november 2020. Folkehelseinstituttet, Koronavaksinasjonsprogrammet. Full text in Research Archive
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Ottersen, Trygve; Grépin, Karen; Pinkstaff, Crossley B.; Clift, Charles; Norheim, Ole Frithjof & Røttingen, John-Arne (2016). Health and development: an explicit approach to the design and assessment of country classification frameworks. Final report for the Equitable Access Initiative by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
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Ottersen, Trygve; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Chitah, Bona M; Richard, Cookson; Daniels, Norman & Defaye, Frehiwot Berhane [Show all 18 contributors for this article] (2014). Making fair choices on the path to universal health coverage. Final report of the WHO Consultative Group on Equity and Universal Health Coverage. World Health Organization. ISSN 9789241507158.
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Røttingen, John-Arne; Ottersen, Trygve; Ablo, Awo; Arhin-Tenkorang, Dyna; Benn, Christoph & Elovainio, Riku [Show all 20 contributors for this article] (2014). Shared responsibilities for health: a new global framework for sustainable health financing. Final report of the Centre on Global Health Security Working Group on Health Financing. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House). Chatham House. ISSN 9781784130213.
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Ottersen, Trygve; Kamath, Aparna; Moon, Suerie & Røttingen, John-Arne (2014). Development assistance for health: quantitative allocation criteria and contribution norms. Centre on Global Health Security Working Group Papers. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House). Chatham House. ISSN 9781784130015.
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Ottersen, Trygve (2013). Greater benefits and the worse off: Specifying and balancing priority-setting principles in health. University of Bergen. ISSN 978-82-308-2275-3.
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