Peder A Halvorsen

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Publications

  1. ncbi Anticipated longevity among lay people screened for cardiovascular risk factors: a cross-sectional questionnaire study
    Peder A Halvorsen
    Research Unit for General Practice, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
    Scand J Public Health 38:481-8. 2010
  2. ncbi Decisions on sick leave certifications for acute airways infections based on vignettes: a cross-sectional survey of GPs in Norway and Poland
    Peder A Halvorsen
    General Practice Research Unit, Department of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Norway
    Scand J Prim Health Care 29:110-6. 2011
  3. ncbi Therapeutic decisions by number needed to treat and survival gains: a cross-sectional survey of lipid-lowering drug recommendations
    Peder A Halvorsen
    National Centre of Rural Medicine, Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
    Br J Gen Pract 61:e477-83. 2011
  4. ncbi Different ways to describe the benefits of risk-reducing treatments: a randomized trial
    Peder A Halvorsen
    University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
    Ann Intern Med 146:848-56. 2007

Detail Information

Publications4

  1. ncbi Anticipated longevity among lay people screened for cardiovascular risk factors: a cross-sectional questionnaire study
    Peder A Halvorsen
    Research Unit for General Practice, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
    Scand J Public Health 38:481-8. 2010
    ..Such information may still have an impact of a more subtle nature. We aimed to explore the potential impact of cardiovascular risk information on lay people's anticipations of their own longevity...
  2. ncbi Decisions on sick leave certifications for acute airways infections based on vignettes: a cross-sectional survey of GPs in Norway and Poland
    Peder A Halvorsen
    General Practice Research Unit, Department of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Norway
    Scand J Prim Health Care 29:110-6. 2011
    ..GPs in Poland offered sick leaves of longer duration for pneumonia, sinusitis, common colds, and exacerbation of COPD compared with GPs in the Norwegian sample...
  3. ncbi Therapeutic decisions by number needed to treat and survival gains: a cross-sectional survey of lipid-lowering drug recommendations
    Peder A Halvorsen
    National Centre of Rural Medicine, Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
    Br J Gen Pract 61:e477-83. 2011
    ..Previous studies suggest that lay people have difficulties with evaluating effect size in terms of number needed to treat (NNT), but they are sensitive to effect size in terms of survival gains...
  4. ncbi Different ways to describe the benefits of risk-reducing treatments: a randomized trial
    Peder A Halvorsen
    University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
    Ann Intern Med 146:848-56. 2007
    ..Previous studies suggest that the magnitude of the NNT does not affect a layperson's decision about risk-reducing interventions, but postponement of an adverse event does affect such decisions...