Peder A Halvorsen

Summary

Country: Norway

Publications

  1. ncbi Influenza pandemic: perception of risk and individual precautions in a general population. Cross sectional study
    Ivar S Kristiansen
    Institute of Health Management and Health Economics, University of Oslo, Norway
    BMC Public Health 7:48. 2007
  2. ncbi Medical doctors' perception of the "number needed to treat" (NNT). A survey of doctors' recommendations for two therapies with different NNT
    Peder Andreas Halvorsen
    Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
    Scand J Prim Health Care 21:162-6. 2003
  3. ncbi Decisions on drug therapies by numbers needed to treat: a randomized trial
    Peder Andreas Halvorsen
    The Research Unit of General Practice, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense
    Arch Intern Med 165:1140-6. 2005
  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
  5. ncbi Socio-economic inequalities in health care utilisation in Norway: a population based cross-sectional survey
    Anne Helen Hansen
    National Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine, University Hospital of Northern Norway, PO Box 35, 9038, Tromsø, Norway
    BMC Health Serv Res 12:336. 2012
  6. 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
  7. ncbi Willingness-to-pay for a statistical life in the times of a pandemic
    Dorte Gyrd-Hansen
    Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
    Health Econ 17:55-66. 2008
  8. 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
  9. ncbi Critiques of the risk concept--valid or not?
    Jørgen Nexøe
    Research Unit of General Practice, University of Southern Denmark, Odense C, Denmark
    Scand J Public Health 35:648-54. 2007

Detail Information

Publications9

  1. ncbi Influenza pandemic: perception of risk and individual precautions in a general population. Cross sectional study
    Ivar S Kristiansen
    Institute of Health Management and Health Economics, University of Oslo, Norway
    BMC Public Health 7:48. 2007
    ..An influenza pandemic may have considerable impact on health and societal functioning. The aim of this study was to explore people's reflections on the consequences of a pandemic...
  2. ncbi Medical doctors' perception of the "number needed to treat" (NNT). A survey of doctors' recommendations for two therapies with different NNT
    Peder Andreas Halvorsen
    Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
    Scand J Prim Health Care 21:162-6. 2003
    ..The aim of our study was to explore the influence of the NNT on medical doctors' recommendation for or against a life-long preventive drug therapy...
  3. ncbi Decisions on drug therapies by numbers needed to treat: a randomized trial
    Peder Andreas Halvorsen
    The Research Unit of General Practice, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense
    Arch Intern Med 165:1140-6. 2005
    ..The number needed to treat (NNT) has been promoted as the preferred effect measure when patients and physicians share decision making. Our aim was to explore the impact of the NNT on laypeople's decisions about preventive drug therapies...
  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...
  5. ncbi Socio-economic inequalities in health care utilisation in Norway: a population based cross-sectional survey
    Anne Helen Hansen
    National Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine, University Hospital of Northern Norway, PO Box 35, 9038, Tromsø, Norway
    BMC Health Serv Res 12:336. 2012
    ..abstract:..
  6. 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...
  7. ncbi Willingness-to-pay for a statistical life in the times of a pandemic
    Dorte Gyrd-Hansen
    Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
    Health Econ 17:55-66. 2008
    ..The results suggest that fear and anxiety distort decision making under uncertainty and decrease focus on the perceived risk reduction...
  8. 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...
  9. ncbi Critiques of the risk concept--valid or not?
    Jørgen Nexøe
    Research Unit of General Practice, University of Southern Denmark, Odense C, Denmark
    Scand J Public Health 35:648-54. 2007
    ..It is concluded that risk critique should be based on sound theory and empirical data. Critics may do well in making clear distinctions between facts and value judgements...