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Nasjonalt senter for distriktsmedisin (NSDM)
Institutt for samfunnsmedisin
UiT Norges arktiske universitet
Forfatterbidrag: idé, utforming, analyse og utarbeiding av manuskriptet.
Birgit Abelsen er professor i helsetjenesteforskning og forskningsleder.
Articles by Birgit Abelsen
Work-leave rotation among general practitioners in Norwegian municipalities
- Erik Edward Prestgaard,
- Anette Fosse,
- Birgit Abelsen,
- Martin Bruusgaard Harbitz
21.11.2024:
Recruiting and retaining GPs represents a major challenge for many municipalities (1). The challenges are most prominent in the least central municipalities (2–4). Some municipalities have introduced work-leave rotation (aka 'North Sea shift'), whereby the doctors work continuously for shorter...
Are we heading towards a new twist in the regular GP scheme?
- Johannes Bjørnstad Tyrihjell,
- Kine Pedersen,
- Susanne Gerda Værnø,
- Geir Godager,
- Tor Iversen,
- Jon Holte,
- Birgit Abelsen,
- Andreas Pahle,
- Liv Augestad,
- Ivar Sønbø Kristiansen,
- Erik Magnus Sæther
02.09.2024:
It is encouraging to see the increase in available places on GPs' patient lists in Norway. But with more and more GPs reducing patient numbers and becoming municipal employees, driving up the costs of the regular GP scheme, where are we headed? In 2023, several of the negative trends that have been...
Use of locums in the Regular GP Scheme 2016–22
- Mads Rydningen,
- Anette Fosse,
- Birgit Abelsen,
- Martin Bruusgaard Harbitz
08.05.2024:
The workload of GPs is increasing (1), and the county governors, municipalities and the GPs themselves have expressed concern about the sustainability of the Regular GP Scheme (2). Problems in recruiting doctors are encountered both in the least central and the most central municipalities in Norway...
Doctors educated in Bodø – who are they and where do they work?
- Åsa Langen Westlie,
- Margrete Gaski,
- Birgit Abelsen,
- Hilde Grimstad,
- Eirik Hugaas Ofstad
13.01.2022:
The 2019 report of the Grimstad committee concluded that medical education capacity in Norway was too low and recommended increasing it by 440 medical students annually (1). Offering medical studies at more health institutions was proposed as a strategy for increasing the number of students. Studies...
Educational interventions to ensure provision of doctors in rural areas – a systematic review
- Birgit Abelsen,
- Anette Fosse,
- Margrete Gaski,
- Hilde Grimstad
10.01.2022:
In Norway, there is a broad consensus that all inhabitants should be entitled to equal access to health services, irrespective of factors such as place of residence. This entitlement is challenged by problems in recruiting and retaining health personnel in rural communities and smaller hospitals. We...
Duration of general practitioner contracts
- Birgit Abelsen,
- Margrete Gaski,
- Helen Brandstorp
01.12.2015:
A key intention behind the introduction of the GP contract scheme was to promote continuity in the doctor-patient relationship (1). In the context of general practice this is an important quality indicator (2). Establishing continuity in the relationship sets requirements for both parties – the...