Erik L. Werner

Author information from the last article

Institutt for helse og samfunn

Universitetet i Oslo

Forfatterbidrag: analyse og tolkning av data samt revisjon og godkjenning av innsendte manusversjon.

Erik L Werner er allmennlege i Arendal og professor i allmennmedisin.

Articles by Erik L. Werner

Referrals to the specialist health service for patients with neck or back pain

John Bjørneboe,
Jostein Skranes Brox,
Kjersti Myhre,
Mirad Taso,
Erik L. Werner,
Cecile Røe,
Jens Ivar Brox

21.08.2025: The specialist health service assesses the patient's right to evaluation and treatment in accordance with guidelines, including the Patients' Rights Act, based on referrals from healthcare providers in primary care and related fields within the specialist health service. The national guidelines for...

Primary care doctors’management of low back pain patients – ten years after

Erik L. Werner,
Camilla Ihlebæk

12.11.2012: «Back pain» is a condition that still «affects the most and costs the most» (1), and one-third of the population reports to have had back pain during the previous few weeks (2). Spinal problems account for 11 % of sickness absence, are the cause of 9 % of disability allowances (3), and have been...