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Articles by Stein Emil Vollset
Disease burden in Norway in 2016
- Mette C. Tollånes,
- Ann Kristin Knudsen,
- Stein Emil Vollset,
- Jonas Minet Kinge,
- Vegard Skirbekk,
- Simon Øverland
01.10.2018:
If we aim to address the health challenges facing the population, we must have an overview of the population's health status. In Norway, mandatory reporting to the Cause of Death Registry means that we have a good overview of diseases and injuries that result in death. The registry publishes...
Comparison of data from the Cause of Death Registry and the Norwegian Patient Register
- Inger Johanne Landsjøåsen Bakken,
- Christian Lycke Ellingsen,
- Anne Gro Pedersen,
- Lilian Leistad,
- Jonas Minet Kinge,
- Marta Ebbing,
- Stein Emil Vollset
17.11.2015:
The data quality in the Cause of Death Registry has been questioned (1). Many death certificates include logical or content errors (2, 3), and the Cause of Death Registry has been criticised for containing a large proportion of non-specific codes or codes that cannot represent the underlying cause...
Hospital admission rates and case-fatality for cardiovascular diseases in Western Norway, 1992 - 2001
- Nina Øyen,
- Ottar Nygård,
- Jannicke Igland,
- Grethe S. Tell,
- Jan Erik Nordrehaug,
- Lorentz M. Irgens,
- John G. Cooper,
- Jørund Langørgen,
- Stein Emil Vollset
03.01.2008:
Since 1970, cardiovascular mortality (box 1) has decreased with more than 50 % in Norway and other Scandinavian countries (1, 2). A combination of several factors may have contributed to fewer patients acquiring disease (prevention) and/orfewer deaths (treatment) (2). Until recently, Norway has been...