Clas Rehnberg

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Clas Rehnberg is a Professor of Health Economics.

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Article: SOCIAL SCIENCE AND MEDICINE. 2024;346:116711
Change in avoidable hospitalizations for low-income elders following quasi-market reform in primary care - Evidence from a natural experiment in Sweden
Svereus S; Petzold M; Rehnberg C
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS. 2024;25(1):157-176
Short- and intermediate-term impact of DTC telemedicine consultations on subsequent healthcare consumption
Dahlgren C; Spanberg E; Svereus S; Dackehag M; Wandell P; Rehnberg C
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2022;12(7):e061077
Effects of competition and bundled payment on the performance of hip replacement surgery in Stockholm, Sweden: results from a quasi-experimental study
Goude F; Garellick G; Kittelsen S; Malchau H; Peltola M; Rehnberg C
Article: INTERNATIONAL HEALTH. 2022;14(1):84-96
Assessing the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment from out-of-pocket payments and their determinants in Bangladesh: evidence from the nationwide Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2016
Ahmed S; Ahmed MW; Hasan MZ; Mehdi GG; Islam Z; Rehnberg C; Niessen LW; Khan JAM
Article: HEALTH POLICY. 2021;125(11):1448-1454
Simply the best? The impact of quality on choice of primary healthcare provider in Sweden
Dahlgren C; Dackehag M; Wandell P; Rehnberg C
Article: BMC FAMILY PRACTICE. 2021;22(1):133
Determinants for use of direct-to-consumer telemedicine consultations in primary healthcare-a registry based total population study from Stockholm, Sweden
Dahlgren C; Dackehag M; Wandell P; Rehnberg C
Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2021;21(1):387
The effects of competition and bundled payment on patient reported outcome measures after hip replacement surgery
Goude F; Kittelsen SAC; Malchau H; Mohaddes M; Rehnberg C
Article: BMC EMERGENCY MEDICINE. 2020;20(1):85
Healthcare pathways and resource use: mapping consequences of ambulance assessment for direct care with alternative healthcare providers
Varg S; Vicente V; Castren M; Lindgren P; Rehnberg C
Article: INTERNATIONAL HEALTH. 2020;12(4):287-298
The effect of a community-based health insurance on the out-of-pocket payments for utilizing medically trained providers in Bangladesh
Khan JAM; Ahmed S; Sultana M; Sarker AR; Chakrovorty S; Rahman MH; Islam Z; Rehnberg C; Niessen LW
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2020;48(3):275-288
A performance comparison of patient pathways in Nordic capital areas - a pilot study for ischaemic stroke patients
Hakkinen U; Goude F; Hagen TP; Kruse M; Moger T; Peltola M; Rehnberg C
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2020;10(3):e030298
Do employer-sponsored health insurance schemes affect the utilisation of medically trained providers and out-of-pocket payments among ready-made garment workers? A case-control study in Bangladesh
Ahmed S; Sarker AR; Sultana M; Roth F; Mahumud RA; Kamruzzaman M; Hasan MZ; Mirelman AJ; Islam Z; Niessen LW; Rehnberg C; Khan AKA; Gyr N; Khan JAM
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2019;9(9):e028722
The productivity development of total hip arthroplasty in Sweden: a multiple registry-based longitudinal study using the Malmquist Productivity Index
Goude F; Garellick G; Kittelsen SAC; Nemes S; Rehnberg C
Article: HEALTH POLICY. 2018;122(9):949-956
Socioeconomic distribution of GP visits following patient choice reform and differences in reimbursement models: Evidence from Sweden
Svereus S; Kjellsson G; Rehnberg C
Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2018;18(1):552
Evaluating the implementation related challenges of Shasthyo Suroksha Karmasuchi (health protection scheme) of the government of Bangladesh: a study protocol
Ahmed S; Hasan MZ; Ahmed MW; Dorin F; Sultana M; Islam Z; Mirelman AJ; Rehnberg C; Khan JAM; Chowdhury ME
Article: GLOBAL HEART. 2018;13(2):65-72
Implementation Research to Address the United States Health Disadvantage Report of a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Workshop
Engelgau MM; Narayan KMV; Ezzati M; Salicrup LA; Belis D; Aron LY; Beaglehole R; Beaudet A; Briss PA; Chambers DA; Devaux M; Fiscella K; Gottlieb M; Hakkinen U; Henderson R; Hennis AJ; Hochman JS; Jan S; Koroshetz WJ; Mackenbach JP; Marmot MG; Martikainen P; McClellan M; Meyers D; Parsons PE; Rehnberg C; Sanghavi D; S S; Siega-Riz AM; Straus S; Woolf SH; Constant S; Creazzo TL; de Jesus JM; Gavini N; Lerner NB; Mishoe HO; Nelson C; Peprah E; Antonello; Sampson U; Tracy RL; Mensah GA
Article: PLOS ONE. 2018;13(7):e0200265
The impact of community-based health insurance on the utilization of medically trained healthcare providers among informal workers in Bangladesh
Ahmed S; Sarker AR; Sultana M; Chakrovorty S; Ahmed MW; Dorin F; Mirelman AJ; Islam Z; Rahman MH; Niessen LW; Rehnberg C; Khan JAM
Article: VALUE IN HEALTH. 2017;20(10):1299-1310
Comparing Methods for Estimating Direct Costs of Adverse Drug Events
Gyllensten H; Jonsson AK; Hakkarainen KM; Svensson S; Hagg S; Rehnberg C
Article: RESEARCH IN SOCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PHARMACY. 2017;13(6):1151-1158
Direct and indirect costs for adverse drug events identified in medical records across care levels, and their distribution among payers
Natanaelsson J; Hakkarainen KM; Hagg S; Sundell KA; Petzold M; Rehnberg C; Jonsson AK; Gyllensten H
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2017;7(9):e015723
Recording a diagnosis of stroke, transient ischaemic attack or myocardial infarction in primary healthcare and the association with dispensation of secondary preventive medication: a registry-based prospective cohort study
Dahlgren C; Geary L; Hasselstrom J; Rehnberg C; Schenck-Gustafsson K; Wandell P; von Euler M
Article: EUROPEAN CLINICAL RESPIRATORY JOURNAL. 2017;4(1):1290193
Clinic continuity of care, clinical outcomes and direct costs for COPD in Sweden: a population based cohort study.
Sveréus S; Larsson K; Rehnberg C
Article: BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS. 2016;17(1):414
Linking Swedish health data registers to establish a research database and a shared decision-making tool in hip replacement
Cnudde P; Rolfson O; Nemes S; Karrholm J; Rehnberg C; Rogmark C; Timperley J; Garellick G
Article: HEALTH ECONOMICS. 2015;24:140-163
Costs and Quality at the Hospital Level in the Nordic Countries
Kittelsen SAC; Anthun KS; Goude F; Huitfeldt IMS; Hakkinen U; Kruse M; Medin E; Rehnberg C; Ratto H
Article: HEALTH ECONOMICS. 2015;24:164-177
A Window on Geographic Variation in Health Care: Insights from EuroHOPE
Heijink R; Engelfriet P; Rehnberg C; Kittelsen SAC; Hakkinen U
Article: HEALTH ECONOMICS. 2015;24:116-139
Outcome, Use of Resources and Their Relationship in the Treatment of AMI, Stroke and Hip Fracture at European Hospitals
Hakkinen U; Rosenqvist G; Iversen T; Rehnberg C; Seppala TT
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT. 2015;30(4):426-438
Coordination pays off: a comparison of two models for organizing hip fracture care, outcomes and costs
Loefgren S; Rehnberg C; Ljunggren G; Brommels M
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH. 2014;13:38
Income related inequalities in New Cooperative Medical Scheme: a five-year empirical study of Junan County in China
Yuan S; Rehnberg C; Sun X; Liu X; Meng Q
Article: HEALTH POLICY. 2014;115(2-3):172-179
Cross-country comparisons of health-care costs: The case of cancer treatment in the Nordic countries
Kalseth J; Halvorsen T; Kalseth B; Anthun KS; Peltola M; Kautiainen K; Hakkinen U; Medin E; Lundgren J; Rehnberg C; Masdottir BB; Heimisdottir M; Bjarnadottir HH; Kotlum JE; Kilsmark J; Halsteinli V
Article: JOURNAL OF PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS. 2014;43(3):281-293
Decomposing the productivity differences between hospitals in the Nordic countries
Kittelsen SAC; Winsnes BA; Anthun KS; Goude F; Hope O; Hakkinen U; Kalseth B; Kilsmark J; Medin E; Rehnberg C; Ratto H
Article: PLOS ONE. 2014;9(3):e92061
Economic Impact of Adverse Drug Events - A Retrospective Population-Based Cohort Study of 4970 Adults
Gyllensten H; Hakkarainen KM; Hagg S; Carlsten A; Petzold M; Rehnberg C; Jonsson AK
Article: HEALTH POLICY. 2013;112(1-2):80-87
International hospital productivity comparison: Experiences from the Nordic countries
Medin E; Hakkinen U; Linna M; Anthun KS; Kittelsen SAC; Rehnberg C
Article: HEALTH POLICY. 2013;112(1-2):100-109
Health care performance comparison using a disease-based approach: The EuroHOPE project
Hakkinen U; Iversen T; Peltola M; Seppala TT; Malmivaara A; Belicza E; Fattore G; Numerato D; Heijink R; Medin E; Rehnberg C
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2013;3(6):e002574
Cost of illness of patient-reported adverse drug events: a population-based cross-sectional survey
Gyllensten H; Rehnberg C; Jonsson AK; Petzold M; Carlsten A; Sundell KA
Article: APPLIED HEALTH ECONOMICS AND HEALTH POLICY. 2012;10(5):309-317
Lifetime productivity losses associated with obesity status in early adulthood: a population-based study of Swedish men.
Neovius K; Rehnberg C; Rasmussen F; Neovius M
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACY. 2012;34(4):538-546
Modelling drug-related morbidity in Sweden using an expert panel of pharmacists'
Gyllensten H; Hakkarainen KM; Jonsson AK; Sundell KA; Hagg S; Rehnberg C; Carlsten A
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS. 2011;12(6):509-519
Cost efficiency of university hospitals in the Nordic countries: a cross-country analysis
Medin E; Anthun KS; Hakkinen U; Kittelsen SAC; Linna M; Magnussen J; Olsen K; Rehnberg C
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACY. 2011;33(5):750-754
Unnecessary use of antibiotics for inpatient children with pneumonia in two counties of rural China
Liang X; Jin C; Wang L; Wei L; Tomson G; Rehnberg C; Wahlstrom R; Petzold M
Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2011;11:3
Provider performance in treating poor patients - factors influencing prescribing practices in lao PDR: a cross-sectional study
Syhakhang L; Soukaloun D; Tomson G; Petzold M; Rehnberg C; Wahlstrom R
Article: HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT SCIENCE. 2010;13(4):346-357
Measuring cost efficiency in the Nordic Hospitals-a cross-sectional comparison of public hospitals in 2002
Linna M; Hakkinen U; Peltola M; Magnussen J; Anthun KS; Kittelsen S; Roed A; Olsen K; Medin E; Rehnberg C
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY, THE. 2010;56(5):515-526
THE ECONOMIC BURDEN OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN SWEDEN
Tiainen A; Rehnberg C
Article: JOURNAL OF HEALTH, POPULATION AND NUTRITION. 2010;28(3):264-272
Calculation of Costs of Pregnancy-and Puerperium-related Care: Experience from a Hospital in a Low-income Country
Sarowar MG; Medin E; Gazi R; Koehlmoos TP; Rehnberg C; Saifi R; Bhuiya A; Khan J
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY. 2010;66(2):187-198
Regional variation and adherence to guidelines for drug treatment of asthma
Arnlind MH; Wettermark B; Nokela M; Hjemdahl P; Rehnberg C; Jonsson EW
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS. 2009;10(4):421-428
Perceived job security and sickness absence: a study on moral hazard
Khan J; Rehnberg C
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN HEALTH CARE. 2009;25(3):350-358
A cost-effectiveness analysis of a community-based diabetes prevention program in Sweden
Johansson P; Ostenson C-G; Hilding A; Andersson C; Rehnberg C; Tillgren P
Article: HEALTH PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL. 2009;24(2):177-184
Participation, resource mobilization and financial incentives in community-based health promotion: an economic evaluation perspective from Sweden
Johansson PM; Eriksson LS; Sadigh S; Rehnberg C; Tillgren PE
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH. 2009;8:2
How are individual-level social capital and poverty associated with health equity? A study from two Chinese cities
Sun X; Rehnberg C; Meng Q
Article: ADVANCES IN HEALTH ECONOMICS AND HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2009;21:133-156
Methodological challenges in evaluating health care financing equity in data-poor contexts: lessons from Ghana, South Africa and Tanzania.
Borghi J; Ataguba J; Mtei G; Akazili J; Meheus F; Rehnberg C; Di M
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2009;19(1):100-105
Statistical modelling needed to find the effects from a community-based elderly safety promotion program
Johansson PM; de Leon AP; Sadigh S; Tillgren PE; Rehnberg C
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2008;36(5):483-492
Regional variations and determinants of direct psychiatric costs in Sweden
Tiainen A; Edman G; Flyckt L; Tomson G; Rehnberg C
Article: COST EFFECTIVENESS AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION. 2008;6:11
Non-pharmaceutical prevention of hip fractures - a cost-effectiveness analysis of a community-based elderly safety promotion program in Sweden.
Johansson P; Sadigh S; Tillgren P; Rehnberg C
Article: ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY. 2008;19(3):487-495
Cost-effectiveness of HER2 testing and 1-year adjuvant trastuzumab therapy for early breast cancer
Lidgren M; Joensson B; Rehnberg C; Willking N; Bergh J
Article: ACTA ONCOLOGICA. 2008;47(6):1018-1028
Cost-effectiveness of HER2 testing and trastuzumab therapy for metastatic breast cancer
Lidgren M; Wilking N; Jonsson B; Rehnberg C
Article: QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH. 2007;16(9):1547-1553
Deteriorating health status in Stockholm 1998-2002:: results from repeated population surveys using the EQ-5D
Burstrom K; Johannesson M; Rehnberg C
Article: QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH. 2007;16(6):1073-1081
Health related quality of life in different states of breast cancer
Lidgren M; Wilking N; Jonsson B; Rehnberg C
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN HEALTH CARE. 2007;23(2):223-231
Resource use and costs associated with different states of breast cancer
Lidgren M; Wilking N; Jonsson B; Rehnberg C
Article: HEALTH POLICY. 2006;79(2-3):337-344
The costs and benefits of regulations for reimbursement of new drugs
Lundkvist J; Jonsson B; Rehnberg C
Article: JOURNAL OF ASTHMA. 2006;43(8):585-591
The relationship between pharmaceutical costs, disease severity, and health-related quality of life in asthmatics in Swedish primary care
Arnlind MH; Nokela M; Rehnberg C; Jonsson EW
Article: OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL. 2006;17(10):1459-1471
At what hip fracture risk is it cost-effective to treat?: International intervention thresholds for the treatment of osteoporosis
Borgstroem F; Johnell O; Kanis JA; Joensson B; Rehnberg C
Article: JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH POLICY AND ECONOMICS. 2006;9(2):87-98
Cost of depression in Europe
Sobocki P; Jonsson B; Angst J; Rehnberg C
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN HEALTH CARE. 2006;22(4):469-477
Model to assess the cost-effectiveness of new treatments for depression
Sobocki P; Ekman M; Agren H; Jonsson B; Rehnberg C
Article: OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL. 2006;17(5):637-650
Costs and quality of life associated with osteoporosis-related fractures in Sweden
Borgström F; Zethraeus N; Johnell O; Lidgren L; Ponzer S; Svensson O; Abdon P; Ornstein E; Lunsjö K; Thorngren KG; Sernbo I; Rehnberg C; Jönsson B
Article: MALARIA JOURNAL. 2005;4:60
The economic value of an improved malaria treatment programme in Zambia: results from a contingent valuation survey
Masiye F; Rehnberg C
Article: HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING. 2005;20(3):185-196
The impact of China's retail drug price control policy on hospital expenditures: a case study in two Shandong hospitals
Meng QY; Cheng G; Silver L; Sun XJ; Rehnberg C; Tomson G
Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2005;102(16):1264-1265
[Drug utilization decisions should be based on cost-benefit data].
Bengt J; Arvidsson G; Levin L-A; Rehnberg C
Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2005;102(11):880-881
[Drug committees should be abolished because the reality has changed].
Jönsson B; Arvidsson G; Levin L-A; Rehnberg C
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN HEALTH CARE. 2005;21(2):187-193
Cost-effectiveness of new drugs:: A systematic review of published evidence for new chemical entity drugs introduced on the Swedish market 1987-2000
Lundkvist J; Jönsson B; Rehnberg C
Article: HEALTH POLICY. 2004;68(2):197-209
The impact of urban health insurance reform on hospital charges: a case study from two cities in China
Meng QY; Rehnberg C; Zhuang N; Bian Y; Tomson G; Tang SL
Article: APPLIED ECONOMICS. 1999;31(8):935-945
The impact of internal markets on health care efficiency: evidence from health care reforms in Sweden
Gerdtham UG; Rehnberg C; Tambour M
Article: HEALTH POLICY. 1999;48(1):29-45
Association between health insurance and antibiotics prescribing in four counties in rural China
Dong HJ; Bogg L; Rehnberg C; Diwan V
Article: HEALTH ECONOMICS. 1999;8(2):151-164
Internal markets and health care efficiency:: A multiple-output stochastic frontier analysis
Gerdtham UG; Löthgren M; Tambour M; Rehnberg C
Article: SOCIAL SCIENCE AND MEDICINE. 1999;48(6):777-786
Drug policy in China: pharmaceutical distribution in rural areas
Dong HJ; Bogg L; Rehnberg C; Diwan V
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT. 1999;14(1):41-56
A description of outpatient drug use in rural China: Evidence of differences due to insurance coverage
Dong HJ; Bogg L; Wang KL; Rehnberg C; Diwan V
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN HEALTH CARE. 1999;15(4):686-698
Health financing policies - Providers' opinions and prescribing behavior in rural China
Dong HJ; Bogg L; Rehnberg C; Diwan CV
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Editorial comment: HEALTH ECONOMICS. 2015;24:1-4
Towards Explaining International Differences in Health Care Performance: Results of the EuroHOPE Project
Hakkinen U; Iversen T; Peltola M; Rehnberg C; Seppala TT
Review: DRUG SAFETY. 2012;35(3):207-219
How are the Costs of Drug-Related Morbidity Measured? A Systematic Literature Review
Gyllensten H; Jonsson AK; Rehnberg C; Carlsten A
Meeting abstract: VALUE IN HEALTH. 2006;9(6):A195
Health related quality of life in different states of breast cancer
Lidgren M; Wilking N; Joensson B; Rehnberg C
Review: HEALTH POLICY. 1999;47(2):125-144
Pharmaceutical expenditure in Sweden
Henriksson F; Hjortsberg C; Rehnberg C

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Professor, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, 2012-

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