Ole Frithjof Norheim

Professor, Director BCEPS

Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care

Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting (BCEPS)

E-mailole.norheim@uib.no
Phone+47 55 58 61 45
Visitor Address
OVERLEGE DANIELSSENS HUS (4th floor)

Årstadveien 21

5009 Bergen

Room
444
Postal Address
Postboks 7804

5020 Bergen

Norheim is Director of Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting

Norheim’s wide-ranging research interests include theories of distributive justice, inequality in health, priority setting in health systems, and how to achieve Universal Health Coverage and the Sustainable Development Goal for health. As part of BCEPS, he leads, with Stéphane Verguet, the research project Disease Control Priorities – Ethiopia (2017-2021), funded by BMGF. He also leads Inclusive Public Health Interventions, funded by Research Council Norway.

For more, see BCEPS

Interview in Nature blogs: How has COVID-19 pandemic impacted the Sustainable Development Goals? Part 1-3:

https://www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/the-source/blog/blogposts-...

Op Eds (in Norwegian):

https://www.morgenbladet.no/author/ole-frithjof-norheim/

https://www.dagensmedisin.no/artikler/2020/12/03/bor-helsearbeidere-fa-covid-vaksinen-forst/

https://www.dagensmedisin.no/artikler/2020/09/25/rettferdig-fordeling-av-covid-vaksiner-mellom-land/

Global health (comments and editorials):

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0896-2

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-01204-6

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/369/6509/1309

https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.m4853.abstract

https://www.uib.no/en/bceps/139801/zeit-online-interview-bceps-director-...

Here are some links to my Covid-related work (in Norwegian):

FHI: https://www.fhi.no/publ/2020/rad-om-prioriterte-grupper-for-koronavaksinasjon-i-norge/

Helsedirektoratet: https://www.helsedirektoratet.no/veiledere/koronavirus/kapasitet-i-helsetjenesten/prioritering-av-helsehjelp-i-norge-under-covid-19-pandemien/prioritering-av-intensivbehandling-ved-kapasitetsbrist

H-index: 48 Publons

Publications listed in Pubmed

Profile on Google Scholar

Books and reports (not listed in Pubmed).

Norheim, Ole F.; Emanuel, Ezekiel J.; Millum, Joseph (eds). Global Health Priority-Setting: Beyond Cost-Effectiveness. Oxford University Press; 2020.

Cookson, Richard; Griffin, Susan; Norheim, Ole F.; Culyer, Anthony (eds). Distributional cost-effectiveness analysis: quantifying health equity impacts and trade-offs. Oxford University Press; 2020.

Eyal N, Hurst S, Norheim OF, Wikler D, (eds). Inequalities in health: concepts, measures, and ethics. New York: Oxford University Press; 2013.

Norheim OF (Chair), Allgott B, Aschim B, Førde R, Gjul GK, Gundersen T, Kakad M, Kjellevold A, Kvinnsland S, Melberg HO, Moen A, Mæland Ø, Olsen JA, Sjøli S. Åpent og rettferdig - prioriteringer i helsetjenesten [Open and fair - priorities in the Norwegian healthcare services – in Norwegian]. Norges Offentlige Utredninger, NOU 14: 12.

Ottersen T, Norheim OF (Chair), Bona M Chitah BM, Cookson R, Daniels N, Defaye FB et al. Making fair choices on the path to universal health coverage. Final report of the WHO Consultative Group on Equity and Universal Health Coverage. Geneva: World Health Organization 2014.

Publications in CRIStin (Library database)

Academic article

Show author(s) (2023). Fair pathways to net-zero healthcare. Nature Medicine. 1078-1084.
Show author(s) (2023). Cost-effectiveness of running a paediatric oncology unit in Ethiopia. BMJ Open. 10 pages.

Show author(s) (2022). The magnitude and perceived reasons for childhood cancer treatment abandonment in Ethiopia: from health care providers’ perspective. BMC Health Services Research.
Show author(s) (2022). The global temperature-related mortality impact of earlier decarbonization for the Australian health sector and economy: A modelling study. PLOS ONE. 10 pages.
Show author(s) (2022). Public participation: healthcare rationing in the newspaper media. BMC Health Services Research.
Show author(s) (2022). Effect of kangaroo mother care initiated in community settings on financial risk protection of low-income households: a randomised controlled trial in Haryana, India. BMJ Global Health. 1-9.
Show author(s) (2022). Changes in life expectancy and disease burden in Norway, 1990–2019: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Public Health. e593-e605.
Show author(s) (2022). Appraising Drugs Based on Cost-effectiveness and Severity of Disease in Norwegian Drug Coverage Decisions. JAMA Network Open. 9 pages.

Show author(s) (2021). Toward Universal Health Coverage in the post-COVID-19 era. Nature Medicine. Nature Medicine.
Show author(s) (2021). Public health priority setting: A case for priority to the worse off in well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Etikk i praksis. 5-15.
Show author(s) (2021). Prioritizing health-sector interventions for noncommunicable diseases and injuries in low- And lower-middle income countries: national ncdi poverty commissions. Global Health: Science and Practice (GHSP). 626-639.
Show author(s) (2021). Precision medicine and the principle of equal treatment: a conjoint analysis. BMC Medical Ethics. 9 pages.
Show author(s) (2021). On the Ethics of Vaccine Nationalism: The Case for the Fair Priority for Residents Framework. Ethics and International Affairs.
Show author(s) (2021). Is universal health coverage affordable? Estimated costs and fiscal space analysis for the Ethiopian Essential Health Services Package . Health Systems & Reform.
Show author(s) (2021). Health equity impact of community-initiated kangaroo mother care: a randomized controlled trial. International Journal for Equity in Health. 8 pages.
Show author(s) (2021). Generalised cost-effectiveness analysis of 159 health interventions for the Ethiopian essential health service package. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation.
Show author(s) (2021). Estimating and Comparing Health and Financial Risk Protection Outcomes in Economic Evaluations. Value in Health. 238-246.
Show author(s) (2021). Equity in Public Health Spending in Ethiopia: Benefit Incidence Analysis. Health Policy and Planning. i4-i13.
Show author(s) (2021). Cycle-network expansion plan in Oslo: Modeling cost-effectiveness analysis and health equity impact. Health Economics. 3220-3235.
Show author(s) (2021). Cost-Effectiveness of Saxagliptin Compared With Glibenclamide as a Second-Line Therapy Added to Metformin for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Ethiopia. Medical Decision Making Policy & Practice. 12 pages.
Show author(s) (2021). Contextualization of cost-effectiveness evidence from literature for 382 health interventions for the Ethiopian essential health services package revision. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation. 10 pages.

Show author(s) (2020). The devils in the DALY: Prevailing evaluative assumptions. Public Health Ethics. 259-274.
Show author(s) (2020). Revision of the Ethiopian Essential Health Service Package: An Explication of the Process and Methods Used. Health Systems & Reform. 12 pages.
Show author(s) (2020). Mapping geographical inequalities in access to drinking water and sanitation facilities in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–17. The Lancet Global Health. 1162-1185.
Show author(s) (2020). Is cycle network expansion cost-effective? A health economic evaluation of cycling in Oslo . BMC Public Health. 11 pages.
Show author(s) (2020). Five insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet. 1135-1159.
Show author(s) (2020). An ethical framework for global vaccine allocation. Science. 1309-1312.

Show author(s) (2019). Priority setting on the path to UHC: Time for stronger institutions and stronger health systems: Response to recent commentaries. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 511-513.
Show author(s) (2019). Financial risk protection at the bedside: How Ethiopian physicians try to minimize out-of-pocket health expenditures. PLOS ONE. 1-16.

Show author(s) (2018). Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet. 1789-1858.
Show author(s) (2018). Allocating external financing for health: A discrete choice experiment of stakeholder preferences. Health Policy and Planning. i24-i30.

Show author(s) (2017). When is a randomised controlled trial health equity relevant? Development and validation of a conceptual framework. BMJ Open. 9 pages.
Show author(s) (2017). Using cost-effectiveness analysis to address health equity concerns. Value in Health. 206-212.
Show author(s) (2017). Universal health coverage, priority setting, and the human right to health. The Lancet. 2 pages.
Show author(s) (2017). Three case studies in making fair choices on the path to universal health coverage. Health and Human Rights: An International Journal. 11-22.
Show author(s) (2017). The disvalue of death in the global burden of disease. Journal of Medical Ethics. 192-198.
Show author(s) (2017). Progressive realisation of universal health coverage: What are the required processes and evidence? BMJ Global Health.
Show author(s) (2017). Out-of-pocket expenditures for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease in general and specialised cardiac hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional cohort study. BMJ Global Health.
Show author(s) (2017). Measuring progress and projecting attainment on the basis of past trends of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. The Lancet. 1423-1459.
Show author(s) (2017). Making fair choices on the path to universal health coverage: Applying principles to difficult cases. Health Systems & Reform. 301-312.
Show author(s) (2017). Is the sustainable development goal target for financial risk protection in health realistic? BMJ Global Health.
Show author(s) (2017). Increased risk of peripartum perinatal mortality in unplanned births outside an institution: a retrospective population-based study. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 210.e1-210.e12.
Show author(s) (2017). Impact of community-initiated Kangaroo Mother Care on survival of low birth weight infants: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 1-10.
Show author(s) (2017). Household expenditures on pneumonia and diarrhea treatment in Ethiopia: a facility-based study. BMJ Global Health.
Show author(s) (2017). Healthcare Access and Quality Index based on mortality from causes amenable to personal health care in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2015: a novel analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet. 231-266.
Show author(s) (2017). Global, regional, and national under-5 mortality, adult mortality, age-specific mortality, and life expectancy, 1970-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. The Lancet. 1084-1150.
Show author(s) (2017). Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. The Lancet. 1260-1344.
Show author(s) (2017). Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. The Lancet. 1345-1422.
Show author(s) (2017). Global Health Inequality: Comparing Inequality-Adjusted Life Expectancy over Time. Public Health Ethics. 188-211.
Show author(s) (2017). Etikkarbeid i lavinntektsland: Etiopia som eksempel (Ethics capacity building in low income countries: Ethiopia as a case). Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening.
Show author(s) (2017). Economic losses and burden of disease by medical conditions in Norway. Health Policy. 691-698.
Show author(s) (2017). Distribution-Weighted Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Using Lifetime Health Loss. PharmacoEconomics (Auckland). 965-974.
Show author(s) (2017). Costs and expected gain in lifetime health from intensive care versus general ward care of 30,712 individual patients: A distribution-weighted cost-effectiveness analysis. Critical Care. 1-13.
Show author(s) (2017). Cost-effectiveness analysis of population-based tobacco control strategies in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases in Tanzania. PLOS ONE. 1-20.

Show author(s) (2016). Three case studies in making fair choices on the path to universal health coverage. Health and Human Rights: An International Journal. 11-22.
Show author(s) (2016). Response to our critics. Health Economics, Policy and Law. 103-111.
Show author(s) (2016). Prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease in Ethiopia: A cost-effectiveness analysis. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation. 1-14.
Show author(s) (2016). Norwegian priority setting in practice - An analysis of waiting time patterns across medical disciplines. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 373-378.
Show author(s) (2016). Making fair choices on the path to universal health coverage: a précis. Health Economics, Policy and Law. 71-77.
Show author(s) (2016). Inequalities in utilization of maternal and child health services in Ethiopia: The role of primary health care. BMC Health Services Research. 8 pages.
Show author(s) (2016). Impact of a peer-counseling intervention on breastfeeding practices in different socioeconomic strata: results from the equity analysis of the PROMISE-EBF trial in Uganda. Global health action.
Show author(s) (2016). Global, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet. 1725-1774.
Show author(s) (2016). Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet. 1459-1544.
Show author(s) (2016). Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet. 1775-1812.
Show author(s) (2016). Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet. 1545-1602.
Show author(s) (2016). Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet. 1603-1658.
Show author(s) (2016). Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet. 1659-1724.
Show author(s) (2016). Ethical priority setting for universal health coverage: challenges in deciding upon fair distribution of health services. BMC Medicine.
Show author(s) (2016). Estimates of global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and mortality of HIV, 1980–2015: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet HIV. e361-e387.
Show author(s) (2016). Equity impact analysis of medical approaches to cardiovascular diseases prevention in Tanzania. Social Science and Medicine. 208-217.
Show author(s) (2016). Cost-effectiveness of medical primary prevention strategies to reduce absolute risk of cardiovascular disease in Tanzania: A Markov modelling study. BMC Health Services Research.
Show author(s) (2016). Budget impact analysis of using dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine to treat uncomplicated malaria in children in Tanzania. PharmacoEconomics (Auckland). 303-314.
Show author(s) (2016). Assessing the burden of medical impoverishment by cause: A systematic breakdown by disease in Ethiopia. BMC Medicine. 1-11.
Show author(s) (2016). A new proposal for priority setting in Norway: Open and fair. Health Policy. 246-251.

Show author(s) (2015). Unexplained health inequality - Is it unfair? International Journal for Equity in Health.
Show author(s) (2015). Towards universal health coverage for reproductive health services in Ethiopia: Two policy recommendations. International Journal for Equity in Health.
Show author(s) (2015). Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. The Lancet. 743-800.
Show author(s) (2015). Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013: quantifying the epidemiological transition. The Lancet. 2145-2191.
Show author(s) (2015). Economic cost of primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases in Tanzania. Health Policy and Planning. 875-884.
Show author(s) (2015). Cost-effectiveness of live oral attenuated human rotavirus vaccine in Tanzania. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation. 1-12.
Show author(s) (2015). Avoiding 40% of the premature deaths in each country, 2010-30: Review of national mortality trends to help quantify the UN Sustainable Development Goal for health. The Lancet. 239-252.

Show author(s) (2014). Work participation among the morbidly obese seeking bariatric surgery: an exploratory study from Norway. Obesity Surgery. 271-278.
Show author(s) (2014). Valuing vaccines using value of statistical life measures. Vaccine. 5065-5070.
Show author(s) (2014). Understanding inequalities in child health in Ethiopia: Health achievements are improving in the period 2000-2011. PLOS ONE.
Show author(s) (2014). The role of evidence in the decision-making process of selecting essential medicines in developing countries: the case of Tanzania. PLOS ONE. 10 pages.
Show author(s) (2014). Taking equality seriously: Applying human rights frameworks to priority setting in health. Human Rights Quarterly. 296-324.
Show author(s) (2014). Maternal and neonatal mortality in south-west ethiopia: Estimates and socio-economic inequality. PLOS ONE.
Show author(s) (2014). Making use of equity sensitive QALYs: A case study on identifying the worse off across diseases. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation.
Show author(s) (2014). Making fair choices on the path to universal health coverage: A précis. Health Economics, Policy and Law. 71-77.
Show author(s) (2014). Lifetime QALY prioritarianism in priority setting: Quantification of the inherent trade-off. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation.
Show author(s) (2014). Implementation of transcatheter aortic valve insertion (TAVI) in clinical practice: An ethical analysis. Clinical Ethics. 96-103.
Show author(s) (2014). Health rights litigation and access to medicines: Priority classification of successful cases from Costa Rica’s constitutional chamber of the supreme court. Health and Human Rights: An International Journal. 47-61.
Show author(s) (2014). Guidance on priority setting in health care (GPS-Health): The inclusion of equity criteria not captured by cost-effectiveness analysis. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation. 8 pages.
Show author(s) (2014). Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. The Lancet. 980-1004.
Show author(s) (2014). Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during 1990—2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. The Lancet. 1005-1070.
Show author(s) (2014). Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. The Lancet. 117-171.
Show author(s) (2014). Disease control priorities for neglected tropical diseases: lessons from priority ranking based on the quality of evidence, cost effectiveness, severity of disease, catastrophic health expenditures, and loss of productivity. Developing World Bioethics. 132-141.
Show author(s) (2014). Cost-effectiveness of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine compared with artemether-lumefantrine for treating uncomplicated malaria in children at a district hospital in Tanzania. Malaria Journal.
Show author(s) (2014). Availability and access in modern obstetric care: a retrospective population-based study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 290-299.
Show author(s) (2014). Annual rates of decline in child, maternal, HIV, and tuberculosis mortality across 109 countries of low and middle income from 1990 to 2013: An assessment of the feasibility of post-2015 goals. The Lancet Global Health. e698-e709.
Show author(s) (2014). A three-stage approach to measuring health inequalities and inequities . International Journal for Equity in Health.
Show author(s) (2014). A grand convergence in mortality is possible: comment on Global Health 2035. International Journal of Health Policy and Management.

Show author(s) (2013). Health inequalities in Ethiopia: modeling inequalities in length of life within and between population groups. International Journal for Equity in Health. 8 pages.
Show author(s) (2013). Balancing efficiency, equity and feasibility of HIV treatment in South Africa – development of programmatic guidance. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation.

Show author(s) (2012). When you can't have the cake and eat it too. A study of medical doctors' priorities in complex choice situations. Social Science and Medicine. 1964-1973.
Show author(s) (2012). Prioritizing child health interventions in Ethiopia: modeling impact on child mortality, life expectancy and inequality in age at death. PLOS ONE. 9 pages.
Show author(s) (2012). Medisinske metodevurderinger (HTA) for bedre prioriteringer av helsetjenester. Michael Quarterly. 174-182.
Show author(s) (2012). Choice of generic antihypertensive drugs for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease - A cost-effectiveness analysis. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 12 pages.
Show author(s) (2012). Challenges to fair decision-making processes in the context of health care services: a qualitative assessment from Tanzania. International Journal for Equity in Health. 12 pages.
Show author(s) (2012). Addressing inequity to achieve the maternal and child health millennium development goals: looking beyond averages. BMC Public Health. 7 pages.
Show author(s) (2012). A universal preference for equality in health? Reasons to reconsider properties of applied social welfare functions. Social Science and Medicine. 1836-1843.

Show author(s) (2011). Problems With Prioritization: Exploring Ethical Solutions to Inequalities in HIV Care. American Journal of Bioethics. 32-40.
Show author(s) (2011). MAPPING OUT STRUCTURAL FEATURES IN CLINICAL CARE CALLING FOR ETHICAL SENSITIVITY: A THEORETICAL APPROACH TO PROMOTE ETHICAL COMPETENCE IN HEALTHCARE PERSONNEL AND CLINICAL ETHICAL SUPPORT SERVICES (CESS). Bioethics. 394-402.
Show author(s) (2011). Incorporating concerns for equal lifetime health in evaluations of public health programs. Social Science and Medicine. 1711-1716.
Show author(s) (2011). HIV priorities and health distributions in a rural region in Tanzania: a qualitative study. Journal of Medical Ethics. 221-226.
Show author(s) (2011). Equity implications of coverage and use of insecticide treated nets distributed for free or with co-payment in two districts in Tanzania: A cross-sectional comparative household survey. International Journal for Equity in Health. 8 pages.

Show author(s) (2010). Global helseprioritering. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.).
Show author(s) (2010). Gini Impact Analysis: Measuring Pure Health Inequity Before and After Interventions. Public Health Ethics. 282-292.
Show author(s) (2010). Further benefits by early start of HIV treatment in low income countries: survival estimates of early versus deferred antiretroviral therapy. AIDS research and therapy.
Show author(s) (2010). End-of-life decisions as bedside rationing. An ethical analysis of life support restrictions in an Indian neonatal unit. Journal of Medical Ethics. 473-478.
Show author(s) (2010). Disability compensation and responsibility. Politics, Philosophy and Economics. 411-427.
Show author(s) (2010). Disability compensation and responsibility. Politics, Philosophy and Economics. 411-427.

Show author(s) (2009). The ideal of equal health revisited: definitions and measures of inequity in health should be better integrated with theories of distributive justice. International Journal for Equity in Health. 9 pages.
Show author(s) (2009). Is the selection of patients for anti-retroviral treatment in Uganda fair? A qualitative study. Health Policy. 33-42.
Show author(s) (2009). Impact of Ethics and Economics on End-of-Life Decisions in an Indian Neonatal Unit. Pediatrics. E322-E328.
Show author(s) (2009). Høykostnadsmedisin - mangler vi åpne og legitime prosedyrer for prioritering? Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 17-20.
Show author(s) (2009). Fairness and accountability for reasonableness. Do the views of priority setting decision makers differ across health systems and levels of decision making? Social Science and Medicine. 766-773.
Show author(s) (2009). Eliciting people's preferences for the distribution of health: A procedure for a more precise estimation of distributional weights. Journal of Health Economics. 570-577.
Show author(s) (2009). A note on Brock: prioritarianism, egalitarianism and the distribution of life years. Journal of Medical Ethics. 565-569.

Show author(s) (2008). Variation in practice: A questionnaire survey of how congruence in attitudes between doctors and patients influences referral decisions. Medical decision making. 262-268.
Show author(s) (2008). Seguro Popular - en helsereform for de fattigste. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 1860-1863.
Show author(s) (2008). National HIV treatment guidelines in Tanzania and Ethiopia: are they legitimate rationing tools? Journal of Medical Ethics. 478-483.
Show author(s) (2008). Genomics and equal opportunity ethics. Journal of Medical Ethics. 361-364.
Show author(s) (2008). Genomics and equal opportunity ethics. Journal of Medical Ethics. 361-364.
Show author(s) (2008). Etiske valg ved medisinsk nytteløs behandling. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 2185-2189.
Show author(s) (2008). Distribution matters: Equity considerations among health planners in Tanzania. Health Policy. 218-227.
Show author(s) (2008). Clinical priority setting. BMJ. British Medical Journal.
Show author(s) (2008). "What lies beneath it all?" - an interview study of GPs' attitudes to the use of guidelines. BMC Health Services Research.

Show author(s) (2007). Priority setting at the micro-, meso- and macro-levels in Canada, Norway and Uganda. Health Policy. 78-94.
Show author(s) (2007). Physicians' use of guidelines and attitudes to withholding and withdrawing treatment for extremely premature neonates in Norway. Acta Paediatrica. 825-829.
Show author(s) (2007). Livsforlengende behandling - analyse av to kasuistikker. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 878-881.
Show author(s) (2007). Cost-effectiveness of medical interventions to prevent cardiovascular disease in a sub-Saharan African country - the case of Tanzania. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation.
Show author(s) (2007). Combining evidence and values in priority setting: testing the balance sheet method in a low-income country. BMC Health Services Research.

Show author(s) (2006). Responsibility, fairness and rationing in health care. Health Policy. 312-319.
Show author(s) (2006). Responsibility, fairness and rationing in health care. Health Policy. 312-319.
Show author(s) (2006). My job is to keep him alive, but what about his brother and sister? How Indian doctors experience ethical dilemmas in neonatal medicine. Developing World Bioethics. 23-32.

Show author(s) (2005). “Saying no is no easy matter”. A qualitative study of competing concerns in rationing decisions in general practice. BMC Health Services Research. 19 pages.
Show author(s) (2005). Rights to specialized health care in Norway: a normative perspective. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics (JLME). 641-649.
Show author(s) (2005). Responsibility in health care: a liberal egalitarian approach. Journal of Medical Ethics. 476-480.
Show author(s) (2005). Responsibility in health care: a liberal egalitarian approach. Journal of Medical Ethics. 476-480.
Show author(s) (2005). Hva hindrer åpenhet om prioriteringer? Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning. 73-80.
Show author(s) (2005). Human resources for emergency obstetric care in northern Tanzania: distribution of quantity or quality? Human Resources for Health. 12 pages.
Show author(s) (2005). Availability, distribution and use of emergency obstetric care in northern Tanzania. Health Policy and Planning. 167-175.

Show author(s) (2004). Is cost-effectiveness analysis preferred to severity of disease as the main guiding principle in priority setting in resource poor settings? The case of Uganda. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation.
Show author(s) (2004). Hvordan påvirker fastlegeordningen legens skjønnsmessige<BR/>avgjørelser? Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning. 33-47.
Show author(s) (2004). Criteria for priority-setting in health care in Uganda: exploration of stakeholders' values. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 172-179.
Show author(s) (2004). Complicated deliveries, critical care and quality in emergency obstetric care in Northern Tanzania. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 98-108.

Show author(s) (2003). Using burden of disease information for health planning in developing countries: the experience from Uganda. Social Science and Medicine. 2433-2441.
Show author(s) (2003). The relationship between prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV and stakeholder decision making in Uganda: Implications for health policy. Health Policy. 199-211.
Show author(s) (2003). Public participation in health planning and priority setting at the district level in Uganda. Health Policy and Planning. 205-213.
Show author(s) (2003). Introduction of the Patient-list System in General Practice: Changes in Norwegian Physicians Perception of their Gatekeeper Role. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care. 209-213.

Show author(s) (2002). Whose priorities count? Comparison of community-identified health problems and Burden-of-Disease-assessed health priorities in a district in Uganda. Health Expectations. 55-62.

Show author(s) (2001). New guidelines for priority setting in Norway: Are they applicable for the evaluation of new health care services? Health Policy. 65-79.
Show author(s) (2001). Kunnskap må kombineres med verdier ved beslutninger under usikkerhet. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 1387-1390.

Show author(s) (2000). Limiting access to allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in five European countries: what can we learn about implicit rationing? Health Policy. 149-156.
Show author(s) (2000). Limiting access to allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in five European countries: what can we learn about implicit rationing? Health Policy. 149-156.
Show author(s) (2000). Legen - den enøyde samaritan? Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 1207-1209.
Show author(s) (2000). Legen - den enøyde samaritan? Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 1207-1209.
Show author(s) (2000). Alendronat også til kvinner uten etablert osteoporose? Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 1347-1351.
Show author(s) (2000). Alendronat også til kvinner uten etablert osteoporose? Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 1347-1351.

Show author(s) (1999). Access to Health Care in the Scandinavian Countries: Ethical Aspects. Health Care Analysis. 321-330.

Academic lecture

Show author(s) (2018). Prioritering og folkehelse.
Show author(s) (2018). Prioritering mellom folkehelsetiltak.
Show author(s) (2018). Inkluderende evaluering av folkehelsetiltak.

Show author(s) (2008). Burden of disease among the poor in Tanzania. Rights, priorities and implementation.

Show author(s) (2007). ART in Africa does not lead to improved equity in health.
Show author(s) (2007). ART in Africa does not lead to improved equity in health.

Show author(s) (2003). Introduction of the patient-list system in general practice: Changes in Norwegian physicians perception of their gatekeeper role.

Show author(s) (2002). The cost-effectiveness of selected interventions targeting major source of burden of disease in Tanzania.

Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

Show author(s) (2019). Global Health Priority-Setting: Beyond Cost-Effectiveness . Oxford University Press.

Show author(s) (2017). Cancer Biomarkers: Ethics, Economics and Society. Megaloceros Press.

Show author(s) (2013). Inequalities in health: concepts, measures, and ethics. Oxford University Press.
Show author(s) (2013). Consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing hiv infection. Recommendations for a public health approach. World Health Organization.

Abstract

Show author(s) (2021). How much health can a ton of carbon buy? Tropical medicine & international health.

Show author(s) (2013). Availability and access in modern obstetric care: a retrospective population-based cohort study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 412-413.

Show author(s) (2009). INCORPORATING EQUITY IN COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. Value in Health. A230-A230.

Academic literature review

Show author(s) (2023). Country readiness and prerequisites for successful design and transition to implementation of essential packages of health services: Experience from six countries. BMJ Global Health.

Show author(s) (2022). Addressing the Impact of Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries (NCDIs) in Ethiopia: Findings and Recommendations from the Ethiopia NCDI Commission. Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences. 161-180.

Show author(s) (2021). What are the obligations of pharmaceutical companies in a global health emergency? The Lancet. 1015-1020.
Show author(s) (2021). Institutional and behaviour-change interventions to support COVID-19 public health measures: A review by the Lancet Commission Task Force on public health measures to suppress the pandemic. International Health. 399-409.

Show author(s) (2020). The burden of household out-of-pocket health expenditures in Ethiopia: estimates from a nationally representative survey (2015–16). Health Policy and Planning. 1003-1010.
Show author(s) (2020). Protecting essential health services in low-income and middle-income countries and humanitarian settings while responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Global Health. 1-9.

Show author(s) (2019). Health system modelling research: towards a whole-health-system perspective for identifying good value for money investments in health system strengthening. BMJ Global Health. 1-5.

Show author(s) (2018). How can MCDA tools improve priority setting? Four critical questions. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation. 1-3.
Show author(s) (2018). High-quality health systems in the Sustainable Development Goals era: time for a revolution. The Lancet Global Health. e1196-e1252.

Show author(s) (2017). Universal health coverage and intersectoral action for health: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition. The Lancet. 1108-1120.

Show author(s) (2015). Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. The Lancet. 2287-2323.
Show author(s) (2015). A survey of Ethiopian physicians’ experiences of bedside rationing: extensive resource scarcity, tough decisions and adverse consequences. BMC Health Services Research. 1-8.

Show author(s) (2012). Comparative effectiveness of antihypertensive medication of primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: Systematic review and multiple treatments meta-analysis. BMC Medicine.
Show author(s) (2012). Can cost-effictiveness analysis integrate concerns for equity? Systematic review. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 125-132.

More information in national current research information system (CRIStin)

Ole F. Norheim is a physician and Professor of Medical Ethics, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen and Director of Bergen Center for Ethics and Priority Setting (BCEPS) at UiB.

He is also Adjunct Professor of Global Health at the Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health (2015-2025) and Head of the Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board (2019-2023). He chairs WHO's Technical Advisory Group on Health Benefit Packages (2019-21). Elected member of Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in 2021.

Norheim chaired the World Health Organization’s Consultative Group on Equity and Universal Health Coverage (2012-2014) and the third Norwegian National Committee on Priority Setting in Health Care (2013-2014).

Elected member of Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in 2021

UiB Medical Faculty Communications Prize 2020

UiB Medical Faculty Research Group of the Year 2018

UiB Medical Faculty Publication of the Year 2015 (link to paper)

Fields of competence

Bioethics

Global health

Global health priorities

Health Care Economics and Priority Setting

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