
Jan Abel Olsen
Professor i helseøkonomi og helsetjenesteforskning
Stillingsbeskrivelse
Jan Abel Olsen er Professor i helseøkonomi ved Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, ved UiT Norges arktiske universitet
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Forskningsinteresser
- Prioritering: Effektivitet og rettferdighet i fordeling av helsetjenester
- Måling og verdsetting av helseforbedringer; kvalitetsjusterte leveår (QALYs)
- Ulikheter i helse
- Regional variasjon i forbruksrater av helsetjenester
Undervisning
HEL 3007 Health Economics and Policy
Medlem i forskningsgruppe
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Work address
Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, 9037 Tromsø, Norway.
Education
PhD (Dr Philos), thesis: Some methodological issues in economic evaluation in health care, University of Tromsø (1994). MSc in Economic geography (1981), MA in Economics and business administration (1979), Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).
Current positions
- Professor of health economics and health services research (since 1999), and Research Chair in the Department of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø (UiT), Norway
- Adjunct Professor (since 2010), Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Australia
- Part time researcher (since 2011), Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo
Previous positions
- 1980-81 Research associate, Department of Social Sciences, UiT
- 1982-85 Research associate, Department of Economics, UiT
- 1986-98 Associate professor, Department of Economics, UiT
- 1992-96 Adjunct Professor, Aberdeen University, Scotland
- 2004-06 Adjunct Professor, Bocconi University, Italy
- 2006-11 Adjunct Professor, University of Oslo, Norway
Research Fields
Measuring and valuing health outcomes; Efficiency vs equality trade-offs in health and healthcare; The relationship between health related quality of life (HRQoL) and subjective well-being (SWB); Tracing causes of inequalities in health and well-being; Health care financing
Books
- Olsen JA: Principles in Health Economics and Policy (2nd edition), Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2017
- Olsen JA: Helseøkonomi: Effektivitet og rettferdighet, Cappelen Akademisk Forlag, Oslo, 2006
- Dolan P, Olsen JA: Distributing health care: Economic and ethical issues, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002
Publication profile
77 peer reviewed journal articles, of which two-thirds appear in level 2 journals (similar to A and A*) in the Norwegian Scientific Index (CRIStin). In most of this published work I have played a leading role, as signaled by being sole author (11), first author (13), or last author (32). My H-index: 33.
Teaching experience
Graduate courses at universities in Australia, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Norway, Russia, Tanzania, South Africa, UK.