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Astrid Louise Hanssen Wang

Astrid Louise Hanssen Wang

Position

Associate Professor

Affiliation

E-mail
astrid.wang@uib.no
Phone number
+47 41144565
+47 55589234
Visitor address
Fosswinckels gate 14
5007 Bergen
Postal address
P.O. Box 7802
NO-5020 Bergen
Norway

Astrid Louise Hanssen Wang

Position

Associate Professor

Affiliation

Research
  • Social insurance economics
  • Health economics
  • Labour economics
  • Applied microeconometrics
Teaching

ECON240 Introduction to econometrics

ECON341 Econometrics II

Econ329 Empirical labour economics

Publications
Masters thesis
Academic lecture
Report
Academic article
Doctoral dissertation
Lecture
Reader opinion piece
Interview
Feature article
Popular scientific lecture
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Popular scientific article
Non-fiction book

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

  • Inequity in the use of physician services in Norway before and after introducing patient lists in primary care. International Journal of Equity in Health, 10:25, 2011. (With Karin Monstad)
  • Inntektsulikhet og sosiale helseforskjeller. Teorier og empiri. I Haug, K., Kaarbøe, O. og T. Olsen(red): Et helsevesen uten grenser? Cappelen Akademiske Forlag, 2009. (med Karin Monstad)
  • Sosial ulikhet i fordelingen av helsetjenester - målemetoder og empiriske funn. I Haug, K., Kaarbøe, O. og T. Olsen (red): Et helsevesen uten grenser? Cappelen Akademiske Forlag, 2009. 
  • Regulation and pricing of pharmaceuticals: Reference pricing or price cap regulation? European Economic Review.2009,53, 170.185 (With Kurt R. Brekke and Tor Helge Holmås.) 
  • Return to work after comparing outpatient multidisciplinary treatment programs versus treatment in general practice for patients with chronic widespread pain. European Journal of Pain , 2006, 10, 145-152. (With Skouen, J.S. and E.M.H. Haldorsen) 
  • Does early intervention with a light mobilization program reduce long term sick leave for low back pain? A three years follow-up study. Spine, 28, 2309-2316, 2003. (with Eli Molde Hagen and Hege R. Eriksen).
  • Evaluating social policy by experimental and nonexperimental methods. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 104, 147-171, 2002. (With Espen Bratberg and Alf Erling Risa).
  • Cost-effectiveness of a light multidisciplinary treatment program compared to an extensive multidisciplinary treatment program in cronic low back pain patients on long-term sick leave. A randomized controlled study. Spine, 27, 901-909, 2002. (With J.S. Skouen, E.M.H.Haldorsen and H.Ursin).
  • Right treatment to the right patient. Comparison of ordinary treatment, light extensive treatment, and extensive multidisciplinary treatment for long-term sick listed patients with musculoskeletal pain. Pain, 95, 49-63, 2002. (With E.M. Håland Haldorsen, J.S. Skouen, A.E. Risa, K. Kronholm and H. Ursin).
  • The performance of sample selection estimators to control for attrition bias. Health Economics, 10, 2001, 385-398.
Projects

Equity in health care utilization

  • Inequity in the use of physician services in Norway. Changing patterns over time? with Karin Monstad, HEB-working paper no.11/08.

Unequal access to medical care by income in OECD countries. Publications:

  • Doorslaer, E. van, C. masseria, X. Koolman and members of the OECD Health Equity Research Group: Income related inequality in the use of medical care in 21 OECD Countries. In OECD, ed. Towards high-performing Health Systems. Policy Studies. Paris, OECD, 2004, 109-165.
  • Doorslaer van, E., Masseria, C., Koolman, X. and the OECD Health Equity Research Group: Inequalities in access to medical care by income in OECD countries. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2006, 174(2),177-83. 

Evaluation of the Norwegian retail market for pharmaceuticals. Publications:

  • Evaluering av ny apoteklov og indeksprissystemet. Rapport 17, 2003, Rokkansenteret.