• Health economics
• Incentive theory
• Evolutionary game theory (former)

Academic article

• Ndumwa, Harrieth Peter; Mori, Amani Thomas; Ruhago, Georg Mugambage et al. (2024). Cost analysis for initiating an integrated package of essential non-communicable disease interventions (PEN-Plus) in Kondoa District Hospital, Tanzania: a time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) study protocol. (external link)
• Ge, Ge; Iversen, Tor; Kaarbøe, Oddvar Martin et al. (2024). Impacts of Norway's extended free choice reform on waiting times and hospital visits. (external link)
• Aars, Ole Kristian; Godager, Geir; Kaarbøe, Oddvar Martin et al. (2024). Sending emails to reduce medical costs? The effect of feedback on general practitioners’ claiming of fees. (external link)
• Holmås, Tor Helge; Kaarbøe, Oddvar Martin (2023). Hvilke forhold påvirker om en henvisning til BUP avvises?. (external link)
• Aars, Ole Kristian; Kaarbøe, Oddvar Martin (2023). GP Recruitment and retention in the Nordic countries. (external link)
• Holmen, Ida; Waibel, Sina; Kaarbøe, Oddvar Martin (2023). Emerging integrated care models for children and youth with mental health difficulties in Norway: a horizon scanning study. (external link)
• Frich, Jan C; Bratholm, Clara Sofie; Ravnestad, Håvard et al. (2022). Medical leadership development during the COVID-19 pandemic. (external link)
• Kaarbøe, Oddvar Martin; Siciliani, Luigi (2022). Contracts for primary and secondary care physicians and equity-efficiency trade-offs. (external link)
• Diaz Perez, Esperanza; Mamelund, Svenn-Erik; Eid, Jarle et al. (2021). Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic among migrants: An innovative, system-level, interdisciplinary approach is needed to improve public health . (external link)
• Holmås, Tor Helge; Kaarbøe, Oddvar Martin (2021). Hvilke faktorer påvirker bruken av ordningen med fritt behandlingsvalg?. (external link)

Report

• Aars, Ole Kristian; Godager, Geir; Kaarbøe, Oddvar Martin et al. (2022). Sending emails to reduce medical costs? The effect of feedback on general practitioners’ claiming of fees. (external link)
• Kaarbøe, Oddvar Martin; Holmås, Tor Helge; Carlsen, Fredrik (2022). Socioeconomic Gradients in Waiting Time for Hospital Admissions. (external link)
• Kaarbøe, Oddvar Martin; Lindén, Tord Skogedal; Ervik, Rune et al. (2021). Evaluering av fritt behandlingsvalg. (external link)

Academic lecture

• Ge, Ge; Iversen, Tor; Kaarbøe, Oddvar Martin et al. (2022). The impacts of Norway’s extended free choice reform. (external link)
• Ge, Ge; Iversen, Tor; Kaarbøe, Oddvar Martin et al. (2022). The impacts of Norway’s extended free choice reform. (external link)
• Ge, Ge; Iversen, Tor; Kaarbøe, Oddvar Martin et al. (2022). The impacts of Norway’s extended free choice reform. (external link)
• Ge, Ge; Iversen, Tor; Kaarbøe, Oddvar Martin et al. (2022). The impacts of Norway’s extended free choice reform. (external link)
• Kaarbøe, Oddvar Martin; Siciliani, Luigi (2021). Contracts for primary and secondary care physicians and equity-efficiency trade-offs. (external link)

Lecture

• Kaarbøe, Oddvar Martin; Holter, Marianne Therese Smogeli; Linden, Tord Skogedal (2021). Fritt behandlingsvalg – presentasjon av de viktigste resultatene fra evalueringen . (external link)

Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

• Aas, Eline; Iversen, Tor; Kaarbøe, Oddvar Martin (2021). The Economic Sustainability of the Norwegian Healthcare System. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

Publications (reviewed) (Publications in Norwegian, below)

Carlsen, Fredrik, Tor Helge Holmål, Oddvar Kaarboe, 2024. Aggregation Bias and Socioeconomic Gradients in Waiting Time for Hospital Admissions. Health Economics, forthcoming. 

Aars, Ole Kristian, Geir Godager, Oddvar Kaarboe, Tron Anders Moger, 2024. Sending Emails to Reduce Medical Costs? The Effect of Feedback on General Practitioners’ Claiming of Fees. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics 109, 102178. 

GeGe, Tor Iversen, Oddvar Kaarboe and Øyvind Snilsberg. 2024. Impacts of Norway's Extended Free Choice Reform on Waiting Times and Hospital Visits. Health Economics, 33:779–803.

Holmen, Ida Charlotte, Sina Waibel and Oddvar Kaarboe. 2023. "Emerging Integrated Care Models for Children and Youth with Mental Health Difficulties in Norway: A Horizon Scanning Study." BMC Health Services Research, 23:860.

Kaarboe, Oddvar and Luigi Siciliani. 2023. "Contracts for Primary and Secondary Care Physicians and Equity-Efficiency Trade-Offs." Journal of Health Economics, 87.

Aars, Ole Kristian and Oddvar Kaarboe. 2022. "GP Recruitment and Retention in the Nordic Countries." Nordic Journal of Health Economics, forthcoming.

Frich, Jan, Clara Bratholm, Håvard Ravnestad, Morten L Friberg, Christer Mjåset, and Oddvar Kaarboe. 2022. "Medical Leadership Development During the COVID-19 Pandemic." BMJ Leader, 6:316-318.

Yahoma, Bernice, Oddvar Kaarboe, Inger Lise Teig. 2021. Barriers for mHealth Adoption in the Health Care Sector of Ghana. Tropical Medicine & International Health.

Holmås, Tor Helge and Oddvar Kaarboe. 2021. “Hvilke faktorer påvirker bruken av ordningen med fritt behandlingsvalg?” Samfunnsøkonomen, 6, 33-42.

Diaz, Esperanza, Svenn-Eirik Mamelund, Jarle Eid, Henriette Sinding Aasen, Oddvar Kaarboe, Rebecca Jane Cox Brokstad, Siri Gloppen, Anders Beyer, Bernadette Nirmal Kumar. 2021. “Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic among migrants: An innovative, system-level, interdisciplinary approach is needed to improve public health”. Scand. J. Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948211019795

Aas, Eline, Tor Iversen, Oddvar Kaarboe. 2021. “The Economic Sustainability of the Norwegian Healthcare System”. In Baltagi, B.H., Moscone, F. (Eds.). Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 81–101. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0573-855520210000295010

Hehenkamp, Burkhard, and Oddvar Kaarboe. 2020. “Location Choice and Quality Competition in Mixed Hospital Markets.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2020.06.026.

Tynkkynen, Liina Kaisa, Nina Alexandersen, Oddvar Kaarboe, Anders Anell, Juhani Lehto, and Karsten Vrangbӕk. 2018. “Development of Voluntary Private Health Insurance in Nordic Countries – An Exploratory Study on Country-Specific Contextual Factors.” Health Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2018.03.008.

Islam, M. Kamrul, Sherman Folland, and Oddvar Kaarboe. 2018. “Social Capital and Types of Illness: Where Is It Most Effective?” In Elgar Companion to Social Capital and Health. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785360718.00017.

Kaarboe, Oddvar, and Fredrik Carlsen. 2017. “Socioeconomic Status and Children’s Need for Hospital Services. Implications for Need-Based Resource Allocation Models.” Nordic Journal of Health Economics. https://doi.org/10.5617/njhe.3581.

Islam, M. Kamrul, Sherman Folland, and Oddvar Kaarboe. 2017. “Social Capital and Cigarette Smoking: New Empirics Featuring the Norwegian HUNT Data.” Economics and Human Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2017.04.003.

Januleviciute, Jurgita, Jan Erik Askildsen, Oddvar Kaarboe, Luigi Siciliani, and Matt Sutton. 2016. “How Do Hospitals Respond to Price Changes? Evidence from Norway.” Health Economics. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.3179.

Lyttkens, Carl Hampus, Terkel Christiansen, Unto Häkkinen, Oddvar Kaarboe, Matt Sutton, and Anna Welander. 2016. “The Core of the Nordic Health Care System Is Not Empty.” Nordic Journal of Health Economics. https://doi.org/10.5617/njhe.2848.

Alexandersen, Nina, Anders Anell, Oddvar Kaarboe, Juhani S Lehto, Liina-Kaisa Tynkkynen, and Karsten Vrangbaek. 2016. “The Development of Voluntary Private Health Insurance in the Nordic Countries.” Nordic Journal of Health Economics. https://doi.org/10.5617/njhe.2718.

Carlsen, Fredrik, and Oddvar Kaarboe. 2015. “The Relationship between Educational Attainment and Waiting Time among the Elderly in Norway.” Health Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2015.09.013.

Kaarboe, Oddvar, and Fredrik Carlsen. 2014. “Waiting Times and Socioeconomic Status. Evidence from Norway.” Health Economics. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.2904.

Folland, Sherman, Oddvar Kaarboe, and Kamrul Islam. 2014. “Chapter 3: How Do We Invest in Social Capital? An Exploration of an Economic Model of Social Capital and Health.” In The Economics of Social Capital and Health. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814293402_0003.

Januleviciute, Jurgita, Jan Erik Askildsen, Oddvar Kaarboe, Tor Helge Holmås, and Matt Sutton. 2013. “The Impact of Different Prioritisation Policies on Waiting Times: Case Studies of Norway and Scotland.” Social Science and Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.07.010.

Askildsen, Jan Erik, Tor Iversen and Oddvar Kaarboe. 2013. "Review of waiting times policies: Country case study, Norway. In Siciliani, Borowich and Moran (eds.). Waiting times policies in the health sector. What works? OECD Health Policy Studies. OECD Publishing, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264179080-en.

Hehenkamp, Burkhard, and Oddvar Kaarboe. 2011. “Paying for Performance in Hospitals.” Economic Analysis and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0313-5926(11)50004-9.

Askildsen, Jan Erik, Tor Helge Holmås, and Oddvar Kaarboe. 2011. “Monitoring Prioritisation in the Public Health-Care Sector by Use of Medical Guidelines. the Case of Norway.” Health Economics. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.1659.

Kaarboe, Oddvar, and Luigi Siciliani. 2011. “Multi-Tasking, Quality and Pay for Performance.” Health Economics. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.1582.

Carlsen, Fredrik, and Oddvar Kaarboe. 2010. “Norwegian Priority Guidelines: Estimating the Distributional Implications across Age, Gender and SES.” Health Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.12.003.

Askildsen, Jan Erik, Tor Helge Holmås, and Oddvar Kaarboe. 2010. “Prioritization and Patients’ Rights: Analysing the Effect of a Reform in the Norwegian Hospital Sector.” Social Science and Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.09.022.

Hehenkamp, Burkhard, and Oddvar Kaarboe. 2008. “Imitators and Optimizers in a Changing Environment.” Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jedc.2007.06.001.

Kaarbøe, Oddvar, and Trond E. Olsen. 2008. “Distorted Performance Measures and Dynamic Incentives.” Journal of Economics and Management Strategy. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-9134.2008.00174.x.

Magnussen, Jon, Terje P. Hagen, and Oddvar Kaarboe. 2007. “Centralized or Decentralized? A Case Study of Norwegian Hospital Reform.” Social Science and Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.02.018.

Oestergren, Katarina, Silvia Boni, Kirill Danishevski, and Oddvar Kaarboe. 2007. “The Process of Implementing Decentralization. ” In R. Saltman, V. Bankauskaite and K. Vrangbæk (eds.) Decentralization in Health Care: Strategies and Outcomes. Open Academic Press/McGraw Hill.

Hehenkamp, Burkhard, and Oddvar Kaarboe. 2006. “When Should the Talented Receive Weaker Incentives? Peer Pressure in Teams.” FinanzArchiv. https://doi.org/10.1628/001522106776667040.

Kaarbøe, Oddvar, and Trond E. Olsen. 2006. “Career Concerns, Monetary Incentives and Job Design.” Scandinavian Journal of Economics. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9442.2006.00453.x.

Hagen, Terje P., and Oddvar Kaarboe. 2006. “The Norwegian Hospital Reform of 2002: Central Government Takes over Ownership of Public Hospitals.” Health Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.06.014.

Hansen, Per Svejstrup, and Oddvar Kaarboe. 2002. “Equilibrium Selection in Coordination Games with Simultaneous Play.” Economic Theory. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-001-0243-x.

 

Norwegian Publications (Reviewed)

Holmås, Tor Helge and Oddvar Kaarboe. 2023. "Hvilke forhold påvirker om en henvisning til BUP avvises? Tidsskrift for Velferdsforskning, 26(3), 1-16.

Holmås, Tor Helge and Oddvar Kaarboe. 2021. “Hvilke faktorer påvirker bruken av ordningen med fritt behandlingsvalg?” Samfunnsøkonomen, 6, 33-42.

Kaarboe, Oddvar. 2017. “Kvalitetsbasert finansiering.” Michael, 14: Supplement 19, 68-74.

Alexandersen, Nina, Terje P. Hagen og Oddvar Kaarboe. 2017. “Hvilke bedrifter kjøper private helseforsikringer i Norge?” Samfunnsøkonomen, 1, 31-38.

Askildsen, Jan Erik, Tor Helge Holmås, Oddvar Kaarboe, og Karin Monstad. 2016. “Evaluering Av Kommunal Medfinansiering.” Tidsskrift for Omsorgsforskning. https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2387-5984-2016-02-08.

Askildsen, Jan Erik, Fredrik Carlsen, Tor Helge Holmås, og Oddvar Kaarboe. 2014. “Fordeling av midler til kommunal medfinansiering av spesialisthelsetjenestene.” Samfunnsøkonomen, 128(9), 39-50.

Askildsen, Jan Erik, Tor Helge Holmås, og Oddvar Kaarboe. 2008. “Hvordan Måle Prioriteringspraksis i Helsesektoren?” Samfunnsøkonomen, 62 (3), 19-27, 2008.

Gjelsvik, Roar, Oddvar Kaarboe, Hanne Husom Haukland, Anne Lise Bjørke Monsen, og Sverre Sandberg. 2008. “Hvordan Kan Bruk Av Laboratorietjenester Styres?” Tidsskrift for Den Norske Laegeforening.

Gjelsvik, Roar, Oddvar Kaarboe, Hanne Husom Haukland, Anne Lise Bjørke Monsen, og Sverre Sandberg. 2008. “More Adequate Use of Laboratory Services- Economical Aspects.” Tidsskrift for Den Norske Laegeforening.

Monsen, Anne Lise Bjørke, Roar Gjelsvik, Oddvar Kaarboe, Hanne Husom Haukland, og Sverre Sandberg. 2008. “Riktigere Bruk Av Laboratorietjenester - Medisinske Aspekter.” Tidsskrift for Den Norske Laegeforening.

Bretteville-Jensen, Anne Line, og Oddvar Kaarboe. 2004. “Innsatsstyrt Finansiering Også i Psykiatrien?” Tidsskrift for Den Norske Laegeforening.

Hagen, Terje P., Oddvar Kaarboe, og Hans Kristian Bakke. 2004. “Legeforeningen Og Sykehusfinansieringen.” Tidsskrift for Den Norske Laegeforening.

 

Other

Collins, Téa, Bente Mikkelsen, Oddvar Kaarboe, Siegfried Walch, and Oleg Chestnov. 2017. “Investing in Healthier Cities – Multistakeholder Action to Prevent Non Ommunicable Diseases.” Eurohealth.

 

• HEKIMA: Implementation evidence from health economics and users on preventing malaria in vulnerable children with monoclonal antibodies. The Norwegian Research Council, 2025-2029. 
• Welfare markets in Sweden: what are the implications for social equity? (Vetenskapsrådet, Sweden)
• Defining and Integrating Essential NCD Interventions into National Health Systems in Tanzania
• Implementing Post-discharge Malaria Chemoprevention (PMC) to reduce child mortality and morbidity among children with severe anaemia. The Norwegian Research Council, GLOBVAC 2021-2026
• Modernizing the GP scheme: towards sustainable health policy - Prosjektbanken (forskningsradet.no)
• Evaluation of the extended free choice reform in the Norwegian hospital sector