• Health Economics
• Global Health
• Social Insurance Economics
• Social Capital
• Applied Microeconometrics

Health Economics (ECON 321)

Conference lecture

• M. Kamrul Islam (2011). The Social Capital and Health Hypothesis: A Theory and New Empirics Featuring the Norwegian HUNT Data. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2010). Job and Sickness Absence among Immigrants in Norway. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2010). The social capital and health hypothesis: An integrating theory and new empirics. (external link)
• Kamrul Islam (2021). Labour market participation of the chronically ill: Does education make any difference?. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2011). Discussant on the paper entitled "Longitudinal Analysis of Generic Substitution" presented by Steinar Strøm. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam; Jan Erik Askildsen (2018). SELFIE WP3 Financing Workshop: Coordination reform, Healthcare use and Health in Norway. (external link)
• Håvard T. Rydland; Sondre Aasen Nilsen; Muhammad Kamrul Islam et al. (2024). Parental divorce and mental health utilization among children. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2018). SELFIE WP5–MCDA of Integrated Care Programme: Learning Network, Norway: Preliminary Results. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2009). Does variation in GP practice really matter for the length of sickness absenteeism? A multilevel analysis based on Norwegian GP—patient data. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2009). Does variation in GP practice matter for the length of sick leave? A multilevel analysis. (external link)
• Muhammad Kamrul Islam (2024). Parental severe mental illness and children's school performance. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2018). SELFIE WP5- Example Statistical Analysis. (external link)
• Muhammad Kamrul Islam; Håvard T. Rydland; Egil Kjerstad (2024). Bridging success in the labour market for individuals with common mental disorders. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2019). MCDA results on Integrated Care Programme in Norway: Learning Network. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2012). Hospitals’ Bed Blocking by Elderly Patients: Do Social Care Resources Matter?. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2015). Coordination Reform and Hospital Emergency Admissions in Norway: Results from a Quasi-Experiment. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2010). Teachers' sickness absence in primary schools: A panel data multilevel analysis. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam; Jan Erik Askildsen; Maaike Hoedemakers et al. (2018). Quasi-experimental studies and natural experiments to evaluate the performance. (external link)
• Kamrul Islam (2021). Mental Illness and Labor Market Outcomes. (external link)
• Kamrul Islam; Egil Kjerstad (2023). Continuity in general practitioner (GP) care and labour market performances for people with common mental disorders. (external link)
• Sabine Ruths; Jan Erik Askildsen; Kristian Jansen et al. (2022). Gode pasientforløp. (external link)
• Kamrul Islam (2022). Employment Prospects of the Chronically Ill—Quantifying the ‘Shielding Effect’ of Education. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2016). Worplace Social capital and Sickness Absence. (external link)
• Muhammad Kamrul Islam (2024). The Burden of Parental Mental Illness: Is It Decaying Children’s School Performance?. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2011). Long Term Care Services and Hospital Length of Stay in Norway: A Quantile Regression Analysis. (external link)
• Muhammad Kamrul Islam; Egil Kjerstad (2025). Falling Behind: Impact of Severe Mental Health Shocks on Prime-Age Workers' Labor Market Outcomes. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam; Egil Kjerstad (2018). HELSEVEL funding application: Discussion on the issues concerning quantitative study designs. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2011). Discussant on the paper entitled “Do hospitals respond to prices? Evidence from Norway” presented by Jurgita Januleviciute. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2013). Capacity of Primary Physician practices and hospital admissions. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2013). Primary Care Physician Capacity and Hospital Admissions. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2018). Incentive within primary care and the effects on health for multimorbid patients in Norway. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2016). New Professional Roles: Processes, Productivity and Health Outcomes. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2010). Discussant on the paper entitled "Social Capital and Health of Older Europeans" by Nicolas Sirven. (external link)
• Kamrul Islam (2023). Labour market outcomes for people with common mental disorders-Does continuity of general practitioner (GP) care matter?. (external link)
• Kamrul Islam; Egil Kjerstad (2020). Labor market trajectories of people with chronic conditions: the relations between local services provision and labor market participation.. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2016). Sustainable intEgrated care modeLs for multi-morbidity: delivery, FInancing and performancE (SELFI) workshop. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam; Oddvar Martin Kaarbøe (2011). Hvordan påvirker sosial kapital sykdommer folk får? Presenter: Oddvar Kaarbøe. (external link)
• Kamrul Islam (2022). Parental health shocks and child educational outcomes. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2013). Economic Evaluation of Health Care. (external link)
• Kamrul Islam (2022). Common psychological Illness: Does Continuity of GP-care matter for patients' labour market outcomes?. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2012). Midterm Reviewer/Evaluator of a PhD project titled “Patient flow and health care costs in secondary care - A study of hospitals and ambulances”. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2019). Patient Pathways, Multi-Morbidity and 30-day Survival Rates – The Norwegian Coordination Reform Revisited. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2019). General discussion on analytical and costing issues in WP5. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2009). Variation in sickness absenteeism between the primary school teachers' in Norway: A panel data multilevel analysis. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2015). Workplace Social Capital, Life Style and Sickness Absence. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam; Jan Erik Askildsen (2015). New Professional Roles: Processes, Productivity and Health Outcomes. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2016). Does Emergency Bed Capacity in Primary Care Effect Emergency Hospital Admissions?. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2015). Understanding Outcomes part 2: Process and Productivity indicators and Clinical Effect (WP 7). (external link)

Academic article

• Janos Pitter; Mariann Moizs; Éva Somogyiné Ezer et al. (2022). Improved survival of non-small cell lung cancer patients after introducing patient navigation: A retrospective cohort study with propensity score weighted historic control. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam; Egil Kjerstad (2018). Co-ordination of health care: the case of hospital emergency admissions. (external link)
• Hans-Tore Hansen; Tor Helge Holmås; M. Kamrul Islam et al. (2014). Sickness absence among immigrants in Norway: Does occupational disparity matter?. (external link)
• Maaike Hoedemakers; Milad Karimi; Fenna Leijten et al. (2022). Value-based person-centred integrated care for frail elderly living at home: a quasi-experimental evaluation using multicriteria decision analysis. (external link)
• Tor Helge Holmås; M. Kamrul Islam; Egil Kjerstad (2013). Interdependency between social care and hospital care: the case of hospital length of stay. (external link)
• Sindre Aske Høyland; Kari Anne Holte; Olaug Øygarden et al. (2024). A Combined Telemedicine and Ambulatory Wound Care Team Intervention for Improving Cross-Sector Outpatient Chronic Wound Management: Protocol for the Mixed Methods TELE-AMBUS Research Project. (external link)
• Maureen Rutten-van Mölken; Fenna R M Leijten; Maaike Hoedemakers et al. (2018). Strengthening the evidence-base of integrated care for people with multi-morbidity in Europe using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA). (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam; Ulf-G. Gerdtham; Bo Gullberg et al. (2008). Social capital externalities and mortality in Sweden. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2003). Formal and informal care for people with Dementia: variation in costs over time. (external link)
• Arild Aakvik; Tor Helge Holmås; M. Kamrul Islam (2010). Does variation in general practitioner (GP) practice matter for the length of sick leave? A multilevel analysis based on Norwegian GP-patient data. (external link)
• Erik Baltaxe; Isaac Cano; Carmen Herranz et al. (2019). Evaluation of integrated care services in Catalonia: population-based and service-based real-life deployment protocols. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam; Håvard T. Rydland; Egil Kjerstad (2026). Bridging success in the labour market: does continuity of general practitioners’ care matter for individuals with common mental disorders?. (external link)
• Håvard T. Rydland; Muhammad Kamrul Islam; Egil Kjerstad (2024). Worker and workplace determinants of employment exit: A register study. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam; Ulf-G. Gerdtham; Philip Clarke et al. (2009). Does income-related health inequality change as the population ages? Evidence from Swedish panel data. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2002). Formal and informal care for people with Dementia: Factors associated with service receipt. (external link)
• Christer Frode Aas; Jørn Henrik Vold; Svetlana Skurtveit et al. (2020). Health-related quality of life of long-term patients receiving opioid agonist therapy: a nested prospective cohort study in Norway. (external link)
• Julia Köppen; Claudia B. Maier; Reinhard Busse et al. (2018). What are the motivating and hindering factors for health professionals to undertake new roles in hospitals? A study among physicians, nurses and managers looking at breast cancer and acute myocardial infarction care in nine countries. (external link)
• Maureen Rutten-van Mölken; Milad Karimi; Fenna R M Leijten et al. (2020). Comparing patients’ and other stakeholders’ preferences for outcomes of integrated care for multimorbidity: a discrete choice experiment in eight European countries. (external link)
• Muhammad Kamrul Islam; Lars Thore Fadnes; Kjell Arne Johansson et al. (2024). Medically assisted integrated rehabilitation program for people with opioid dependence: a quasi-experimental evaluation using multi-criteria decision analysis. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam; Ulf-G. Gerdtham; Philip Clarke et al. (2010). Does income-related health inequality change as the population ages? Evidence from Swedish panel data. (external link)
• Rebecca Lynn Radlick; Henrik Litleré Bentsen; Rune Ervik et al. (2024). User perspectives on the role of local services in promoting labor market participation of people with chronic illnesses. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2006). Social capital and health: Does egalitarianism matter? A literature review. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam; Egil Kjerstad (2016). The Ambiguous Effect of GP Competition: The Case of Hospital Admissions. (external link)
• Kamrul Islam; Admassu Nadew Lamu; Sabine Ruths et al. (2025). Functional limitations and mental well-being among frail older adults: the mediating effect of social relationships. (external link)
• Tor Helge Holmås; M. Kamrul Islam; Egil Kjerstad (2013). Between two beds: inappropriately delayed discharges from hospitals. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam; Iris Brunner (2019). Cost-analysis of virtual reality training based on the Virtual Reality for Upper Extremity in Subacute stroke (VIRTUES) trial. (external link)
• Milad Karimi; Lennart van der Zwaan; Kamrul Islam et al. (2021). Evaluating Complex Health and Social Care Program Using Multi-criteria Decision Analysis: A Case Study of “Better Together in Amsterdam North”. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam; Shermann Thomas Folland; Oddvar Martin Kaarbøe (2017). Social capital and cigarette smoking: New empirics featuring the Norwegian HUNT data. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2006). Does it really matter where you live? A panel data multilevel analysis of Swedish municipality level social capital on individual health-related quality of life. (external link)
• Kamrul Islam; Sabine Ruths; Kristian Jansen et al. (2021). Evaluating an integrated care pathway for frail elderly patients in Norway using multi-criteria decision analysis. (external link)
• Daniel Kopasker; Kamrul Islam; Jonathan Gibson et al. (2020). Skill mix and patient outcomes: A multi-country analysis of heart disease and breast cancer patients. (external link)
• Muhammad Kamrul Islam; Egil Kjerstad; Håvard T. Rydland (2024). The chronically ill in the labour market – are they hierarchically sorted by education?. (external link)
• Monica Eftedal; Torill Helene Tveito; Ulrik Gensby et al. (2021). Comparing two interdisciplinary occupational rehabilitation programs for employees on sick leave: a mixed-method design study protocol. (external link)
• Christine Bond; Hanne Bruhn; Antoinette de Bont et al. (2016). The impact on practice, outcomes and costs of new roles for health professionals: a study protocol for MUNROS. (external link)
• Matteo Ruggeri; Carlo Drago; Vincenzo Moramarco et al. (2018). New professional roles and patient satisfaction: Evidence from a European survey along three clinical pathways. (external link)

Lecture

• Kamrul Islam (2021). Opponent (External Evaluator) of a PhD thesis titled "Hips don’t lie – the use of benchmarking and register data to assess the performance of orthopaedic care". (external link)
• Kamrul Islam; Egil Kjerstad; Håvard Thorsen Rydland (2023). Employment Prospects of Chronically Ill – Quantifying the "shielding effect" of education. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2016). The Impact of Workplace Social Capital on Sickness Absenteeism. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam; Jan Erik Askildsen (2017). Skill mix and health outcomes: A European comparison of heart disease and breast cancer patients. (external link)
• Jan Erik Askildsen; M. Kamrul Islam (2017). Skill mix variations: Health outcomes and resource use. (external link)
• Jan Erik Askildsen; M. Kamrul Islam (2017). Health Outcomes. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam; Jan Erik Askildsen (2017). SELFIE WP 5: (Comprehensive evaluations of most promising ICC models using MCDA): Status and Remaining Challanges. (external link)
• Kamrul Islam (2020). Opponent (External Evaluator) of a PhD Thesis titled "Healthcare financing challenges and opportunities to achieving universal health coverage in the low- and middle-income country context". (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam; Lorenzo Rocco (2017). Does workplace social capital affect sickness absence? Evidence from Norway. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam; Jan Erik Askildsen (2017). Skill mix, and patient quality of life and satisfaction. (external link)

Working paper

• Muhammad Kamrul Islam; Håvard T. Rydland; Egil Kjerstad (2025). Bridging success in the labour market: Does continuity of care matter for individuals with common mental disorders?. (external link)

Academic literature review

• Sindre Aske Høyland; Kari Anne Holte; Kamrul Islam et al. (2022). A cross-sector systematic review and synthesis of knowledge on telemedicine interventions in chronic wound management—Implications from a system perspective. (external link)
• Jiaer Lin; Kamrul Islam; Stephen Leeder et al. (2022). Integrated care for multimorbidity population in Asian countries: A scoping review. (external link)
• Håvard Thorsen Rydland; Henrik Litleré Bentsen; Rune Ervik et al. (2022). Promoting labour market inclusion of the chronically ill: a scoping review of Scandinavian countries’ efforts. (external link)

Academic book chapter

• Sherman Folland; Oddvar Martin Kaarbøe; M. Kamrul Islam (2014). How Do We Invest in Social Capital? An Exploration of an Economic Model of Social Capital and Health. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam; Lorenzo Rocco (2018). Workplace social capital and sickness absence. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2018). History of social capital and health. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam; Sherman Folland; Oddvar Martin Kaarbøe (2018). Social capital and types of illness: where is it most effective?. (external link)

Research report

• Espen Bratberg; Tor Helge Holmås; M. Kamrul Islam et al. (2010). Teachers' sickness absence in primary schools: A panel data multilevel analysis. (external link)
• M. Kamrul Islam (2009). Economic Effects of the Municipality Occupational Therapy Services in Norway. (external link)
• Arild Aakvik; Tor Helge Holmås; M. Kamrul Islam (2008). Does variation in GP practice matter for the length of sickness absenteeism? A multilevel analysis based on Norwegian GP--patient data. (external link)
• Kamrul Islam; Ulf-G. Gerdtham (2006). The costs of maternal–newborn illness and mortality. (external link)

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