Conference poster

• Øystein Hetlevik; Anne Mette Gravaas Berget; Vegard Pihl Moen et al. (2025). DO REGISTER-BASED MEASURES OF CONTINUITY REFLECT RELATIONAL CONTINUITY IN GENERAL PRACTICE?. (external link)
• Kristin Ingvaldsen Folven; Randi Julie Tangvik; Roy Miodini Nilsen et al. (2025). Pasientkarakteristika påvirker tilbud om ernæringstiltak til eldre sykehuspasienter i risiko for underernæring. (external link)
• Sharline Riiser; Inger Haukenes; Valborg Baste et al. (2019). The impact of GPs’ depression care on future work participation: A register-based cohort study. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Tor Helge Holmås; Karin Monstad (2022). Continuity of care as a characteristic of the GP practice as predictor for hospital admission and mortality for the GP’s patient – a registry-based longitudinal cohort study. (external link)
• Anneli Borge Hansen; Øystein Hetlevik; Valborg Baste et al. (2021). Comparison of GP depression care in Norway and the Netherlands: registry-based study. (external link)
• Anne Mette Gravaas Berget; Vegard Pihl Moen; Merethe Hustoft et al. (2022). Sustainable work participation after rehabilitation. Preliminary results. (external link)
• Sharline Riiser; Inger Haukenes; Valborg Baste et al. (2021). The impact of organisational framework on GP depression care; registry-based study. (external link)
• Anne Mette Gravaas Berget; Vegard Pihl Moen; Merethe Hustoft et al. (2022). Function, coping and health as predictors of sick leave after rehabilitation. (external link)
• Anne Mette Gravaas Berget; Vegard Pihl Moen; Merethe Hustoft et al. (2022). Coping resources as predictors of change in a three-year rehabilitation trajectory among patients with musculoskeletal conditions. (external link)
• Sharline Riiser; Inger Haukenes; Valborg Baste et al. (2019). The impact of GPs’ depression care on future work participation: A register-based cohort study. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Gina Garre-Fivelsdal; Bjørn Bjorvatn et al. (2019). Patient-reported treatment preferences in case of future depression. (external link)
• Sara Tahir; Stefan Hjørleifsson; Benedicte Carlsen et al. (2021). General Practice and the marginalization of young adults with depression who fall out of education and employment: A case study. (external link)
• Anne Mette Gravaas Berget; Vegard Pihl Moen; Merethe Hustoft et al. (2021). Predictors of change in physical and mental health among people with disabilities in a three-year rehabilitation trajectory: preliminary results. (external link)

Conference lecture

• Gustavo Gusso; Øystein Hetlevik; Gordon, Julie Gordon et al. (2025). AN ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD THAT SUPPORTS FAMILY PHYSICIANS’ DAILY WORK: INTERACTIVE SKILL-BUILDING SESSION ON CLASSIFICATION WITH ICPC-3. (external link)
• Sabine Ruths; Valborg Baste; Øystein Hetlevik et al. (2019). Time trends in GPs’ provision of depression care during 2008-2016. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Sahar Pahlavanyali; Gunnar Tschudi Bondevik et al. (2024). Continuity of care in general practice – the patient perspective. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Sturla Gjesdal (2011). Hvor fast er fastlegen? - En registerbasert studie av konsultasjonsmønster i den norske fastlegeordningen. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Sabine Ruths; Ina Lill Skurtveit Grung et al. (2024). GPs’ attitudes and practices regarding sick leave certification for depressed patients. (external link)
• Anneli Borge Hansen; Øystein Hetlevik; Valborg Baste et al. (2023). Socioeconomic status and follow-up of patients with antidepressant drug therapy for depression in general practice. (external link)
• Ina Lill Skurtveit Grung; Norman Anderssen; Øystein Hetlevik et al. (2022). Patient experiences with depression care in general practice. (external link)
• Sharline Riiser; Valborg Baste; Inger Haukenes et al. (2022). The organisational framework of GP practices: impact on depression care. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Sabine Ruths; Ina Lill Skurtveit Grung et al. (2024). GPs' attitudes and practices regarding sick leave certification for depressed patients. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Sturla Gjesdal (2011). Norwegian GPs’ participation in multidisciplinary meetings for patients with mental disorders. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Vegard Pihl Moen; Merethe Hustoft et al. (2017). Continuity of care among patients referred to somatic rehabilitation – a patient survey using a Norwegian version of Nijmegen Continuity Questionnaire. (external link)
• Sara Tahir; Norman Anderssen; Benedicte Carlsen et al. (2022). The role of general practice in care for young adults with depression who fall out of education and employment. (external link)
• Inger Haukenes; Sabine Ruths; Tone Smith-Sivertsen et al. (2024). Unemployment, sickness absences and health – a registry-based study. (external link)
• Ina Lill Skurtveit Grung; Stefan Hjørleifsson; Norman Anderssen et al. (2023). Norwegian GPs’ perceptions of their depression care – a questionnaire study. (external link)
• Vegard Pihl Moen; Merethe Hustoft; Øystein Hetlevik et al. (2018). Endring i helse, funksjon og helserelatert livskvalitet etter gjennomført somatisk rehabilitering i spesialisthelsetjenesten. (external link)
• Vegard Pihl Moen; Jorunn Drageset; Geir Egil Eide et al. (2015). A Prospective Study of Rehabilitation Patients in Western Norway with Focus on Activity, Participation and Quality Of Life. (external link)
• Sturla Gjesdal; Tor Helge Holmås; Karin Monstad et al. (2017). NEW EPISODES OF MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS AMONG EMPLOYED PEOPLE IN PRIMARY CARE, SICKNESS CERTIFICATION AND RETURN TO WORK: A NATIONWIDE MULTIREGISTER BASED COHORT STUDY. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Sturla Gjesdal (2013). Fee-for-service claims as a tool for research on Norwegian general practice. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik (2024). Different measures of continuity of care in register-based studies as predictors for hospital admissions and mortality. (external link)
• Sturla Gjesdal; Øystein Hetlevik (2011). Socioeconomic status of the list populations – does it influence Norwegian GPs’ practice and income?. (external link)
• Ina Lill Skurtveit Grung; Stefan Hjørleifsson; Norman Anderssen et al. (2024). General Practitioners' experiences on depression care collaboration with psychiatrists and psychologists – a national survey. (external link)
• Anneli Borge Hansen; Valborg Baste; Øystein Hetlevik et al. (2022). GP depression care in Norway and the Netherlands: registry-based study. (external link)
• Ina Lill Skurtveit Grung; Norman Anderssen; Øystein Hetlevik et al. (2022). Patient experiences with depression care in general practice.. (external link)
• Sabine Ruths; Bjørn Bjorvatn; Stefan Hjørleifsson et al. (2017). Self-reported depression in patients visiting their general practitioner. (external link)
• Anneli Borge Hansen; Valborg Baste; Øystein Hetlevik et al. (2022). GP depression care in Norway and the Netherlands: registry-based study. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Sahar Pahlavanyali; Gunnar Tschudi Bondevik et al. (2024). Patients' experience with continuity of care in Norwegian general practice. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Christina Bjørnå Spade; Ina-Terese Lundring et al. (2019). GP follow up after a first-time diagnosis of depressive symptoms among adolescents. A register-based nationwide study from Norway. (external link)
• Vegard Pihl Moen; Jorunn Drageset; Geir Egil Eide et al. (2017). Participation restrictions among rehabilitation patients – the role of diagnoses and sociodemographic factors. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Sturla Gjesdal (2013). Personal continuity of care in Norwegian general practice: A national cross-sectional study. (external link)

Academic article

• Øystein Hetlevik; Eivind Meland; Karl Ove Hufthammer et al. (2020). Self-rated health in adolescence as a predictor of ‘multi-illness’ in early adulthood: A prospective registry-based Norwegian HUNT study. (external link)
• Anne Mette Gravaas Berget; Vegard Pihl Moen; Merethe Hustoft et al. (2024). Use of primary healthcare services before and after specialized rehabilitation and its relation to changes in health and functioning: a longitudinal cohort study. (external link)
• Luckson Wandani Dullie; Eivind Meland; Øystein Hetlevik et al. (2019). Performance of primary care in different healthcare facilities: A cross-sectional study of patients' experiences in Southern Malawi. (external link)
• Sturla Gjesdal; Tor Helge Holmås; Karin Monstad et al. (2018). New episodes of musculoskeletal conditions among employed people in Norway, sickness certification and return to work: A multiregister-based cohort study from primary care. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Tone Smith-Sivertsen; Inger Haukenes et al. (2023). Young adults with depression: A registry-based longitudinal study of work-life marginalisation. The Norwegian GP-DEP study. (external link)
• Kristin Ingvaldsen Folven; Randi Julie Tangvik; Roy Miodini Nilsen et al. (2023). Nutritional risk, nutrition plan and risk of death in older health care service users with chronic diseases: A register-based cohort study. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Gina Dorothea Garre-Fivelsdal; Bjørn Bjorvatn et al. (2019). Patient-reported depression treatment and future treatment preferences: an observational study in general practice. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Sturla Gjesdal (2012). Personal continuity of care in Norwegian general practice: A national cross-sectional study. (external link)
• Luckson Dullie; Eivind Meland; Thomas Mildestvedt et al. (2018). Quality of primary care from patients' perspective: a cross sectional study of outpatients' experience in public health facilities in rural Malawi. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Sturla Gjesdal (2012). Does socioeconomic status of list populations affect GP practice? A register-based study of 2201 Norwegian GPs. (external link)
• Ina Lill Skurtveit Grung; Stefan Hjørleifsson; Norman Anderssen et al. (2024). Norwegian general practitioners’ perceptions of their depression care – a national survey. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Tor Helge Holmås; Karin Monstad (2021). Continuity of care, measurement and association with hospital admission and mortality: A registry-based longitudinal cohort study. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Merethe Hustoft; Annemarie Uijen et al. (2017). Patient perspectives on continuity of care: Adaption and preliminary psychometric assessment of a Norwegian version of the Nijmegen Continuity Questionnaire (NCQ-N). (external link)
• Lee Diana Winde; Inger Haukenes; Øystein Hetlevik et al. (2013). Fastlegetilhørighet og sykefravær - en registerbasert studie. (external link)
• Luckson Dullie; Eivind Meland; Øystein Hetlevik et al. (2018). Development and validation of a Malawian version of the primary care assessment tool. (external link)
• Jesper Blinkenberg; Øystein Hetlevik; Hogne Sandvik et al. (2023). The impact of variation in out-of-hours doctors' referral practices: a Norwegian registry-based observational study. (external link)
• Merethe Hustoft; Eva Aaker Biringer; Sturla Gjesdal et al. (2019). The effect of team collaboration and continuity of care on health and disability among rehabilitation patients: a longitudinal survey-based study from western Norway. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Sahar Pahlavanyali; Gunnar Tschudi Bondevik et al. (2025). Patient preference for seeing own GP and patient-reported continuity of care - a survey in Norwegian general practice. (external link)
• Ina Lill Skurtveit Grung; Stefan Hjørleifsson; Norman Anderssen et al. (2025). Well-functioning depression care collaboration: general practitioners’ experiences with specialized mental health services. (external link)
• Sturla Gjesdal; Tor Helge Holmås; Karin Monstad et al. (2016). GP consultations for common mental disorders and subsequent sickness certification: register-based study of the employed population in Norway. (external link)
• Anne Mette Gravaas Berget; Vegard Pihl Moen; Merethe Hustoft et al. (2023). Effect of sense of coherence on long-term work participation among rehabilitation patients: A longitudinal study. (external link)
• Hogne Sandvik; Øystein Hetlevik; Jesper Blinkenberg et al. (2024). Hvor søker fastleger hjelp ved egen sykdom?. (external link)
• Sharline Riiser; Tone Smith-Sivertsen; Valborg Baste et al. (2025). Depression care trajectories and associations with subsequent depressive episode: a registry-based cohort study (The Norwegian GP-DEP study). (external link)
• Inger Haukenes; Sabine Ruths; Tone Smith-Sivertsen et al. (2025). Unemployment and associations with diagnosed health problems in the Norwegian GP-DEP study: a repeated cross-sectional register study (2010–2016). (external link)
• Marit Nymoen; Marit Synnøve Lomeland; Eva Aaker Biringer et al. (2025). Conveying the need for mental healthcare – a qualitative study of how patients communicate mental health challenges. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Kjell Haug; Sturla Gjesdal (2009). Young people and their GP: a register-based study of 1717 Norwegian GPs. (external link)
• Stephen Kasenda; Eivind Meland; Øystein Hetlevik et al. (2022). Factors associated with self-rated health in primary care in the South-Western health zone of Malawi. (external link)
• Ina Lill Skurtveit Grung; Norman Anderssen; Inger Haukenes et al. (2022). Patient experiences with depression care in general practice: a qualitative questionnaire study. (external link)
• Sabine Ruths; Inger Haukenes; Øystein Hetlevik et al. (2021). Trends in treatment for patients with depression in general practice in Norway, 2009–2015: nationwide registry-based cohort study (The Norwegian GP-DEP Study). (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Tina Løkke Vie; Eivind Meland et al. (2018). Adolescent self-rated health predicts general practice attendance in adulthood: Results from the Young-HUNT1 survey. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Magne Solheim; Sturla Gjesdal (2015). Use of GP services by patients with schizophrenia:A national cross-sectional register-based study a national cross-sectional register-based study. (external link)
• Sahar Pahlavanyali; Øystein Hetlevik; Valborg Baste et al. (2024). Continuity and breaches in GP care and their associations with mortality for patients with chronic disease: an observational study using Norwegian registry data. (external link)
• Jesper Blinkenberg; Sahar Pahlavanyali; Øystein Hetlevik et al. (2019). General practitioners’ and out-of-hours doctors’ role as gatekeeper in emergency admissions to somatic hospitals in Norway: registry-based observational study. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Kjell Haug; Sturla Gjesdal (2010). Young people and their GP: a register-based study of 1717 Norwegian GPs. (external link)
• Jesper Blinkenberg; Øystein Hetlevik; Hogne Sandvik et al. (2022). Reasons for acute referrals to hospital from general practitioners and out-of-hours doctors in Norway: a registry-based observational study. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Hasse Melbye; Sturla Gjesdal (2016). GP utilisation by education level among adults with COPD or asthma: A cross-sectional register-based study. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Sturla Gjesdal (2010). Norwegian GPs' participation in multidisciplinary meetings: A register-based study from 2007. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Knut-Arne Wensaas; Valborg Baste et al. (2023). Prevalence and predictors of post-COVID-19 symptoms in general practice - a registry-based nationwide study. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Tormod Bøe; Mari Hysing (2018). GP-diagnosed internalizing and externalizing problems and dropout from secondary school: a cross-sectional study. (external link)
• Anneli Borge Hansen; Valborg Baste; Øystein Hetlevik et al. (2022). Comparison of depression care provided in general practice in Norway and the Netherlands: registry-based cohort study (The Norwegian GP-DEP study). (external link)
• Marit Nymoen; Eva Aaker Biringer; Øystein Hetlevik et al. (2022). The impact of referral letter quality on timely access to specialised mental health care: a quantitative study of the reliability of patient triage. (external link)
• Hogne Sandvik; Sabine Ruths; Steinar Hunskaar et al. (2022). Construction and validation of a morbidity index based on the International Classification of Primary Care. (external link)
• Sharline Riiser; Inger Haukenes; Valborg Baste et al. (2020). Variation in general practitioners’ depression care following certification of sickness absence: a registry-based cohort study. (external link)
• Kristin Ingvaldsen Folven; Randi Julie Tangvik; Roy Miodini Nilsen et al. (2025). Patient characteristics associated with the provision of nutritional support to older hospitalised patients at risk of malnutrition: A cohort study. (external link)
• Ingrid Keilegavlen Rebnord; Steinar Hunskaar; Sturla Gjesdal et al. (2015). Point-of-care testing with CRP in primary care: a registry-based observational study from Norway. (external link)
• Sharline Riiser; Valborg Baste; Inger Haukenes et al. (2022). Practice characteristics influencing variation in provision of depression care in general practice in Norway; a registry-based cohort study (The Norwegian GP-DEP study). (external link)
• Merethe Hustoft; Eva Aaker Biringer; Sturla Gjesdal et al. (2018). Relational coordination in interprofessional teams and its effect on patient-reported benefit and continuity of care: A prospective cohort study from rehabilitation centres in Western Norway. (external link)
• Anne Mette Gravaas Berget; Vegard Pihl Moen; Merethe Hustoft et al. (2023). Long-Term Change and Predictors of Change in Physical and Mental Function after Rehabilitation: A Multi-Centre Study. (external link)
• Merethe Hustoft; Øystein Hetlevik; Jörg Assmus et al. (2018). Communication and relational ties in inter-professional teams in Norwegian specialized health care: A multicentre study of relational coordination. (external link)
• Hogne Sandvik; Øystein Hetlevik; Jesper Blinkenberg et al. (2021). Continuity in general practice as a predictor of mortality, acute hospitalization, and use of out-of-hours care: registry-based observational study in Norway. (external link)
• Sahar Pahlavanyali; Øystein Hetlevik; Valborg Baste et al. (2023). Continuity of care and mortality for patients with chronic disease: an observational study using Norwegian registry data. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Sabine Ruths; Ina Grung et al. (2024). General practitioners’ attitudes and practices regarding sick leave certification for patients with depression in Norway – a cross-sectional study. (external link)
• Sahar Pahlavanyali; Øystein Hetlevik; Jesper Blinkenberg et al. (2021). Continuity of care for patients with chronic disease: a registry-based observational study from Norway. (external link)
• Anneli Borge Hansen; Valborg Baste; Øystein Hetlevik et al. (2021). General practitioners’ drug treatment for depression by patients’ educational level: registry-based study. (external link)
• Hans Johan Breidablik; Karl Ove Hufthammer; Vegar Rangul et al. (2023). Lower levels of physical activity volume are beneficial, and it’s never too late to start: Results from the HUNT Study, Norway. (external link)
• Anneli Borge Hansen; Øystein Hetlevik; Valborg Baste et al. (2024). Variation in general practitioners' follow-up of depressed patients starting antidepressant medication: a register-based cohort study. (external link)
• Kristin Ingvaldsen Folven; Eva Aaker Biringer; Roy Miodini Nilsen et al. (2024). Increased risk of rehospitalisation and death in older hospital patients at risk of malnutrition: A cohort study. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Christina Hagen Bjørnå; Ina-Terese Lundring et al. (2018). Adolescents consulting general practitioners for psychological problems—a nationwide, register-based study in Norway. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Christina Hagen Bjørnå; Ina-Terese Lundring et al. (2018). GP follow-up after first diagnosing psychological problems among adolescents: a nationwide register-based study. (external link)

Conference abstract

• Sturla Gjesdal; Øystein Hetlevik (2012). Consultations for mental health problems in Norwegian general practice. (external link)
• Kristin Ingvaldsen Folven; Randi Julie Tangvik; Roy Miodini Nilsen et al. (2022). Nutritional Risk Is Associated with Earlier Death in Older Service Users with Common Chronic Diseases. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Tor Helge Holmås; Sturla Gjesdal (2010). Socio-economic status of GPs' list populations, their workload and remuneration. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Sturla Gjesdal (2012). Use of general practice (GP) services by persons with serious mental disorders. (external link)
• Kristin Ingvaldsen Folven; Randi Julie Tangvik; Roy Miodini Nilsen et al. (2022). Individualized nutrition plans and risk of death in older health care service users with chronic diseases. (external link)

Media feature article

• Knut Eirik Ringheim Eliassen; Anette Fosse; Torsten Risør et al. (2022). Fastlegeordningen dør. (external link)
• Hogne Sandvik; Øystein Hetlevik; Steinar Hunskaar (2023). Fastlegelotteriet - med livet som innsats?. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Hogne Sandvik; Steinar Hunskaar (2023). Dårligere data gir dårligere forskningskvalitet. (external link)

Journal corrigendum

• Jesper Blinkenberg; Sahar Pahlavanyali; Øystein Hetlevik et al. (2020). Erratum: Correction to: General practitioners' and out-of-hours doctors' role as gatekeeper in emergency admissions to somatic hospitals in Norway: registry-based observational study (BMC health services research (2019) 19 1 (568)). (external link)

Research report

• Steinar Hunskaar; Hogne Sandvik; Øystein Hetlevik (2024). Fastlege- og legevaktdata: Forslag til endringer i Normaltariffen som grunnlag for Kommunalt pasient- og brukerregister (KPR). (external link)

Professional article

• Berit Bringedal; Øystein Hetlevik (2025). Bør fastleger sykmelde pasienter med depresjon?. (external link)

Doctoral thesis (PhD)

• Øystein Hetlevik (2013). Register-based studies on continuity, collaboration and equity in general practice. (external link)

Lecture

• Inger Haukenes; Sabine Ruths; Øystein Hetlevik et al. (2024). Unemployment, sickness absences and health – a registry-based study. (external link)
• Øystein Hetlevik; Bjørn Gjelsvik; Øyvind Stople Sivertsen (2024). Classification as a tool to improve practice. (external link)

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