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Hogne Sandvik er dr.med. og spesialist i allmennmedisin. Han er tidligere fastlege og forsker ved NORCE, nå gjesteforsker i allmennmedisin ved Universitetet i Bergen.
Articles by Hogne Sandvik
Job satisfaction and stability in general practice
- Hogne Sandvik
24.09.2025:
The measures implemented to recruit new general practitioners appear to have worked. The next priority must now be to ensure that these new doctors remain in the system. In 2015, the median duration of general practitioners' (GPs) contracts was 9.5 years; by 2024, it had dropped to just 6.7 years (1...
03.10.2024:
Nearly half of all head-injury patients admitted to hospital arrive via the accident and emergency department (1). The Emergency Primary Health Care Manual recommends a low threshold for admission, but home observation may be advisable in cases of minimal head injury, normal consciousness, normal...
Where do GPs seek help for their illnesses?
- Hogne Sandvik,
- Øystein Hetlevik,
- Jesper Blinkenberg,
- Steinar Hunskår
13.05.2024:
It is generally assumed that doctors enjoy good somatic health, at least on a par with their peers with the same socioeconomic status. However, mental problems, primarily depression and suicide, are somewhat more common among doctors (1–3). The social media campaign #legermåleve (doctors must live)...
Use of non-specific diagnostic codes in out-of-hours services
- Hogne Sandvik,
- Steinar Hunskår
03.08.2020:
In 1992, the National Insurance Agency determined that primary care doctors should use ICPC (International Classification of Primary Care) for coding of diagnoses on reimbursement cards and sickness certifications. The purpose was to establish a consistent system for coding of diagnoses. Norway was...
24.03.2020:
Rotavirus is the most frequent cause of severe diarrhoea in small children (1). In the period 2006–13, rotavirus was the cause of 63–65 % of all gastroenteritis-related hospital admissions in children under five years of age. Most cases were found at age 6–23 months, and the frequency was highest in...
Children with otitis attending emergency primary health care units following introduction of pneumococcal vaccine
- Hogne Sandvik
24.03.2020:
Acute otitis media is a common reason for young children visiting a doctor or emergency primary health care unit (1). It is also a common reason for prescribing antibiotics for young children. If preventive measures were able to reduce the incidence of otitis, the use of antibiotics among children...
Emergency primary health care consultations on Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve and a normal Saturday
- Hogne Sandvik
09.12.2019:
Emergency primary health care units are at their busiest during the Easter and Christmas holidays (1). It is more difficult to get an appointment with a GP during holiday periods. Also, many patients are away from home, staying in municipalities where they are not resident. Calling in at the local...
Contacts with out-of-hours services because of poisonings in Norway 2006 – 15
- Hogne Sandvik,
- Steinar Hunskår
26.06.2017:
Acute poisonings represent a major health problem in Norway. In the period 1999 – 2004, nearly 11 000 hospital admissions and approximately 500 deaths could be related to acute poisonings each year (1). Not all of them are equally dramatic, and many of them are resolved through contact with the...