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Stefán Hjörleifsson er spesialist i allmennmedisin, førsteamanuensis ved Institutt for global helse og samfunnsmedisin, Universitetet i Bergen og fastlege ved Alrek legesenter.
Articles by Stefán Hjörleifsson
Practice and ideals in neck and back pain management
- Stefán Hjörleifsson
18.08.2025:
Effective collaboration across specialties is crucial when patients with neck and back pain need follow-up care in the specialist health service. Norway's national clinical guidelines for neck and back pain recommend that patients be referred to interdisciplinary rehabilitation if they have not...
The sustainability of universal health care
- Stefán Hjörleifsson,
- Linn Okkenhaug Getz
20.02.2023:
Our national health service is on the brink of collapse due to the way that resources are being used. We highlight three major threats and call for a rethink and for unity. In Norway, there has been broad political agreement and little debate about the value of a national health service based on...
Can we make wiser choices?
- Ketil Størdal,
- Stefán Hjörleifsson
23.01.2020:
Norway is well qualified to measure the use of health services. Such measurement can increase the impact of the Choosing Wisely Norway campaign. In September 2018, the Norwegian Medical Association launched the Choosing Wisely Norway campaign in order to reduce unnecessary tests and treatments that...
Overdiagnosis – Norwegian general practitioners show the way
- Gisle Roksund,
- John Brodersen,
- Georg Espolin Johnson,
- Stefán Hjörleifsson,
- Morten Laudal,
- Elisabeth Swensen
06.12.2016:
The position paper on overdiagnosis from the Norwegian College of General Practice is the first of its kind to be adopted by a national medical college. In terms of a critique of the profession, it represents a milestone in Norwegian medical history. The document culminates in a challenge to medical...