The effects of the Norwegian Coordination Reform on the use of rehabilitation services: panel data analyses of service use, 2010 to 2013.

Background: In 2012 the Norwegian Coordination Reform was implemented. The main motivation was to encourage municipalities to expand local, primary health care services. From 2012 to 2014, under the Municipal Co-Financing regime, municipalities were obliged to cover 20 % of the costs of health services provided at the specialist (hospital) level.

Childbirth or termination of pregnancy: does paid employment matter? A population study of women in reproductive age in Norway.

Introduction: We studied whether female paid employment is associated with pregnancy outcome; childbirth or pregnancy termination.

Material And Methods: All women in Norway, 16-54 years of age, during the years 2007-10 were included. Data sources were; the Norwegian Central Person Registry, the Medical Birth Registry of Norway, and the Registry of Pregnancy Termination.

Saving Newborn Babies - The Benefits of Interventions in Neonatal Care in Norway over More Than 40 Years.

The aim of this study was to examine the effect that the introduction of new medical interventions at birth has had on mortality among newborn babies in Norway during the period 1967-2011. During this period, there has been a significant decline in mortality, in particular for low birth weight infants. We identified four interventions that together explained about 50% of the decline in early neonatal and infant mortality: ventilators, antenatal steroids, surfactant and insure.

The prevalence of pre-eclampsia in migrant relative to native Norwegian women: a population-based study.

Objective: To compare the prevalence of pre-eclampsia in migrant women with Norwegian women, and to study the prevalence of pre-eclampsia by length of residence in Norway.

Design: Observational study.

Setting: The Medical Birth Registry of Norway.