Publications by authors named "Tore Kristian Solberg"
Background: Knowledge about the variation in treatment rates is needed to assess whether the access to health services is equitable. The objective of this study was to investigate the rates of surgical treatment of degenerative cervical spine disease in Norway and the Northern Norway Regional Health Authority area and the local coverage in the Northern Norway Regional Health Authority area, and to assess the activity in the region.
Material And Method: We included cervical spine procedures recorded in the Norwegian Patient Registry from the years 2014-18 and estimated age-standardised treatment rates for Norway, the health regions and health trusts in Northern Norway Regional Health Authority.
Background: The objective of this study was to investigate whether the service provision for lumbar spine surgery within the Northern Norway Regional Health Authority area complies with the distribution of functions that has been decided for the hospitals in the region, and whether there are any geographical variations in service provision. We therefore studied the treatment rates in Norway as a whole and in the Northern Norway Regional Health Authority area, and assessed the activity in the region.
Material And Method: We included lumbar spine procedures in the Norwegian Patient Registry from the years 2014-2018 in a retrospective analysis and estimated treatment rates standardised by sex and age for Norway as a whole, the health regions and the health enterprises in Northern Norway Regional Health Authority.
Study Design: Retrospective administrative database study.
Objective: To assess temporal and regional trends, and length of hospital stay, in lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) surgery in Norwegian public hospitals from 1999 to 2013.
Summary Of Background Data: Studies from several countries have reported increasing rates of LSS surgery over the last decades.