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Appendixes for: Häkkinen U, Anthun K, Kilsmark J, Kittelsen S, Linna M, Magnussen J. Medin E, Olsen, KR, Seppälä T, Rehnberg C , Vitikainen K .Towards explanations of differences in total expenditure, utilisation and productivity of hospital care between Nordic countries. Paper prepared for the 18th Meeting of the European Health Policy Group on 23 24 April 2009, University of Bologna

Appendix 1. Description of Nordic Hospital systems 1998-2004 (pdf, 55kt)

Appendix Table (xls, 82kt)
Appendix Table 1. Age and sex standardized per capita use by Major Diagnostic Catotegories in Nordic countries (100=Nordic average in 2002).

Appendix Table 2.The contribution (%) of cost weighted hospital discharges by Major Diagnostic Categories to the annual country specific difference from Nordic average per capita utilization of hospital discharges in 2002

Appendix Table 3. Age and sex standardized per capita use of some DRG groups in Nordic countries (100=Nordic average in 2002)

Appendix Table 4. The contribution (%) of cost weighted hospital discharges in some DRG groups to the annual country specific difference from Nordic average per capita utilization of hospital discharges in 2002


Miika Linna, Unto Häkkinen, Mikko Peltola, Jon Magnussen, Kjartan S. Anthun, Sverre Kittelsen, Annette Roed, Kim Olsen, Emma Medin and Clas Rehnberg. Measuring cost efficiency in the Nordic Hospitals- a cross-sectional comparison of public hospitals in 2002. Health Care Manag Sci, 2010.

Medin E, Anthun KS, Häkkinen U, Kittelsen SAC, Linna M, Magnussen J, Olsen K, Rehnberg C. Cost efficiency of university hospitals in the Nordic countries: a cross-country analysis. Eur J Health Econ, 2010 Jul 29.


Kittelsen, Sverre A. C.; Magnussen, Jon; Anthun, Kjartan Sarheim; Häkkinen, Unto; Linna, Miika; Medin, Emma; Olsen, Kim Rose; Rehnberg, Clas. Hospital productivity and the Norwegian ownership reform A Nordic comparative study.Stakes Discussion Papers 3/2008.

Unto Häkkinen, Miika Linna. Suomessa pohjoismaiden tehokkaimmat sairaalat.
CHESS ONLINE 2/2007

Sverre A.C. Kittelsen, Jon Magnussen, Kjartan Sarheim Anthum. Sykehusproduktivitet etter statlig overtakelse: En nordisk komparativ analyse. Helseokonomisk forskningsprogram ved Universitetet i Oslo HERO 2007.

Miika Linna, Unto Häkkinen, Jon Magnusen. Comparing hospital efficiency between Norway and Finland. Health Policy 77;268-278, 2006.




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