Stefán Hjörleifsson

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Stefán Hjörleifsson er spesialist i allmennmedisin, fastlege og førsteamanuensis ved Institutt for global helse og samfunnsmedisin, Universitetet i Bergen. Han leder styringsgruppen for Legeforeningens Gjør kloke valg-kampanje og er prosjektleder for «Bærekraft på legekontoret».

Articles by Stefán Hjörleifsson

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...