Robberstad, Bjarne
Title: PhD
Present position: Post doctor researcher at Centre for International Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Norway
Degree, institution, year:
Department of Economics, University of Bergen, Norway (2005)
Previous research done in Haydom area:
Current research or planned research in Haydom area or related to Haydom:
Economic evaluation of ART and programme for prevention of mother to child treatment of HIV (PMTCT-plus) at Haydom Lutheran Hospital
Contact information:
Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen
e-mail: bjarne.robberstad@cih.uib.no
Postal Address: Postboks 7804, 5020 Bergen
- Publications:
- Robberstad, B., Y. Hemed, and O.F. Norheim, Cost-effectiveness of medical interventions to prevent cardiovascular disease in a sub-Saharan African country - the case of Tanzania. Cost Eff Resour Alloc, 2007. 5: p. 3. Free full text at http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=17316431 (#118 Robberstad pdf)
- Robberstad, B. and J. Cairns, Time preferences for health in northern Tanzania : an empirical analysis of alternative discounting models. Pharmacoeconomics, 2007. 25(1): p. 73-88. (#119 Robberstad CAirns pdf)
- B Robberstad: QALYs vs DALYs vs LYs gained: What are the differences, and what difference do they make for health care priority setting? Norwegian Epidemiology 2005; 15 (2): 183-191. (#120 Robberstad 2005 pdf)
- Wandwalo E, Robberstad B, Morkve O. Cost and cost-effectiveness of community based and health facility based directly observed treatment of tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2005;3:6. Free full text at http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=16018806 (#121 Wandwalo Robberstad pdf)
- Robberstad B. Estimation of private and social time preferences for health in northern Tanzania. Social Science and Medicine 2005; 61(7):1597-607. (#122 Robberstad pdf)
- Robberstad B, Strand T, Black RE, Sommerfelt H. Cost-effectiveness of zinc as adjunct therapy for acute childhood diarrhea in developing countries. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2004;82(7):523-31. (#123 Robberstad Strand pdf)
- L Kapiriri, B Robberstad and OF Norheim: The Relationship between prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV and Stakeholder Decision Making in Uganda: Implications for Health Policy. Health Policy, 66, 199-211, 2003. (#124 Kapiriri Robberstad pdf)
Professional presentations:
- The 6th International Conference on Priorities in Health Care, Toronto September 2006: WHOs 3-by-5 inititative: Fact or fiction? Friend or foe? (Oral presentation).
- Norwegian National Health Economics Conference, May 2006: Antiretroviral treatment of AIDS in Africa – Sense or sensibility? Oral presentation.
- The 5th World Congress in Health Economics, Barcelona July 2005: Estimation of private and social time preferences for health in northern Tanzania (Oral presentation).
Priority Setting and Planning in Tanzanian Health Care, Workshop and dissemination seminar at Bagamoyo 13th-14th April 2005:
Applied economic evaluations and studies on time preferences for health in Tanzania.
- 5th European Conference in Health Economics, London September 2004: Cost-effectiveness of medical interventions to prevent cardiovascular disease in a sub-Saharan African country – the case of Tanzania (poster presentation).
- Norwegian National Health Economics Conference, May 2004: Preventive Cardiology in Developing Countries – good utilization of resources in the era of HIV-AIDS? Oral presentation.
- Nordic Health Economics Study Group meeting, Bergen 2003: The cost effectiveness of zinc as adjunct therapy for acute childhood diarrhea in developing countries. Oral presentation.
- 4th International Conference on Priorities in Health Care, Oslo September 2002: The cost-effectiveness of major health interventions in Tanzania – an expanded review article. Oral presentation.
- AIDSNET, Oslo April 2002: Cost-effectiveness of selected HIV-AIDS interventions in Tanzania. Oral presentation.
Work dissemination:
Will present work related to Haydom when it is published, and send back copies of articles to library at HLH.