Publications

Health Economics Special Issue

► Häkkinen U, Iversen T, Peltola M, Rehnberg C, Seppälä TT. 2015. Towards Explaining International Differences in Health Care Performance: Results of the EuroHOPE Project. Health Economics 24 (Suppl. 2): 1-4.

► Iversen T, Aas E, Rosenqvist G, Häkkinen U. 2015. Comparative analysis of treatment costs in EuroHOPE. Health Economics 24 (Suppl. 2): 5-22.

► Smith J, Banks H, Campbell H, Douglas A, Fletcher E, McCallum A, Moger T, Peltola M, Sveréus S, Wild S, Williams L, Forbes J. 2015. Parameter heterogeneity in breast cancer cost regressions - Evidence from 5 European Countries. Health Economics 24 (Suppl. 2): 23-37.

► Peltola M, Seppälä T, Malmivaara A, Belicza É, Numerato D, Goude F, Fletcher E, Heijink H. 2015. Individual and regional-level factors contributing to variation in length of stay after cerebral infarction in six European countries. Health Economics 24 (Suppl. 2): 38-52.

► Medin E, Goude F, Melberg H, Tediosi F, Belicza É, Peltola M. 2015. European regional differences in all-cause mortality and length of stay for hip fracture patients. Health Economics 24 (Suppl. 1): 53-64.

► Fattore G, Numerato D, Peltola M, Banks H, Graziani R, Heijnk R, Over E, Klitkou ST, Fletcher E, Mihalicza P, Sverèus S. 2015. Variation and determinants of mortality and length of stay of very low birth weight and very low for gestational age infants in 7 European Countries. Health Economics 24 (Suppl. 2): 65-87.

► Hagen TP, Häkkinen U, Belicza É, Fattore G, Goude F. 2015. Acute myocardial infarction, use of percutaneous coronary intervention, and mortality: A comparative effectiveness analysis covering seven European countries. Health Economics 24 (Suppl. 2): 88-101.

► Hagen TP, Häkkinen U, Iversen T, Klitkou ST, Moger TA. 2015. Socio-economic inequality in procedures and mortality among AMI patients: quantifying the effects along different paths. Health Economics 24 (Suppl. 2): 102-115.

► Häkkinen U, Rosenqvist G, Iversen T, Rehnberg C, Seppälä TT. 2015. Outcome, use of resources and their relationship in the treatment of AMI, stroke and hip fracture at European hospitals. Health Economics 24 (Suppl. 2): 116-139.

► Kittelsen SAC, Anthun KS, Goude F, Huitfeldt IMS, Häkkinen U, Kruse M, Medin M, Rehnberg C, Rättö H. 2015. Costs and quality at the hospital level in the Nordic countries. Health Economics 24 (Suppl. 2): 140-163.

► Richard Heijink, Peter Engelfriet, Clas Rehnberg, Sverre A. C. Kittelsen, Unto Häkkinen. 2015. A Window on Geographic Variation in Health Care: Insights from EuroHOPE. Health Economics 24 (Suppl. 2): 164-177.

Other peer-reviewed publications

► Numerato D, Fattore G, Tediosi F, Zanini R, Peltola M, Heijink R, Toksvig Klitkou S, Mihalicza P, Sveréus S, Lehtonen L, Banks H, Fletcher E, on behalf of the EuroHOPE study group. Mortality and Length of Stay of Very Low Birth Weight and Very Preterm Infants: A EuroHOPE Study. PLoS One. 2015; 10(6): e0131685.

► Malmivaara A, Meretoja A, Peltola M, Numerato D, Heijink R, Engelfriet P, Wild SH, Belicza É, Bereczki D, Medin E, Goude F, Boncoraglio G, Tatlisumak T, Seppälä TT and Häkkinen U. Comparing ischaemic stroke in six European countries. The EuroHOPE register study. Eur J Neurol. 2015; 22(2): 284-91, e25-6.

Häkkinen U, Iversen T, Peltola M, Seppälä T, Malmivaara A, Belicza E, Fattore G, Numerato D, Heijink R, Medin E, Rehnberg C. Health care performance comparison using a disease-based approach: The EuroHOPE project. Health Policy, Volume 112, Issues 1-2, September 2013, Pages 100-109.

Medin E, Häkkinen U, Linna M, Anthun K, Kittelsen S, Rehnberg C. International hospital productivity comparison: experiences from the Nordic countries. Health Policy, Volume 112, Issues 1-2, September 2013, Pages 80-87.

Moger TA, Peltola M. Risk adjustment of health-care performance measures in a multinational register-based study: A pragmatic approach to a complicated topic. SAGE Open Medicine January - December 2014 vol. 2


Summary of the findings of the EuroHOPE project [pdf]
     - The EuroHOPE study group - April 8th, 2014


EuroHOPE Discussion Papers Series

Cost measurement and estimation of cost functions EuroHOPE Discussion Papers No 2. 29th December 2012 [pdf]

EuroHOPE AMI: Material, Methods and Indicators EuroHOPE Discussion Papers No 5. 28th December 2012 [pdf]

EuroHOPE Stroke: Material, Methods and Indicators EuroHOPE Discussion Papers No 6. 21st November 2013 [pdf]

EuroHOPE Breast Cancer: Material, Methods and Indicators EuroHOPE Discussion Papers No 8. 31st December 2012 [pdf]

EuroHOPE Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW)& Very Low Gestational Age (VLGA) Infants: Material, Methods and Indicators EuroHOPE Discussion Papers No 9. 27th February 2014 [pdf]

EuroHOPE Nordic Hospital comparison: Material, Methods and Indicators. EuroHOPE Discussion Papers No 10. 31st December 2012 [pdf 505 KB]


BRIDGEHealth work package 11

AMI+ACS - Material Methods and Indicators [pdf]

Bridge - AMI ACS variables

Hip fracture - Material Methods and Indicators [pdf]

Bridge - Hip fracture - variables

Stroke - Material Methods and Indicators [pdf]

Bridge - Stroke - variables


[Sep. 16th 2016]