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Articles by Steinar Hunskår
A personal crisis support team at an Accident and Emergency Department
- Eva Try,
- Tone Morken,
- Steinar Hunskår
25.09.2008:
Individuals who have experienced catastrophes, accidents or unexpected deaths have an increased incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder (1) – (4). According to randomised controlled studies, cognitive-behaviour therapy seems to be the most effective measure to prevent post-traumatic stress...
Norwegian regular general practitioners’ participation in out-of-hours work
- Hogne Sandvik,
- Erik Zakariassen,
- Steinar Hunskår
04.10.2007:
Out-of-hours (OOH) emergency service is meant to be an obligatory part of the regular general practitioner’s (RGP) work. It comes in addition to ordinary work and is often seen as a burden (1). Working conditions can be difficult with an inherent risk of making mistakes (2) - (5). Every 10th...
Organization of Norwegian out-of-hours primary health care services
- Tobias Nieber,
- Elisabeth Holm Hansen,
- Gunnar Tschudi Bondevik,
- Steinar Hunskår,
- Jesper Blinkenberg,
- Janecke Thesen,
- Erik Zakariassen
17.05.2007:
Since Norway implemented the Municipal Health Services Act in 1984, municipalities have been responsible for organizing out-of-hours primary health care services (1). The municipalities are responsible for providing adequate health care services to all who live or stay in the municipality. Doctors...
Locations, facilities and routines in Norwegian out-of-hours services
- Erik Zakariassen,
- Jesper Blinkenberg,
- Elisabeth Holm Hansen,
- Tobias Nieber,
- Janecke Thesen,
- Gunnar Tschudi Bondevik,
- Steinar Hunskår
17.05.2007:
Municipalities have been responsible for organizing out-of-hours services since the Municipal Health Services Act of 1982 was implemented 1.4.1984 (1). The municipalities are responsible for organizing the out-of-hours services, providing doctors, premises, equipment and staff. The Municipal Health...
Differences in requests to out-of-hours services in Norway
- Elisabeth Holm Hansen,
- Steinar Hunskår
17.05.2007:
There is no regular national recording of information regarding the out-of-hours services in Norway; e.g. the number of requests, who makes the requests, the degree of emergency or what action has been taken. In some places local records are available on the number of requests to casualty clinics or...
Reimbursement for out-of-hours work in Norway
- Hogne Sandvik,
- Steinar Hunskår
17.05.2007:
Regulations concerning the regular general practitioner (RGP) Scheme enable municipalities to require all RGPs to take on emergency duties (1). Emergency duties are also obligatory for newly qualified doctors serving their compulsory practice period. As well as encroaching on doctors’ spare time...