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Performance Evaluations and League Tables: Do They Capture Variation Between Organizational Units? An Analysis of 5 Swedish Pharmacological Performance Indicators.

BACKGROUND:: The use of league tables during the last decade has frequently been employed to assess quality in health care. However, few studies have attempted to assess quality by quantifying the variability across the organizational units or attempted to investigate whether the units are the correct context that really influences the outcome under study. OBJECTIVES:: To quantify the variation be

Essays on Income and Fertility: Sweden 1968-2009

Popular Abstract in English The purpose of this dissertation is to produce a cohesive study on how income is related to different events that constitute fertility, such as entry into parenthood, continued childbearing, and the risk of remaining childless. Relying on register-based longitudinal data on men and women living in Sweden between 1968 and 2009, this study aims to contribute to the litera

Hip Fracture Incidence and Prevalence of Osteoporosis in Sweden in Recent Decades

An increase in hip fracture incidence during the recent half-century has been reported worldwide and has been predicted to continue. Recent publications, however, have reported stable or even decreasing hip fracture incidence. No reports evaluate whether these changes in hip fracture incidence are associated with changes in bone mineral density (BMD), if they apply in both urban and rural settings