Afsaneh Bjorvatn

Afsaneh Bjorvatn

Senior Researcher

Academic title: PhD

Research interests

  • Health economics
  • Socioeconomic analysis
  • Econometrics

Selected publications

  • Skjeret, F., Bjorvatn, A., Innamaa, S., Lethonen, E., Malin,F., Nordhoff, S. and Louw, T. (2023). "Willingness to Pay for Conditional Automated Driving among Segments of Potential Buyers in Europe."Journal of Advanced Transportation (2023).
  • Bjorvatn, A., Page, Y., Fahrenkrog, F., et. al (2021). "L3Pilot Deliverable D7.4: Impact Evaluation Results".
  • Nordhoff, S., Beuster, A., Kessel, T., Bjorvatn, A., et. al (2021). "L3Pilot Deliverable 7.1: Annual quantitative survey about user acceptance towards ADAS and vehicle automation Document information".
  • Nordhoff, S., Louw, T., Madigan, R., Lee, Y.M., Innamaa, S., Lehtonen, E., Malin, F., Bjorvatn, A., et. al (2021). "Profiling the Enthusiastic, Neutral, and Sceptical Users of Conditionally Automated Cars in 17 Countries: A Questionnaire Study." Journal of Advanced Transportation.
  • Louw, T., Madigan, R., Lee, Y.M., Nordhoff, S., Lehtonen, E., Innamaa, S., Malin, F., Bjorvatn, A., Merat, N. (2021). "Drivers' Intentions to Use Different Functionalities of Conditionally Automated Cars: A Survey Study of 18,631 Drivers from 17 Countries." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18(22). DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182212054 
  • Lehtonen, E., Malin, F., Innamaa, S., Nordhoff, S., Louw, T., Bjorvatn, A., Merat, N. (2021). "Are multimodal travellers going to abandon sustainable travel for L3 automated vehicles?" Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 10, 100380.  
  • Innemaa, S., Aittoniemi, E., Bjorvatn, A., et. al (2020). "L3Pilot Deliverable D3.4: Evaluation Plan".
  • Bjorvatn, A., Magnussen, A.-M. & Wallander, L. (2020). "Law and medical practice: A comparative vignette survey of cardiologists in Norway and Denmark". SAGE Open Medicine, 8: 1-11. DOI: 10.1177/2050312120946215.
  • Metz, B., Rösener, C., Louw, T., Aittoniemi, E., Bjorvatn, A., et. al (2019). "L3Pilot Deliverable D3.3: Evaluation methods."
  • Bjorvatn, A. (2018). "Private or public hospital ownership: Does it really matter?" Social Science & Medicine, 196: 166-174. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.11.038.
  • Bjorvatn, A. (2018). "Sykehuslegers holdninger til økonomiske styringsinstrumenter i spesialisthelsetjenesten" (Hospital physicians' attitudes towards financial management instruments in specialized healthcare services) in Aasen, H.S., Bringedal, B., Bærøe, K. & Magnussen, A.-M. (eds.): Prioritering, styring og likebehandling - Utfordringer i norsk helsetjeneste, Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISBN 978-82-02-56935-8-PDF.
  • Bjorvatn, A. & Nilssen, E. (2018). "Rettslig regulering og faglig skjønnsutøvelse i prioritering av spesialisthelsetjenester" (Legal Regulation and Professional Discretion in Prioritization of Specialized Health Services). Tidsskrift for Velferdsforskning, 21(1): 18-38.
  • Bjorvatn, A. (2013). "Hospital readmission among elderly patients". European Journal of Health Economics, 14(5): 809-820. DOI: 10.1007/s10198-012-0426-3.
  • Bjorvatn, A. (2012). "Making incentives work. Hospital organization and performance". Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 40(5): 449-456.
  • Bjorvatn, A. & Ma, A. (2012). "Patient mobility and public hospital waiting time" in "Four essays on health care reforms in Norway". University of Bergen.
  • Bjorvatn,   A. & Kristiansen, F. (2005). "Fondaparinux Sodium Compared with Enoxaparin Sodium: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis". American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs, 5(2): 121-130.
  • Bjorvatn, A. (2005). "Evaluation of Decentralized Dialysis in Norway – A Cost-Benefit Analysis". Dialysis & Transplant, 685-689.
  • Bjorvatn, A. (2003). "Er desentralisert dialysebehandling lønnsomt?" (Is decentralized dialysis treatment profitable?). Magma, 6(6): 97-105. 
  • Sunnevåg, K.J. & Bjorvatn, A. (2003). "Bruk av markedsbaserte finansieringsmekanismer i helsesektoren" (Use of market-based financing mechanisms in health care sector). Magma, 6(1): 76-91.
  • Sunnevåg, K.J. & Bjorvatn, A. (2000). "Bør frekvenser selges på auksjon?" Magma, 3(4): 31-53.

Selected research projects

  • Hi-Drive: Addressing challenges toward the deployment of higher automation. (https://www.hi-drive.eu). Cofounded by European Union.
  • Piloting Automated Driving on European Roads. (https://l3pilot.eu). Cofounded by European Union.
  • Prioritizing health care: Tensions and Interplays between Legal, Political, Economic and Professional Perspectives. Postdoc scholarship at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. Funded by the Research Council of Norway.