Kristian Bolin
About Kristian Bolin
Kristian Bolin holds the chair in health economics at the University of Gothenburg. The chair is connected to the Centre for Health Economics at the University of Gothenburg (founded in 2011). One of the main objectives of the Centre is to facilitate collaboration between clinical researchers and researchers in health economics. Kristian has more than 15 years of experience in health-economics research spanning academia, government and industry at a national and international level. His academic research includes both core economics and health-related research in collaboration with medical researchers. His economics interests include theoretical modelling of individual health-related behaviours.
Research areas
- Health economics; microeconomics; Economic evaluation
Research in progress
- Biocycle, 2015-01 - 2019-12
Teaching areas
- Micro economics; Health economics, Economic Evaluation
Selected publications
Employer investments in employee health - Implications for the family as health producer
Bolin, Kristian, Jacobson, Lena, Lindgren, Björn
Journal of Health Economics, ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 21:4, s. 563-583, 2002
The family as the health producer--when spouses act strategically
Bolin, Kristian, Jacobson, Lena, Lindgren, Björn
Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, 21:3, s. 475-495, 2002
Your next of kin or your own career? Caring and working among the 50+ of Europe
Bolin, Kristian, Lindgren, Björn, Lundborg, Petter
Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier Science B.V., 27:3, s. 718-738, 2008
The family as the health producer – when spouses are Nash-bargainers
Bolin, Kristian, Lena jacobson, Björn Lindgren
Journal of health economics, 2002
Changes in the health status of the population
Bolin, Kristian
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Optimal investment in health when lifetime is stochastic, or, rational agents do not often follow health
recommendations
Kristian Bolin, M. R. Caputo
Southern Economic Journal - 2023 -
Rationale and Design of Switch Swedeheart: A Registry-Based, Stepped-Wedge, Cluster-Randomized, Open-Label Multicenter Trial to Compare Prasugrel and Ticagrelor for Treatment of Patients with Acute Coronary
Syndrome.
Elmir Omerovic, David Erlinge, Sasha Koul, Ole Frobert, Jonas Andersson, Johan Ponten, Fredrik Björklund, Robert Kastberg, Max Petzold, Charlotta Ljungman, Kristian Bolin, Björn Redfors
American heart journal - 2022 -
Specification of the Health Production Function and its Behavioral
Implications
Kristian Bolin, Mikael R. Caputo
2022 -
Desloratadine Exposure and Incidence of Seizure: A Nordic Post-authorization Safety Study Using a New-User Cohort Study Design,
2001-2015
A. K. Ersboll, K. Sengupta, E. Pukkala, Kristian Bolin, E. Aas, M. Emneus, D. R. Ramey, J. E. Brady, D. Mines, K. Aasbjerg, C. Vestergaard, G. Gislason, A. P. Born, T. M. Kjaerulff
Drug Safety - 2021 -
Valproic acid and socioeconomic associations in Swedish women with epilepsy
2010-2015
Klara Andersson, Anneli Ozanne, Kristian Bolin, T. Tomson, Johan Zelano
Acta Neurologica Scandinavica - 2021 -
Non-life-threatening ailments and rational patience when expected treatment outcomes are continuously
improving
Kristian Bolin, Michael R. Caputo
Journal of Health Economics - 2021 -
CAPABILITY, HEALTH, AND THE LABOUR MARKET – THE RETIREMENT
DECISION
Kristian Bolin, Qarin Lood
2021 -
The cost-effectiveness of person-centred care provided to patients with chronic heart failure and/or chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease
Laura Pirhonen, Hanna Gyllensten, Elisabeth Hansson-Olofsson, Andreas Fors, Lilas Ali, Inger Ekman, Kristian Bolin
Health Policy OPEN - 2020 -
Consumption and Investment Demand when Health Evolves
Stochastically
Kristian Bolin, Michael Caputo
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control - 2020 -
Characteristics of finasteride users in comparison with non-users: a Nordic nationwide study based on individual-level data from Denmark, Finland, and
Sweden
Kristian Bolin, Thora Majlund Kjærulff, Annette Kjær Ersbøll, Eero Pukkala, Anders Green, Martha Emneus, Klaus Brasso, Peter Iversen, Lau Caspar Thygesen
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety - 2020 -
Modelling the cost-effectiveness of person-centred care for patients with acute coronary
syndrome
Laura Pirhonen, Hanna Gyllensten, Andreas Fors, Kristian Bolin
European Journal of Health Economics - 2020 -
Socioeconomic outcome and access to care in adults with epilepsy in Sweden: a nationwide cohort
study
Klara Andersson, Anneli Ozanne, Anna Edelvik Tranberg, John Chaplin, Kristian Bolin, Kristina Malmgren, Johan Zelano
Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy - 2020 -
Healthcare costs and productivity losses associated with county-based home-care service for sick children in
Sweden
Charlotte Castor, Kristian Bolin, Helena Hansson, Kajsa Landgren, Inger Kristensson Hallström
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - 2020 -
The cost utility of pitolisant as narcolepsy
treatment
Kristian Bolin, P. A. Niska, Laura Pirhonen, Pontus Wasling
Acta Neurologica Scandinavica - 2020 -
Socioeconomic outcome and access to care in adults with epilepsy in Sweden: A nationwide cohort
study.
Klara Andersson, Anneli Ozanne, Anna Edelvik Tranberg, John Chaplin, Kristian Bolin, Kristina Malmgren, Johan Zelano
Seizure - 2020 -
Invisible Scars or Open Wounds? The Role of Mid-career Income for the Gender Pension Gap in
Sweden
Stefanie König, Boo Johansson, Kristian Bolin
Frontiers in Sociology - 2019 -
Utilization of etoricoxib in dental patients in the Nordic countries: a population-based register
study
K. Sengupta, L. C. Thygesen, I. S. Kristiansen, Kristian Bolin, E. Pukkala, M. Emneus, L. B. Christensen, A. K. Ersbøll
Acta Odontologica Scandinavica - 2019 -
Person-Centred Care in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Alongside a Randomised Controlled
Trial.
Laura Pirhonen, Kristian Bolin, Elisabeth Hansson-Olofsson, Andreas Fors, Inger Ekman, Karl Swedberg, Hanna Gyllensten
PharmacoEconomics - open - 2019 -
The cost-effectiveness of biological therapy cycles in the management of Crohn's
disease.
Kristian Bolin, Erik Hertervig, Edouard Louis
Journal of Crohn's & colitis - 2019 -
Child Human Capital – The Importance of Parenting
Style
Kristian Bolin, Michael R. Caputo
2019 -
Non-Life-Threatening Ailments and Rational
Patience
Kristian Bolin, Michael R. Caputo
2019 -
Finasteride Use and Risk of Male Breast Cancer: A Case-Control Study Using Individual-Level Registry Data from Denmark, Finland, and
Sweden
T. M. Kjaerulff, A. K. Ersboll, A. Green, M. Emneus, K. Brasso, P. Iversen, E. Pukkala, Kristian Bolin, L. C. Thygesen
Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention - 2019 -
Digitalizing and collecting health data in
Sweden
Paolo Nicola Barbieri, Kristian Bolin
Pharmaceuticals Policy and Law - 2018 -
Finasteride treatment and male breast cancer: a register-based cohort study in four Nordic
countries
M. Meijer, L. C. Thygesen, A. Green, M. Emneus, K. Brasso, P. Iversen, E. Pukkala, Kristian Bolin, K. Stavem, A. K. Ersboll
Cancer Medicine - 2018 -
Physical inactivity: Productivity losses and healthcare costs 2002 and 2016 in
Sweden
Kristian Bolin
BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine - 2018 -
The cost-effectiveness of biological therapy cycles in the management of Crohn’s
disease
Kristian Bolin, Erik Hertervig, Edouard Louis
2018 -
Optimal Investment in Health when Lifetime is Stochastic, or, Rational Agents do not Often Follow Health Agency
Recommendations
Kristian Bolin, Michael R. Caputo
2018 -
Assessing the economic value of maintained improvements in Type 1 diabetes management, in terms of HbA(1c), weight and hypoglycaemic event
incidence
P. McEwan, H. Bennett, Kristian Bolin, M. Evans
Diabetic Medicine - 2018 -
The cost-utility of sodium oxybate as narcolepsy
treatment
Kristian Bolin, P. Berling, Pontus Wasling, H. Meinild, J. Kjellberg, P. Jennum
Acta Neurologica Scandinavica - 2017 -
Patterns of antiepileptic drug prescription in Sweden: A register-based
approach
Kristian Bolin, F. Berggren, P. Berling, S. Morberg, H. Gauffin, A. M. Landtblom
Acta Neurologica Scandinavica - 2017 -
Effects of person-centred care on health outcomes—A randomized controlled trial in patients with acute coronary
syndrome
Laura Pirhonen, Elisabeth Hansson-Olofsson, Andreas Fors, Inger Ekman, Kristian Bolin
Health Policy - 2017 -
Consumption and Investment Demand when Health Evolves
Stochastically
Kristian Bolin, Michael R. Caputo
2017 -
Non-monotonic health behaviours – implications for individual health-related behaviour in a demand-for-health
framework
Kristian Bolin, Björn Lindgren
Journal of Health Economics - 2016 -
Study protocol of SWEPIS a Swedish multicentre register based randomised controlled trial to compare induction of labour at 41 completed gestational weeks versus expectant management and induction at 42 completed gestational
weeks
Helen Elden, Henrik Hagberg, Anna Wessberg, Verena Sengpiel, A. Herbst, Maria Bullarbo, Christina Bergh, Kristian Bolin, S. Malbasic, S. Saltvedt, O. Stephansson, A. K. Wikstrom, Lars Ladfors, Ulla-Britt Wennerholm
Bmc Pregnancy and Childbirth - 2016 -
Patterns of finasteride use in the male populations of four Nordic countries: A cross-national drug utilization
study
T. M. Kjaerulff, A. K. Ersboll, A. Green, M. Emneus, E. Pukkala, Kristian Bolin, K. Stavem, P. Iversen, K. Brasso, J. Hallas, L. C. Thygesen
Scandinavian Journal of Urology - 2016 -
Prevalence and cost of epilepsy in Sweden – a register-based
approach
Kristian Bolin, F. Berggren, A.-M. Landtblom
Acta Neurologica Scandinavica - 2015 -
Parental Investments in Child Health – the importance of paternalistic altruism, child egoism and
short-sightedness
Kristian Bolin, Björn Lindgren
2015 -
Preference Measurement in
Health
Glenn C Blomquist, Kristian Bolin
2014 -
Individual technologies for health - the implications of distinguishing between the ability to produce health investments and the capacity to benefit from those
investments
Kristian Bolin, Bengt Liljas, Björn Lindgren
2014 -
Non-monotonic health behaviours - implications for individual health-related behaviour in a demand-for-health
framework
Kristian Bolin, Björn Lindgren
2014 -
Incidence of Cancer and Mortality in Patients from the Simvastatin and Ezetimibe in Aortic Stenosis (SEAS)
Trial
Anders Green, Dena Rosen Ramey, Martha Emneus, Maria Iachina, Knut Stavem, Michael Busch-Sorensen, Kristian Bolin, Richard McNally, Ronnie Willenheimer, Kenneth Egstrup, Y. Antero Kesaniemi, Simon Ray, Nermine Basta, Christi Kent, Terje R. Pedersen
American Journal of Cardiology - 2014 -
Regional variation in prevalence and healthcare utilization due to epilepsy in
Sweden
Kristian Bolin, F. Berggren, A. M. Landtblom
Acta Neurologica Scandinavica - 2014 -
The cost-effectiveness of growth hormone replacement therapy (Genotropin®) in hypopituitary adults in
Sweden
Kristian Bolin, R. Sandin, M. Koltowska-Häggström, J. Loftus, C. Prütz, B. Jonsson
Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation - 2013 -
The double-facetted nature of health investments - implications for equilibrium and stability in a demand-for-health
framework
Kristian Bolin, Björn Lindgren
2012 -
Prescribers' experience of active wheelchair provisioning in Sweden: Analysis of a postal
questionnaire
Oskar Krantz, Dennis Persson, Björn Lindgren, Kristian Bolin
Technology and Disability - 2011 -
Pancreatic cancer, healthcare cost and loss of productivity - a register-based
approach
Bobby Tingstedt, Erik Andersson, Anton Flink, Kristian Bolin, Björn Lindgren, Roland Andersson
World Journal of Surgery - 2011 -
Attained education and self-assessed health later in life when diagnosed with diabetes in childhood: A population-based
study
Anne Wennick, Inger Hallström, Björn Lindgren, Kristian Bolin
Pediatric Diabetes - 2011