Name: Geir Christian Godager
Address: Department of Health Management and Health Economics, Forskningsveien 3A, P.B 1089 Blindern,
0317 Oslo, Norway
Telephone: +47 22 84 50 29 / +47 91 73 69 60
E-mail: geir.godager@medisin.uio.no . Personal web page : www.folk.uio.no/geircgo/english
Work experience
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2015-: Associate Professor at Department of Health Management and Health Economics
2014-: Project Manager in International Research Collaborative for Health Economic Experiments
2010- : Researcher (2) at Akershus University Hospital.
2009-2014: Researcher and Associate Professor (temp) and Postdoc at Department of Health
Management and Health Economics.
2004-2009: Research fellow at Institute of Health Management and Health Economics.
2002 -2004: Student assistant and research assistant at Institute of Health Management and Health
Economics, University of Oslo
1997-2000: Team Leader and Sales Manager Lottcon AS.
Education
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University of Oslo Leadership Programme, 2015
Basic pedagogical competence University of Oslo, 2012
ph.d. in economics, Department of Economics, University of Oslo, 2009
Various courses part of the training component of the Degree of PhD in social Science (55 ECT credits)
Cand.oecon, The Department of Economics, University of Oslo 2003. Master thesis in health economics
Publications in Journals
Godager, Geir, Heike Hennig-Schmidt, and Tor Iversen (2015): “Does performance disclosure influence
physicians' medical decisions? An experimental study”, Forthcoming), Journal of Economic Behavior &
Organization
Godager, G., C.A. Ma and T. Iversen (2015): “Competition, Gatekeeping, and Health Care Access”, Journal of
Health Economics, 39, 159-170.
Godager, G. and F. Gregersen, (2014): “The association between age and mortality related hospital
expenditures: Evidence from a national registry”, Nordic Journal of Health Economics 2(1)
Godager, G. and D. Wiesen, (2013): " Profit or Patients' Health Benefit? Exploring the Heterogeneity in
Physician Altruism", Journal of Health Economics 32(6), pp. 1105-1116
Melberg, Hans Olav, G. Godager and FA Gregersen, (2013): "Hospital expenses towards the end of life", The
Journal of the Norwegian Medical association 8, 2013
Goth, Ursula-Georgine Småland and Geir Godager, (2012): "Use of Primary Care Emergency Services in
Norway: Impact of Birth Country and Duration of Residence", Nordic Journal of Health Economics 1 (2)
Godager, G., (2012): "Birds of a Feather Flock Together: A Study of Doctor-Patient Matching",
Journal of Health Economics, 31(1), pp. 296-305
Godager, G.,(2012): "Forskjeller i henvisningsrater truer ikke målet om likeverdige helsetjenester",
Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening 3, 2012 (Comment)
Godager, Geir and Erik Biørn, (2010): "Does Quality Influence Choice of General Practitioner? An Analysis of
Matched Doctor-Patient Panel Data", Economic Modelling 27, 842–853
Godager, G. and T. Iversen (2009): “Internasjonal handel med helsetjenester: Vil liberalisering påvirke
pasienter og tilbydere i helsesektoren?” Samfunnsøkonomen 6, 2009
Godager, G. and H. Lurås (2009): “Dual job holding General Practitioners: The effect of patient shortage.”
Health Economics, 18(10)
Godager, G., C.A. Ma and T. Iversen (2009): “Service motives and profit incentives among physicians”
International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, 9(1), 39-57
Godager, G. and T. Iversen (2004): “Hvem bruker retten til fritt sykehusvalg? Resultater fra Samordnet
levekårsundersøkelse 2002”, Økonomisk forum 4/5, 2004
Chapters in books
Godager, G. and T. Iversen, (2014): ”Sosial ulikhet i bruk av helsetjenester i Norge ”, in "Helsetjenestens nye
logikk –Festskrift for Ole Berg", ISBN: 978-82-321-0348-5
Godager, G.,T. Iversen and H. Lurås, (2012): ”Framtidens betalingssystemer i allmennlegetjenesten.”, in
Melberg and Kjekshus (Eds) "Fremtidens Helse-Norge", ISBN: 978-82-450-1208-8
Working Papers
Godager, G, H. Hennig-Schmidt, and T Iversen: “Does performance disclosure influence physicians’ medical
decisions? An experimental study”, HERO Working Paper 2015: 5
Godager, G. og Tor Iversen: “Brukernes erfaringer med fastlegeordningen 2001 – 2012. Trender i bruk,
tilgjengelighet og fornøydhet”, HERO Working Paper 2014: 2
Godager, G., C.A. Ma and T. Iversen: “Competition, Gatekeeping, and Health Care Access”, HERO Working
Paper 2012: 2
Selbæk, Geir; Vossius, Corinna Elisabeth; Lurås, Hilde; Godager, Geir. ”Resource Use and Disease Course in
Dementia (REDIC)”. Oslo: Avdeling for helseledelse og helseøkonomi, Universitetet i Oslo 2012 ; HELEDs
Skriftserie(1:2012)
Godager, G. og D. Wiesen:Profit or Patients' Health Benefit? Exploring the Heterogeneity in Physician Altruism.
HERO Working Paper 2011:7
Hagen, T.P. Hagen, K.N. Amayu, T. Iversen, G. Godager og H. Øien: Utviklingen i kommunenes helse- og
omsorgstjenester 1986-2010. HERO Working Paper 2011:5
Godager, G., T.P. Hagen og T. Iversen: Omfang og sammensetning av omsorgstjenester i tre nordiske land.
HERO Working Paper 2011:2
Chen, X. og G Godager: Development of competition indicators in the Norwegian general practice:
Constructing a postal code-specific Herfindahl-Hirschman index applying STATA software. HERO Working
Paper 2011:1
Godager, G. og Tor Iversen: "Brukernes erfaringer med fastlegeordningen 2001 - 2008 - Trender i bruk,
tilgjengelighet og fornøydhet",HERO Working Paper 2010: 1
Godager, G: "Four Empirical Essays on the Market for General Practitioners' Services", Dissertation for the
ph.d. degree. HERO Working Paper 2009: 7
Godager, G. and T. Iversen: "Helsetjenester uten grenser? Om internasjonal handel med helsetjenester og
mulige virkninger av internasjonal konkurranse for det norske helsevesenet" HERO Working Paper 2009: 5
Godager, G : "Birds of a Feather Flock Together: A Study of Doctor-Patient Matching" HERO Working Paper
2009: 3
Godager, G and Erik Biørn 2008: "Does Quality Influence Choice of General Practitioner?An Analysis of
Matched Doctor-Patient Panel Data" HERO Working Paper 2008: 3
Godager, G.,T. Iversen and H. Lurås (2007): “Fastlegeordningen. Utvikling i bruk, tilgjengelighet og
fornøydhet”, HERO Working Paper 2007: 6
Godager, G., C.A. Ma and T. Iversen (2007): “Service motives and profit incentives among physicians”, HERO
Working Paper 2007: 4
Godager, G.og H. Lurås (2005): ”I skyggen av Fastlegeordningen: Hvordan har det gått med det offentlige
legearbeidet?”, HERO Working Paper 2005: 6
Godager, G.,T. Iversen and H. Lurås (2005): ”Utviklingen i fastlegenes listelengder, driftsinntekter og
takstbruk”, HERO Working Paper 2005: 3
Godager, G. (2003): ”Fastlegeordningen og det kommunale legearbeidet - Er det tilfeldig hvilke leger som påtar
seg kommunalt legearbeid?” HERO Working Paper 2003: 15
Organizer of scientific meetings and conference sessions
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June 2014 Behavioral Experiments in Health economics. Scientific session at the 5th Biennial Conference
of the American society of Health Economists, Los Angeles, USA.
January 2014: “1st Workshop on Behavioral and Experimental Health Economics, University of Oslo
July 2013: Behavioral Experiments in Health economics. Scientific session at the 9th World Congress of the
International Health Economics Association, Sydney Australia.
International conference presentations
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June 2014: “Does Prospective Physicians’ Behavior Depend on the Payment System? Results from a
Laboratory Experiment Applying a Within-Subject-Design”, 5th Biennial Conference of the American
society of Health Economists, Los Angeles, USA.
July 2013: "Does performance disclosure influence physicians’ medical decisions? An experimental
analysis", (Godager Hennig-schmidt and Iversen) 9th World Congress on Health Economics, Sydney,
Australia.
July 2012: "Hospital Expenditures and the Red Herring Hypothesis: Evidence from a complete National
Registry", (Godager& Gregersen) 9th European Conference on Health Economics, Zürich, Switzerland.
Presentation by Fredrik Gregersen.
June 2012: "Hospital Expenditures and the Red Herring Hypothesis: Evidence from a complete National
Registry", (Godager& Gregersen) 4th Biennial Conference of the American society of Health Economists,
Minneapolis, USA. Presentation by Fredrik Gregersen.
June 2012: "Gatekeeping and Access to Health Care", (Godager, Iversen & Ma) 4th Biennial Conference of
the American society of Health Economists, Minneapolis, USA. Presentation by Tor Iversen.
July 2011: "Consumption of hospital services in Norway",(Godager& Gregersen) 8th World Congress on
Health Economics, Toronto, Canada. Presentation by Fredrik Gregersen.
July 2011: "Gatekeeping and Access to Health Care",(Godager, Iversen & Ma) 8th World Congress on
Health Economics, Toronto, Canada. Presentation by Tor Iversen.
July 2011: "Profit or Patients' Health Benefit? Exploring the Heterogeneity in Physician Altruism",
(Godager & Wiesen) 8th World Congress on Health Economics, Toronto, Canada.
July 2009: "Consumer Choice and Patient Selection in Health Care: Evidence From the Reform of
Norwegian General Practice". 7thWorld Congress On health Economics, Beijing, China.
December 2008 "Does Quality Influence Choice of General Practitioner?An Analysis of Matched DoctorPatient Panel Data", (Biørn & Godager)
Health Econometrics Workshop, December 2008 in Milan (Italy). Presenter:Erik Biørn
July 2008: “Estimating the Willingness to Pay for Attributes of General Practitioners: A Travel Cost
Approach”. 7th European Conference on Health Economics, University of Rome, "Tor Vergata"
August 2007: “The 28th Nordic Health Economists Study Group Meeting”, Tartu, Estland: “Service motives
and profit incentives among physicians”. (Godager, Iversen & Ma).
August 2007: “The 28th Nordic Health Economists Study Group Meeting”, Tartu, Estland:Estimating the
Willingness-to-Pay for Attributes of General Practitioners: A Travel Cost Approach. (Godager)
July 2007: “Gp Quality, Imperfect Information, and the Demand for Gp Service: An Analysis of Matched
Doctor-Patient Panel Data” (Biørn & Godager)
6th World Congress on Health Economics
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August 2006: “Gp Quality, Imperfect Information, and the Demand for Gp Service: An Analysis of Matched
Doctor-Patient Panel Data” (Biørn & Godager)
at “The 27th Nordic Health Economists Study Group Meeting”, Copenhagen.
July 2005: ”Are GPs economic agents?” 5th World Congress on Health Economics
September 2004: “The effect of patient shortage on GPs’ involvement in the
community health service” ECHE, LSE, London.
August 2004: “The effect of patient shortage on GPs’ involvement in the community health service”
(Godager & Lurås)
“The 25th Nordic Health Economists Study Group Meeting”, Reykjavik.
Conference presentations in Norway
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May 2013: The 15th national conference on health economics, Solstrand. “Om betydningen av offentlig
informasjon om behandlingsbeslutninger.”
May 2012: The 14th national conference on health economics, Sundvolden. ”Helseutgifter mot slutten av
livet: Hvor viktige er dødsfallsrelaterte utgifter ved beregningen av framtidens helseutgifter?” (Godager,
Gregersen og Melberg)
May 2007: The 9th national conference on health economics, Solstrand Os,Bergen. “Faktorer som
påvirker hvor lenge pasientene må vente for å få time hos fastlegen”
Other presentations
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May 2008: "Does quality influence choice of general practitioners? An analysis of matched doctor-patient
panel data",Department of Economics, University of Oslo.
April 2008: "Does quality influence choice of general practitioner? An analysis of matched doctor-patient
panel data" Presentation at the HERO seminar , University of Oslo.
February 2007: "I skyggen av fastlegeordningen: Offentlig legearbeid i kommunene". Presentation at the
ministry of health
May 2007: "Estimating the Willingness-to-Pay for Attributes of General Practitioners: A Travel Cost
Approach" Presentation at the econometrics seminar at the Department of Economics, University of Oslo.
September 2006: "Gp Quality, Imperfect Information, and the Demand for Gp Service: An Analysis of
Matched Doctor-Patient Panel Data" Presentation at HERO/HEB Workshop.
Reviewing for journals
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Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
Journal of Health Economics
Journal of Human Resources
Health Policy
Health Economics
B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy
Nordic Journal of Health Economics
7th European Conference On Health Economics 2008: Abstract reviewing committee.
Teaching
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HØKON2201/HME4308 - Health economics and market failures, spring 2010, spring 2011, spring 2012,
spring 2013, fall 2014, fall 2015
HME4302 - Health Economics (part on Health Insurance), spring 2011, spring 2013
HMM4202 - Structure, organization and financing of health care systems, fall 2010
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HME4305 - Methods for the economic analysis of costs and demand in health care , fall 2010
Supervision of Phd student
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Fredrik Gregersen. (Thesis defended May 2014)
Supervision of Master students
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Christina Sivertsen. Title of thesis: “Patient Satisfaction in General Medical Practice
And The Association With Patient Shortage” (Completed june 2014)
Camilla Beck Olsen. Title of thesis: “An Analysis of Hospital Resource Use Among Elderly Norwegian
Decedents” (Completed june 2013)
Yaxiu Zhang. Title of thesis: “What Characterizes Patients Who Switch General Practitioners?” (Completed
december 2012)
Erik Sagdahl. Title of thesis: Thesis on general practitioners drug prescription. (Completed june 2010)
Research Grants
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The Research Council of Norway’s grant for Young Research Talents supporting the International
Research Collaborative for Health Economic Experiments, 2014-2017. (€ 800 000 )
Grant from the Research Council of Norway supporting the 1st Workshop on Behavioral and
Experimental Health Economics Oslo, January 6-7, 2014.
Award
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The article "Does quality influence choice of general practitioner? An analysis of matched doctor-patient
panel data" (Biørn and Godager) was awarded “…for the best paper written in the special issue of
Economic Modelling”.
Advice, Consultation and Committees.
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Ministry of Health and Care Services (2010, 2011,2014,2015)
Member of the Scientific Committee for 35th Nordic Health Economists´Study Group meeting in Reykjavík
(2014)
Member of Committee for Register Based Research at Institute of Health and Society (2014-)
Advisor to Government appointed committee on prioritizing in health (Prioriteringsutvalget), (2014)
Informant to OECDs quality review of the Norwegian Health sector (2013)
Member of the Research Committee for Health Services Research, Coordination and Telemedicine
in Northern Norway Regional Health Authority (2013-)
Head of a committee for assment of applications to a PhD position at University of Oslo (2011)
Member of a committee for assessment of applications to multiple PhD positions (2011)
Norwegian Directorate of health (2014)
Lillehammer Municipality (2012, 2013)
Ministry of Finance (2009, 2012)