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Carl Hampus Lyttkens

 

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Journal articles in English

  • Lyttkens, C. H., "A healthy antidote. Review of Peter Fibiger Bang: The Roman Bazaar, A comparative study of trade and markets in a tributary empire", Scandinavian Economic History Review 60:1 (forthcoming).
  • Lyttkens, C. H., Westerlund, Joakim, and Andersson, Tommy, "Efficient but getting wet feet: a not-entirely-frivolous note on the side-effects of growth-promoting institutions, Economics Letters 115 (2012), 118-121.
  • Tinghög, G., Andersson, D., Tinghög, P., Lyttkens, C. H. "Horizontal inequality by rationing by waiting lists," International Journal of Health Services (in press).
  • Lyttkens, C.H. "Health, economics and ancient Greek medicine," The Journal of Economic Asymmetries 8, 165-192.
  • Kjellsson, G., Gerdtham, U., Lyttkens, C. H., "Breaking bad habits be education - smoking dynamics among Swedish women," Health Economics 20 (2011), 876-881.
  • Lyttkens, C. H. "Institutions, taxation , and market relationships in ancient Athens," Journal of Institutional Economics 6 (2010), 505-527.
  • Tinghög, G., Carlsson, P., Lyttkens, CH, “Individual responsibility for what? A conceptual framework for exploring the suitability of private financing in a publicly funded health-care system,” Health Economics, Policy and Law 5 (2010), 201-223.
  • Karlsson, M., Nilsson, T., Lyttkens, C. H., Leeson, G. "Income Inequality and Health: importance of a cross-country perspective" Social Science & Medicine 70 (2010), 875-885.
  • Bech, M., Christiansen , T. Dunham, K. Lauridsen, J., Lyttkens, C.H., McDonald, K., McGuire, A. and the TECH investigators, "The influence of economic incentives and regulatory factors on the adoption of treatment technologies: a case study of technologies used to treat heart attacks," Health Economics (2009) 18, 1114-1132.
  • Lyttkens,  C. H., "Why the econometrician is in good spririts - a workshop through the looking glass," The European Journal of Health Economics (2009), 10, 239-242.
  • Pervin, T., Gerdtham, U.G., and Lyttkens, C.H., "Societal costs of air pollution-related health hazards: a review of methods and results," Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation (2008), 6:19.
  • Jarl, J., Gerdtham, U-G, Lyttkens, C H, Lithman, T. and Merlo, J., "The Danish effect on Swedish alcohol cost: an analysis based on hospitalisation data from southern Sweden," The European Journal of Health Economics 7 (2006), 46-54.
  • Lyttkens, C H, "Reflections on the origins of the polis. An economic perspective on institutional change in ancient Greece, Constitutional Political Economy 17 (2006), 31-48.
  • Olivius, G., Östergren, P-O, Hanson, B. S. Lyttkens, C. H., “Parental economic stress. Evidence of an overlooked public health risk among Swedish families”, European Journal of Public Health 14 (2004), 354-360.
  • Nystedt, P and Lyttkens, C H, "Age diffusion never stops? Carotid endarterectomy among the elderly," Applied Health Economics and Health Policy 2 (2003), 3-7.
  • Lyttkens, C H, "Time to disable DALYs? On the use of disability-adjusted life-years in health policy," The European Journal of Health Economics 4 (2003), 195-202.
  • Lindbladh, E and Lyttkens, C H, "Polarisation in the reaction to health-risk information: a question of social position?" Risk Analysis 23 (2003), 841-855.
  • Höjgård, S, Enemark, U, Lyttkens, C H, Lindgren, A, Troëng, T and Weibull, H, "Discounting and Clinical Decision Making", Health Economics 11 (2002), 355-70.
  • Eisenberg, M. J. et al., “International trends in the use of primary percutaneous coronary intervention,” Journal of the American College of Cardiology 41 (2003), 4-5.
  • Dozet, A, Lyttkens C H and Nystedt, P, "Health Care for the Elderly – Two Cases of Technology Diffusion," Social Science & Medicine 54 (2002), 49-64.
  • Lindbladh, E and Lyttkens, C H, "Habit versus choice: the process of decision-making in health-related behaviour", Social Science & Medicine 55 (2002), 451-65.
  • The TECH Research Network, "Differences in Technological Change Around the World: Evidence from Heart Attack Care, Health Affairs (2001) May/June, 20 (3).
  • Andersson, F and Lyttkens, C H, "Uncertainty aversion – a reply to Oliver", Health Economics 9 (2000), 257-59.
  • Andersson, F and Lyttkens, C H, "Preferences for equity in health behind a veil of ignorance", Health Economics 8 (1999), 369-378.
  • Lyttkens, C H, "Imperatives in Health Care. Implications for Social Welfare and Medical Technology", Nordic Journal of Political Economy 25 (1999), 95-114.
  • McClellan, M, Kessler, D et al., "A global analysis of technological change in health care: a preliminary report on heart attacks from the TECH research network", Health Affairs 18 (1999), 250-255.
  • Enemark, U, Lyttkens, C H, Troëng, T, Weibull, H and Ranstam, J, "Implicit Discount Rates of Vascular Surgeons in the Management of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms", Medical Decision Making, 18 (1998), 168-177.
  • Lindbladh, E, Lyttkens, C H, Hanson, B S and Östergren, P-O, "Equity is out of fashion? An essay on autonomy and health policy in the individualized society", Social Science & Medicine 46 (1998), 1017-1025.
  • Lindbladh, E, Lyttkens, C H, Hanson, B S and Östergren, P-O, "The diffusion model and the social-hierarchical process of change", Health Promotion International 12 (1997), 323-330.
  • Lyttkens, C H, "A Rational-Actor Perspective on the Origin of Liturgies in Ancient Greece", Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 153 (1997), 462-484.
  • Troëng, T, Weibull, H, Lyttkens, C H, Janzon, L, Lindgren B and Enemark, U, "Treatment decision for aortoiliac claudication - the current practice among Swedish vascular surgeons", European Journal of Surgery 163 (1997), 643-650.
  • Lindbladh, E, Lyttkens, C H, Hanson, B S, Östergren, P-O, Isacsson, S-O and Lindgren, B "An Economic and sociological interpretation of social differences in health related behaviour: An encounter as a guide to social epidemiology", Social Science & Medicine 43 (1996), 1817-1827.
  • Lyttkens, C H, "Incentives in Swedish Work Environment Regulation", Safety Science 17 (1994), 147-167.
  • Lyttkens, C H, "A Predatory Democracy? An Essay on Taxation in Classical Athens", Explorations in Economic History 31 (1994), 62-90.
  • Lyttkens, C H, "QALY League Tables", Health Economics 3 (1994), 57-58.
  • Lyttkens, C H, "Monitoring Health in Sweden. A Note on the Rationale for Working Environment Regulations", Health Economics 2 (1993), 323-332.
  • Lyttkens, C H, "Effects of the Taxation of Wealth in Athens in the Fourth Century B.C.", The Scandinavian Economic History Review 40 (1992), 3-20.
  • Lyttkens, C H, "A Note on the Economics of Prevention. Individual Behaviour and Preventive Information", Actes du Colloque Européen "De l'analyse économique aux politiques de santé", Credes-Ces, Paris, 1992, 55-59.
  • Hedlund, S, Lundahl, M and Lyttkens, C H, "The Attraction of Extraction: Three Cases of State Versus Peasantry", Scandia 55 (1989), 45-71.
  • Lyttkens, C H, "Workers' Compensation and Employees' Safety Incentives in Sweden", International Review of Law and Economics 8 (1988), 181-185.
  • Lidström, P, Lyttkens, C H and Vedovato, C, "Military Expenditures in Developing Countries: A Comment on Deger and Sen", Journal of Development Economics 28 (1988), 105-110.
  • Lyttkens, C H and Vedovato, C, "Opportunity Costs of Defence: A Comment on Dabelko and McCormick", Journal of Peace Research 21 (1984), 389-394.
  • Hansson, I, Lyttkens, C H and Skogh, G, "The Excess Burden of Public Insurance: Some Results from Swedish Data", International Review of Law and Economics 4 (1984), 23-28.
  • Lyttkens, C H, "The Relation Between Accidents and Output in Swedish Industry", Journal of Occupational Accidents 1982:4, 233-242.
  • Lyttkens, C H, "Stortorget in Malmoe: A Press Content Analysis". In Korosec-Serfaty, P, "The Main Square: Functions and daily uses of Stortorget, Malmö", Aris 1982:1, app IV (art history).

Other non-Swedish articles

  • Karlsson, M., Lyttkens, C. H., Nilsson, T. "Status Gesundheit", Labor&More 2011, 56-59.
  • Karlsson, M., Nilsson, T., Lyttkens, C. H. "Health, happiness, inequality." Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research 10 (2010), 497-500.

 

Books (English and Swedish)

  • Zweifel, P, Lyttkens, C H and Söderström, L, (eds.), Regulation of Health: Case Studies of Sweden and Switzerland. Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy, Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998.
  • Lyttkens, C H, Swedish Work Environment Policy. An Economic Analysis, Lund Economic Studies no. 37. Lund: Studentlitteratur, 1985 (Ph.D. thesis).
  • Jönsson, B and Lyttkens, C H, Arbetsmiljö och samhällsekonomi, LiberLäromedel, Lund 1981

 

Book  chapters (English and Swedish)

  • Lyttkens, C H, "Sjukvårdens långsiktiga finansiering." In Anell, A and Gerdtham, U G, Vårdens utmaningar, SNS Välfärdsrapport 2010, SNSFörlag, Stockhoolm 2010. 114-147.

  • Lyttkens, C. H. (2010b). Tankemönster som inspirationskälla. In: Faegersten, F., Wallensten, J., Östenberg, I. (eds.), Tankemönster. En festskrift till Eva Rystedt. Kristianstad, 133-136.

  • Lindgren, B, Lyttkens, C H, "Financing health care - a Gordian know waiting to be cut." In Bengtsson, T. (ed.), Population ageing - a threat to the welfare state? Springer 2010.

  • Lyttkens, C H, "Appointment by lottery in ancient Athens. A mistake wth important consequences," in Beskow, P, Borgehammar, S and Jönsson, A, Förbistringar och förklaringar, Festskrift till Anders Piltz, Skåneförlaget 2008, 426-434
  • Dozet, A., Höjgård, S, Lindgren, A, Öhlin, H and Lyttkens, C H, "Technological change in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction in Sweden." In McClellan, M. B. and Kessler, D. P. (eds.) Technological Change in Health Care: A Global Analysis of Heart Attack. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor 2002, 208-232.
  • Andersson, F and Lyttkens, C H, "Health, Genuine Uncertainty and Information", in Lindgren, B. (ed.), Individual Decisions for Health. London: Routledge International Studies in Health Economics (2002), pp. 41-69.
  • Lyttkens, C H, "Economic Analysis of Socio-Economic Differences in Health". In Arve-Parès, B (ed.), Inequality in Health – A Swedish Perspective, The Swedish Council for Social Research, Stockholm, 1998, 285-317.
  • Lyttkens, C H and Borgquist, L, "Organisational Change in the Swedish Health Care Sector". In The Nordic Lights. New Initiatives in Health Care Systems, Alban, A and Christiansen, T (eds.), Odense University Press, 1995, 328-49.
  • Lyttkens, C H and Borgquist, L, "Swedish Health Care in the Late 1980s and Early 1990s - A Story of Institutional Changes". In The Nordic Lights. New Initiatives in Health Care Systems, Alban, A and Christiansen, T (eds.), Odense University Press, 1995, 306-27.
  • Broomé, P, Lindgren, B, Lyttkens, C H and Ohlsson, R, "Health care and the Elderly". In Bengtsson, T (ed.), Population, Economy and Welfare in Sweden, Springer Verlag 1994, 155-186.
  • Lyttkens, C H, "Access, Need, Equity and Priorities in Health Care". In Westerhäll, L and Phillips, C (eds.), Patient's Rights - Informed Consent, Access and Equality, Nerenius & Santérus Publishers, Stockholm 1994, 155-169.
  • Lyttkens, C H, "Avreglering av svensk sjukvård: Seglats på öppna men stormiga hav?" In Kommunal organisation i förändring, Collin, S and Hansson, L (eds.), Studentlitteratur, Lund 1993, 87-107.

 

Articles in Swedish

  • Lyttkens, C. H. "Ständigt dessa skatter", Hellenika No. 137 (2011), 13-14.
  • Lyttkens, C H, "Eget ansvar i vården. Ekonomens perspektiv". I Eget ansvar i vården? Ett symposium om medicinsk etik. Medicinska fakulteten, Lunds universitet, 2010, 23-37.
  • Lyttkens, C H, "Murphy's lag i hälsovården?" Läkartidningen (2009) 106:5, 300.
  • Jarl, J, Gerdtham, U-G, Lyttkens, C H, Lithman, T, Merlo, J., "Är Danmark en svensk hälsorisk?" Läkartidningen 104 (2007), 1783-1786.
  • Lyttkens, C H, "Biblioteket - erimitibis eller framtidsfabrik?" In Nilsson, B, Ohrt, K and Torhell, K (eds.), Från centralbibliotek till nätverk - Lunds universitets bibliotek, Lunds universitet, Lund 2005.
  • Olivius, G, Hanson, B S, Lyttkens, C H and Östergren, P-O, "Har ekonomiska faktorer betydelse för föräldrars självskattade hälsa?", Socialmedicinsk tidskrift 75 (1998), 305-9.
  • Magnusson, K and Lyttkens, C H, "Beskatta, informera eller reglera? Om effekterna av tobakspolitiska åtgärder", Socialvetenskaplig tidskrift 2 (1995), 26-38.
  • Lyttkens, C H, "Prioritering i etik och praktik - en hälsoekonomisk analys av prioriteringsutredningen", Ekonomisk debatt 1994:6.
  • Hjalte, H and Lyttkens, C H, "Dags att subventionera rökning?", Ekonomisk debatt 1991:5, 423-429.
  • Lyttkens, C H and Nalin, C, "Varför är rika länder rika och fattiga länder fattiga?", Ekonomisk debatt 1991:2, 108-118. Belönad med Myrdalspriset för årets bästa artikel i tidskriften.
  • Lyttkens, C H, "Ingen vapenexport - ärtbössor i försvaret?", Ekonomisk debatt 1990:2, 166-167.
  • Lyttkens, C H and Vedovato, C, "Eurofori eller Euroscleros? Politisk integration och ekonomisk politik", Ekonomisk debatt 1989:8, 628-638.
  • Lyttkens, C H, "Gungorna och karusellen - svenska regleringars fördelningseffekter", Ekonomisk debatt 1988:4, 274-282.

 

Other publications

  • Moise, P., Jacobzone, S. and the ARD-IHD experts group (2003), "OECD study of cross-national differences in the treatment, costs and outcomes of ischaemic heart disease," OECD Health Working Papers No. 3.
  • OECD (2003), A disease-based comparison of health systems. What is best and at what costs?
  • Atella, V. and the TECH Investigators, “The relationship between health policies, medical technology trends and outcomes. A perspective from the TECH global research network,” in A disease-based comparison of health systems, pp. 221-241, OECD 2003.
  • Lyttkens, C H (2000), "Ekonomisk analys av folkhälsoinsatser". In Ekonomisk analys av folkhälsoinsatser – En antologi om ekonomiska synsätt, utvärderingsmetoder mm, Nationella folkhälsokommittén, underlagsrapport nr 16.
  • Hogstedt, C. et al. (2000), "Kunskaps- och forskningsbehov för folkhälsopolitik och folkhälsoarbete". Nationella folkhälsokommittén, underlagsrapport nr 17.

 

 
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