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Liv Ariane Augestad is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Management and Health Economics at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo. Her research focuses on health economics, health-related quality of life, and methodological aspects of health state valuation, particularly using instruments like EQ-5D and 15D.
Her research interests include:
- Health economics and economic evaluation of health technologies
- Development and validation of preference-based health instruments
- Time trade-off valuation methods and behavioral biases in health state assessment
- Population norms for health-related quality of life measures
- Health services research and end-of-life care economics
Her recent publications reflect a strong focus on improving valuation methodologies for health states, cross-cultural comparisons of health utilities, and the impact of multimorbidity on quality of life. She has contributed significantly to the development of Norwegian population norms for EQ-5D and 15D instruments and has explored cognitive biases in valuation tasks.
Scientific contributions include:
- Development of valuation protocols for EQ-5D-5L in Norway
- Analysis of anchoring effects in time trade-off studies
- Comparative studies of health state valuation across Nordic countries
- Research on healthcare utilization and costs in end-of-life care
She actively collaborates on projects related to economic evaluation of health technologies and improving valuation methods for multi-attribute utility instruments. Her work is published in leading journals in health economics and quality of life research.
