Lars-Åke Levin

Professor

My focus is on economic evaluations of healthcare methods. Other interests include prioritization issues and the conflict between healthcare needs and efficiency, methods for QALY estimations, the pharmaceutical market and reimbursement systems.

Publications

2026

Giovanni Galvis Rojas, Peter Strang, Torbjorn Schultz, Lars-Åke Levin (2026)

Healthcare costs and resource use in advanced breast cancer at the end of life: a register study Acta Oncologica, Vol. 65, p. 75-82 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.2340/1651-226X.2026.44970

Lars Bernfort, Johan Lyth, Kajsa Appelberg, Giuseppe Boriani, Claire M. Buckley, Soren Zoga Diederichsen, Michaela Eklund, Daniel Engler, Ben Freedman, Tatjana S. Potpara, Renate B. Schnabel, Jesper Hastrup Svendsen, Lars-Åke Levin (2026)

Cost-effectiveness of atrial fibrillation screening programmes across European nations European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, Vol. 12, p. 83-92 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehjqcco/qcaf099

Emma Svennberg, Ben Freedman, Jason G. Andrade, Matteo Anselmino, Yitschak Biton, Giuseppe Boriani, Axel Brandes, Claire M. Buckley, Alan Cameron, J. L. Clua-Espuny, Harry J. G. M. Crijns, Soren Zoga Diederichsen, Wolfram Doehner, Helena Dominguez, David Duncker, Laurent Fauchier, Taya Glotzer, Yutao (Sheila) Guo, Karl Georg Haeusler, Moti Haim, Jeff S. Healey, Jeroen M. Hendriks, Mellanie True Hills, Gerhard Hindricks, F. D. Richard Hobbs, Linda S. Johnson, Boyoung Joung, Hooman Kamel, Paulus Kirchhof, Deirdre A. Lane, Lars-Åke Levin, Gregory Y. H. Lip, Shaowen Liu, Trudie Lobban, Peter W. Macfarlane, Georges H. Mairesse, Gregory M. Marcus, Peter A. Noseworthy, George Ntaios, Jessica J. Orchard, Rod Passman, Daniel D. Reidpath, James A. Reiffel, Antonio Luiz Ribeiro, Lena Rivard, Prashanthan Sanders, Roopinder K. Sandhu, Renate B. Schnabel, Konstantinos C. Siontis, Luciano A. Sposato, Stavros Stavrakis, Steven R. Steinhubl, Jesper H. Svendsen, Andrew W. Teh, Sakis Themistoclakis, Robert G. Tieleman, A. John Camm (2026)

Recent-onset atrial fibrillation: challenges and opportunities European Heart Journal, Vol. 47, p. 170-187 (Article, review/survey)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf478

Johan Lyth, Pantelis Gialias, Magnus Husberg, Lars Bernfort, Tomas Bjerner, Maria Kristoffersen Wiberg, Lars-Åke Levin, Håkan Gustafsson (2026)

Results from a Swedish model-based analysis of the cost-effectiveness of AI-assisted digital mammography European Radiology, Vol. 36, p. 754-764 (Article in journal)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00330-025-11821-9

2025

Lars-Åke Levin, Lars Bernfort, Michaela Eklund, Magnus Husberg (2025)

Implementering av nya läkemedelsrekommendationer vid hjärtsvikt: SIQ-HF studien Oktober 2025 (Report)

https://dx.doi.org/10.3384/CMT.2025.2

Organisation

Unit of Health Care Analysis

The Unit of Health Care Analysis conducts research in three main areas: health economic assessment, decision making in health care, and priority setting in health care and social services.

Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences (HMV)

The research areas at HMV include experimental basic research to clinical, social and public health research. We conduct high-quality education in the sought-after care professions.

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (MEDFAK)

The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences conducts research and education within medicine, healthcare and public health.