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Niklas Ekerstad

Adjunct Associate Professor, Docent

MD, PhD, Associate professor (Docent) in evaluation and health economics.

Presentation

I am MD, PhD, Associate professor (Docent) in evaluation and health economics. I have extensive experience in performing clinical evaluation studies of older adults, and I am supervisor of four PhD students.

Specialist in cardiology and internal medicine; senior consultant cardiologist. I am chairman of The Swedish Society of Medicine’s delegation for medical quality, and I am a member of the quality assurance group, Health Technology Assessment (HTA)-centrum, Region Västra Götaland. Areas of expertise: acute coronary syndromes, older adults, frailty, multimorbidity, risk prediction, quality assessment, priority setting.

Publications

2025

Maria Normann, Niklas Ekerstad, Erika Bjoerklund, Mattias Prytz, Kristina Ahlund (2025) A qualitative analysis of the experiences of frail older adults treated and recovering from colorectal cancer surgery British Journal of Surgery, Vol. 112, p. xi20-xi20 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Maria Normann, Niklas Ekerstad, Eva Angenete, Mattias Prytz (2025) Frailty Is an Independent Marker of Post-Operative Mortality Following Colorectal Cancer Resection Surgery in Older Adults Journal of Surgical Oncology, Vol. 132, p. 198-204 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Kristina Ahlund, Lena G. Larsson, Niklas Ekerstad, Maria Normann, Mattias Prytz, Anette Johnsson (2025) Experiences of participating in a preoperative comprehensive geriatric assessment and care intervention among frail older adults before colorectal cancer resection surgery BMC Geriatrics, Vol. 25, Article 310 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Daniel Hunde, Niklas Ekerstad, Mihaela Asp, Paeivi Kannisto, Madelene Wedin, Charlotte Palmqvist, Pernilla Dahm-Kahle, Yvonne Brandberg, Mirna Abraham-Nordling, Kristina Ahlund, Vilhelm Morlin, Nina Groes-Kofoed, Sahar Salehi (2025) Determining the effect of frailty on survival in advanced ovarian cancer: study protocol for a prospective multicentre national cohort study (FOLERO) Acta Oncologica, Vol. 64, p. 208-213 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2024

Dariush Javadzadeh, Bjoern W. Karlson, Joakim Alfredsson, Elin Ekerstad, Jenny Hellberg, Johan Herlitz, Niklas Ekerstad (2024) Clinical Frailty Scale score is a predictor of short-, mid- and long-term mortality in critically ill older adults (≥ 70 years) admitted to the emergency department: an observational study BMC Geriatrics, Vol. 24, Article 852 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

Organisation

Priorities 2018

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.
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Division of Society and Health (SH)

We are an interdisciplinary division with research and education in several subject areas. The division consist of two units, Health Care Analysis and Public Health Science, and includes the Master´s programme in Medical Science.
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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.

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