Curt Löfgren

Senior lecturer in Economics. PhD in Public Health, particularly issues on health financing in low and middle income countries, e.g. how to protect households from catastrophic health expenditure.

Contact

curt.lofgren@umu.se

+46 90 786 95 53

Works as

Associate professor at Department of Epidemiology and Global Health

5B, Målpunkt P, Försörjningsvägen 7 B, Norrlands universitetssjukhus Epidemiologi och global hälsa, Umeå Universitet, 90185 Umeå

KAMSO – ett hälsoekonomiskt kalkylverktyg när evidens saknas

Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift, Stiftelsen Socialmedicinsk tidskrift 2025, Vol. 102, (2) : 157-169

Löfgren, Curt; Hjelte, Jan; Ivarsson, Anneli; et al.

Nytt sätt att mäta livskvalitet öppnar för effektivare insatser

Dagens samhälle, (31) : 26-26

Lindholm, Lars; Ivarsson, Anneli; Löfgren, Curt; et al.

Catastrophic health expenditure in Vietnam: studies of problems and solutions

Umeå University medical dissertations, 1673

Löfgren, Curt

Measuring the value of older people's production: a diary study

BMC Health Services Research

Sahlen, Klas-Göran; Löfgren, Curt; Brodin, Håkan; et al.

Adherence to a six-dose regimen of artemether-lumefantrine among uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum patients in the Tigray Region, Ethiopia

Malaria Journal, Vol. 10 : 349-

Lemma, Hailemariam; Löfgren, Curt; San Sebastian, Miguel

Cost-effectiveness of three malaria treatment strategies in rural Tigray, Ethiopia where both Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax co-dominate

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, BioMed Central (BMC) 2011, Vol. 9 : 2-

Lemma, Hailemariam; San Sebastian, Miguel; Löfgren, Curt; et al.

Parents' willingness to pay for coeliac disease screening of their child

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition - JPGN, Vol. 52, (4) : 452-459

Norström, Fredrik; Ivarsson, Anneli; Lindholm, Lars; et al.

An assessment of the implementation of the Health Care Funds for the Poor policy in rural Vietnam.

Health Policy, Elsevier 2010, Vol. 98, (1) : 58-64

Thanh, Nguyen Xuan; Löfgren, Curt; Phuc, Ho Dang; et al.

Is cardiac consultation with remote-controlled real-time echocardiography a wise use of resources?

Telemedicine and e-Health, Vol. 15, (5) : 431-438

Löfgren, Curt; Boman, Kurt; Olofsson, Mona; et al.

People's willingness to pay for health insurance in rural Vietnam

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, BioMed Central (BMC) 2008, Vol. 6 : 16-

Löfgren, Curt; Thanh, Nguyen; Chuc, Nguyen; et al.

Are the estimates of catastrophic health expenditure among rural poopulation too high? A comparison of studies in Vietnam.

Open Public Health Journal, Bentham Open 2008, Vol. 1 : 25-31

Thuan, Nguyen Thi Bich; Löfgren, Curt; Chuc, Nguyen Thi Kim; et al.

Choice of healthcare provider following reform in Vietnam

BMC Health Services Research, BioMed Central 2008, Vol. 8 : 162-

Thuan, Nguyen Thi Bich; Löfgren, Curt; Lindholm, Lars; et al.

Är det lönsamt med prevention efter 65?: Ålders betydelse i hälsoekonomiska utvärderingsmetoder: förebyggande hembesök i Nordmaling

Statens Folkhälsoinstitut, 2006:19

Sahlén, Klas-Göran; Löfgren, Curt; Lindholm, Lars

Household out-of-pocket payments for illness: evidence from Vietnam

BMC Public Health, Vol. 6 : 283-

Thuan, NT; Löfgren, Curt; Chuc, NT; et al.

Catastrophic Health Expenditure and Impoverishment among the Elderly Households in Vietnam

Löfgren, Curt; Ming, HV; Thanh, NX; et al.

NEET prevention through Sweden’s youth payroll tax cut: Evaluating cost-effectiveness using CALY-SWE

Meili, Kaspar Walter; Hjelte, Jan; Jonsson, Frida; et al.

People’s preferences for health care financing options: a choice experiment in rural Vietnam

Nguyen Xuan, Thanh; Löfgren, Curt; Nguyen Thi Kim, Chuc; et al.

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Research projects

1 April 2016 until 31 December 2023

From outsider to insider. Improved municipal decision support: A new calculation model for interventions aimed at social exclusion.