Mathias Barra

Biographic Data

ID3582539
NAMEMathias Barra
GIVEN NAMESMathias
FAMILY NAMEBarra
SIGNATUREBARRA M
AFFILIATIONSAkershus University Hospital
ORCID0000-0002-0022-4042
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS7
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • When Should Popular Views be Included in a Reflective Equilibrium

    Open AccessBorgar Jølstad, Niklas Juth et al.ARTICLEErkenntnis2025

    It has become increasingly common to conduct research on popular views on ethical questions. In this paper, we discuss when and to what extent popular views should be included in a reflective equilibrium process, thereby influencing normative theory. We argue that popular views are suitable for inclusion in a reflective equilibrium if they approximate considered judgments and examine some factors that plausibly contribute to the consideredness of…

  • Preparing popular views for inclusion in a reflective equilibrium

    Open AccessBorgar Jølstad, Mille Sofie Stenmarck et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2024References: 25

    Principles for priority setting in health care are typically forged by experts influenced by the normative literature on priority setting. Meanwhile, their implementation is subject to democratic deliberation, political pressures, and administrative bureaucracy. Sometimes expert proposals are democratically rejected. This points towards a problem: on the one hand, the fact that a majority shares a moral belief does not inherently validate this be…

  • Charting public views on the meaning of illness severity

    Open AccessMille Sofie Stenmarck, D G T Whitehurst et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2024Cited by: 2References: 24

  • A severely fragmented concept

    Open AccessMille Sofie Stenmarck, Borgar Jølstad et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2023Cited by: 5References: 4

  • Do not despair about severity—yet

    Mathias Barra, Mari Broqvist et al.ARTICLEJournal of Medical Ethics2020

    In a recent extended essay, philosopher Daniel Hausman goes a long way towards dismissing severity as a morally relevant attribute in the context of priority setting in healthcare. In this response, we argue that although Hausman certainly points to real problems with how severity is often interpreted and operationalised within the priority setting context, the conclusion that severity does not contain plausible ethical content is too hasty. Rath…

  • The association of stroke severity with health-related quality of life in survivors of acute cerebrovascular disease and their informal caregivers during the first year post stroke

    Open AccessAngela S Labberton, Liv Ariane Augestad et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2020

    The informal caregivers and survivors with TIA did not report lower than expected HRQoL. Increasing stroke severity was associated with decreasing HRQoL among survivors, but had limited predictive value among caregivers. Other factors may therefore be better indicators of 'at risk' caregivers

  • A Norwegian 15D value algorithm

    Open AccessYvonne Michel, Liv Ariane Augestad et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2018

    The new 15D valuation procedure is simpler, links the 15D health state values better to the requirements of the QALY model, and provides an empirically-based range. We recommend using the new valuation procedure in future 15D valuation studies, and the Norwegian health state values for use in 15D-based health economic analyses in Norway

  • Examining the relationship between health-related quality of life and increasing numbers of diagnoses

    Open AccessMathias Barra, Liv Ariane Augestad et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2015

    Additive and multiplicative models perform equally well within our analyses. A practical implication of our findings, based on the presumption that a linear model is simpler than an additive model, is that an additive model should be preferred unless there is compelling evidence to the contrary