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About us

We contribute to better and more equitable healthcare services in Norway by increasing knowledge about treatment quality and the use of specialist healthcare services.

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  • We present results from medical quality registers regarding treatment quality in hospitals
  • We create health atlases that show geographical variation in the use of specialist healthcare services
  • We research variation in the quality and use of healthcare services and the consequences of this
  • We guide clinical professional environments in the establishment and operation of medical quality registers
  • We lead efforts to reduce the use of healthcare services with low benefit for patients
  • We contribute to reducing variation by managing and further developing metodebok.no
  • We provide management information to Health North

We are a unique and interdisciplinary competence environment composed of healthcare professionals, social scientists, economists, natural scientists, lawyers, and humanists.

SKDE has 38 employees, and we have offices on the 3rd floor of the SIVA building in the Research Park in Tromsø.

Last updated 2/27/2026