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Overview

Bo Burström is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and conducts research primarily in the field of Health Professions. Their work intersects with subfields such as General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, Health, Epidemiology, and Demography.

Their research prominently addresses topics including:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies

Bo Burström has authored or co-authored articles in several publication venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • European Journal of Public Health
  • BMC Health Services Research
  • BMC Public Health
  • Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Recent publications showcase a focus on public health and employment issues related to health outcomes. Selected papers include:

  • "Social determinants of health and inequalities in COVID-19," 2020, European Journal of Public Health
  • "What is precarious employment? A systematic review of definitions and operationalizations from quantitative and qualitative studies," 2020, Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health
  • "COVID-19 and Precarious Employment: Consequences of the Evolving Crisis," 2021, International Journal of Health Services
  • "Psychosocial working conditions and the risk of diagnosed depression: a Swedish register-based study," 2021, Psychological Medicine
  • "Excess all-cause mortality and COVID-19-related mortality: a temporal analysis in 22 countries, from January until August 2020," 2021, International Journal of Epidemiology

The research collaborations include frequent work with Janne Agerholm, Ann Liljas, Theo Bodin, Pär Schön, and Bertina Kreshpaj.

In addition to journal articles, Bo Burström has contributed to book publications with the publisher TemaNord, including "Welfare resilience during crises in the Nordic region" (2025).

Best Publications

  • Self rated health: Is it as good a predictor of subsequent mortality among adults in lower as well as in higher social classes?

    B Burström;P Fredlund

  • Social determinants of health and inequalities in COVID-19.

    Bo Burström;Wenjing Tao

  • Social policies and the pathways to inequalities in health: a comparative analysis of lone mothers in Britain and Sweden

    Margaret Whitehead;Bo Burström;Finn Diderichsen

  • What is precarious employment? A systematic review of definitions and operationalizations from quantitative and qualitative studies.

    Bertina Kreshpaj;Cecilia Orellana;Bo Burström;Letitia Davis

  • Exploring relative deprivation: is social comparison a mechanism in the relation between income and health?

    Monica Åberg Yngwe;Johan Fritzell;Olle Lundberg;Finn Diderichsen;Finn Diderichsen

  • Gender-related mental-health differences between refugees and non-refugee immigrants - a cross-sectional register-based study

    Anna-Clara Hollander;Daniel Bruce;Bo Burström;Solvig Ekblad

  • Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in self-assessed health in 17 European countries between 1990 and 2010

    Yannan Hu;Frank J van Lenthe;Gerard J Borsboom;Caspar W N Looman

  • Health inequalities between lone and couple mothers and policy under different welfare regimes – The example of Italy, Sweden and Britain☆

    Bo Burstrom;Margaret Whitehead;Stephen Clayton;Sara Fritzell

  • Effectiveness of return-to-work interventions for disabled people: a systematic review of government initiatives focused on changing the behaviour of employers.

    Stephen Clayton;Ben Barr;Lotta Nylen;Bo Burström

  • Premature mortality among lone fathers and childless men.

    Gunilla Ringbäck Weitoft;Bo Burström;Måns Rosén;Måns Rosén

  • Tales of the unexpected? Hidden resilience in poor households in Britain.

    Krysia Canvin;Anneli Marttila;Bo Burstrom;Margaret Whitehead

  • Equity aspects of the Primary Health Care Choice Reform in Sweden - a scoping review

    Bo Burström;Kristina Burström;Gunnar Nilsson;Göran Tomson

  • Increasing inequalities in health care utilisation across income groups in Sweden during the 1990s

    Bo Burström

  • Inequality in the social consequences of illness: how well do people with long-term illness fare in the British and Swedish labor markets?

    Bo Burström;Margaret Whitehead;Christina Lindholm;Finn Diderichsen

  • The role of income differences in explaining social inequalities in self rated health in Sweden and Britain

    M Åberg Yngwe;F Diderichsen;M Whitehead;P Holland

  • Socioeconomic differences in healthcare utilization, with and without adjustment for need: an example from Stockholm, Sweden.

    Janne Agerholm;Daniel Bruce;Antonio Ponce de Leon;Bo Burström

  • Impact of Integrated Care on Patient-Related Outcomes Among Older People – A Systematic Review

    Ann E. M. Liljas;Fanny Brattström;Bo Burström;Pär Schön

  • Quality of medical care and excess mortality in psychiatric patients : a nationwide register-based study in Sweden

    Emma Björkenstam;Rickard Ljung;Bo Burström;Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz

  • Health-related quality of life (EQ-5D) among homeless persons compared to a general population sample in Stockholm County, 2006.

    Sun Sun;Robert Irestig;Bo Burström;Bo Burström;Ulla Beijer

  • Market-oriented, demand-driven health care reforms and equity in health and health care utilization in Sweden.

    Bo Burström

  • Socioeconomic inequalities in cause-specific mortality in 15 European cities

    Marc Marí-Dell'Olmo;Mercè Gotsens;Laia Palència;Bo Burström

  • Inequalities in child mortality in Mozambique: differentials by parental socio-economic position.

    Gloria Macassa;Gebrenegus Ghilagaber;Eva Bernhardt;Finn Diderichsen;Finn Diderichsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Margaret Whitehead
Margaret Whitehead University of Liverpool
Finn Diderichsen
Finn Diderichsen University of Copenhagen
Carme Borrell
Carme Borrell Pompeu Fabra University
Tomas Hemmingsson
Tomas Hemmingsson Stockholm University
Giuseppe Costa
Giuseppe Costa University of Turin
Pekka Martikainen
Pekka Martikainen University of Helsinki
Maica Rodríguez-Sanz
Maica Rodríguez-Sanz Pompeu Fabra University
Clare Bambra
Clare Bambra Newcastle University
Bo Vinnerljung
Bo Vinnerljung Stockholm University
Olle Lundberg
Olle Lundberg Stockholm University

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