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D-Index
61
Citations
21766
World Ranking
3317
National Ranking
1870

Overview

Carl E. Thoresen was affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research contributions spanned several intersecting fields, primarily within Economics, Econometrics and Finance, as well as the Health Professions.

The scientist's research addressed topics including healthcare cost, quality, and practices; healthcare policy and management; and health systems, economic evaluations, and quality of life.

Among their recent publications was the paper titled Managing unwarranted variation in hospital care - findings from a regional audit in Norway, published in 2023 in the journal Research in Health Services & Regions.

Frequent co-authors with whom they collaborated included:

  • Hans Petter Eide
  • Paul Barach
  • Eldar Søreide
  • Ole Tjomsland

The venues where the scientist most frequently published consisted of Research in Health Services & Regions.

Their work contributed to both main fields and subfields of study as follows:

  • Main fields of study: Economics, Econometrics and Finance; Health Professions
  • Subfields of study: Economics and Econometrics; General Health Professions

The main research topics covered by their publications were:

  • Healthcare cost, quality, practices
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

Best Publications

  • Spirituality, religion, and health. An emerging research field.

    William R. Miller;Carl E. Thoresen

  • Religious Involvement and Mortality: A Meta-Analytic Review

    Michael E. McCullough;William T. Hoyt;William T. Hoyt;David B. Larson;Harold G. Koenig

  • Religion and spirituality. Linkages to physical health.

    Lynda H. Powell;Leila Shahabi;Carl E. Thoresen

  • Cultivating mindfulness: effects on well-being.

    Shauna L. Shapiro;Doug Oman;Carl E. Thoresen;Thomas G. Plante

  • Forgiveness: Theory, research, and practice.

    Michael E. McCullough;Kenneth I. Pargament;Carl E. Thoresen

  • Behavioral self-control

    Carl E. Thoresen;Michael J. Mahoney

  • Alteration of type A behavior and its effect on cardiac recurrences in post myocardial infarction patients: summary results of the recurrent coronary prevention project.

    Meyer Friedman;Carl E. Thoresen;James J. Gill;Diane Ulmer

  • Meditation Lowers Stress and Supports Forgiveness Among College Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Doug Oman;Shauna L Shapiro;Carl E Thoresen;Thomas G Plante

  • The moderation of mindfulness-based stress reduction effects by trait mindfulness: Results from a randomized controlled trial

    Shauna L. Shapiro;Kirk Warren Brown;Carl Thoresen;Thomas G. Plante

  • Teacher Anxiety: A Review with Recommendations

    Thomas J. Coates;Carl E. Thoresen

  • Volunteerism and Mortality among the Community-dwelling Elderly.

    Doug Oman;Carl E. Thoresen;Kay Mcmahon

  • Self-control: power to the person

    Michael J. Mahoney;Carl E. Thoresen

  • Spirituality and health: what's the evidence and what's needed?

    Carl E. Thoresen;Alex H. S. Harris

  • Volunteering is Associated with Delayed Mortality in Older People: Analysis of the Longitudinal Study of Aging:

    Alex H. S. Harris;Carl E. Thoresen

  • Spirituality and health.

    William R. Miller;Carl E. Thoresen

  • The psychology of forgiveness: History, conceptual issues, and overview.

    Michael E. McCullough;Kenneth I. Pargament;Carl E. Thoresen

  • Forgiveness and health: An unanswered question.

    Carl E. Thoresen;Alex H. S. Harris;Frederic Luskin

  • Spirituality and health: is there a relationship?

    Carl E. Thoresen

  • Estimating sleep parameters: a multitrait--multimethod analysis.

    Thomas J. Coates;Joel D. Killen;June George;Evelyn Marchini

  • Alteration of type A behavior and reduction in cardiac recurrences in postmyocardial infarction patients.

    Meyer Friedman;Carl E. Thoresen;James J. Gill;Lynda H. Powell

Frequent Co-Authors

John D. Krumboltz
John D. Krumboltz Stanford University
Thomas G. Plante
Thomas G. Plante Santa Clara University
Cheryl Koopman
Cheryl Koopman Stanford University
Cheryl Gore-Felton
Cheryl Gore-Felton Stanford University
Bruce A. Arnow
Bruce A. Arnow Stanford University
Michael E. McCullough
Michael E. McCullough University of California, San Diego
Ralph W. Hood
Ralph W. Hood University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Shauna L. Shapiro
Shauna L. Shapiro Santa Clara University
Kenneth I. Pargament
Kenneth I. Pargament Bowling Green State University
Phillip R. Shaver
Phillip R. Shaver University of California, Davis

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