The Swedish Institute 
for Health Economics
Box 2127
S-220 02 Lund 
Visiting address: 
Råbygatan 2 
Phone: +46 46 - 32 91 00
info@ihe.se

Ola Ghatnekar
M.Sc. | Research Manager

Work areas
  • Health economic evaluations of pharmaceuticals and medical devices by means of modelling- and/or literature studies  
  • Cost of illness/treatment studies by means of patient data- and/or literature studies
  • Pricing and reimbursement
  • Training in health economics

Therapeutical areas:
Stroke and cardiovascular diseases, cancer and haematological diseases


Selected publications

Ghatnekar O, Ljungberg A, Wirestrand LE, Svensson A.
Costs and quality of life for psoriatic patients at different degrees of severity in southern Sweden - a cross-sectional study.

European Journal of Dermatology. 2012 Mar-Apr;22(2):238-45.



Ghatnekar O, Hjortsberg C, Gisslén M, Lindbäck S & Löthgren M
Medical Resource Utilization and Cost of HIV-Related Care in the Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Era at a University Clinic in Sweden
Pharmacoeconomics, 2010; 28 Suppl 1: 49-57

Ghatnekar O, Hjalte F &Taylor M
Cost-effectiveness of dasatinib versus high-dose imatinib in patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML), resistant to standard dose imatinib - a Swedish model application
Acta Oncol. 2010 Aug; 49(6): 851-8

Arana A, Allen S, Burkowitz J, Fantoni V, Ghatnekar O, Rico M T, Vanhaverbeke N, Wentworth C E, Brosa M & Arellano F M
Infliximab Paediatric Crohn’s Disease Educational Plan. A European, Cross-Sectional, Multicentre Evaluation
Drug Safety Journal 2010; 33(6): 489-501

Ghatnekar O & Glader, E-L
The effect of atrial fibrillation on stroke-related inpatient costs in Sweden: a 3-year analysis of registry incidence data from 2001
Value in Health, 2008; 11(5):862-868

Ghatnekar O, Alvegård T, Conradi N, Lenhoff S, Mellqvist UH, Persson U &Löthgren M
Direct hospital resource utilization and costs of treating patients with multiple myeloma in Southwest Sweden: a 5-year retrospective analysis
Clinical Therapeutics. 2008;30(9):1704-1713


Ghatnekar O, Persson, U, Glader E-L, Terént A. Cost of stroke in Sweden: an incidence estimate. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 2004. 20(3): 375-380.

Persson U, Ghatnekar O. Cost-effectiveness analysis of inhaled corticosteroids in asthma: a review of the analytical standards. Respiratory Medicine, 2003; 97(1): 1-1.
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