Alen Brkic

  • Postdoc; PhD
 

Publications 2026

Lundereng ED, Brkic A, Absolom K, Andvik E, Beernaert K, Cresswell K, Dajani OF, De Glas N, Fallon M, Freitas-Durks V, Guldhav KV, Hjermstad MJ, Kaasa S, Kurita GP, Lund JÅ, Mitrea N, Damink SO, Paulsen Ø, Pedersen GM, Skåre TS, Lundeby T, The MyPath consortium (2026)
Balancing ideals and realities: health care professionals' perspectives of and attitudes toward digital patient-centered cancer care
Qual Life Res, 35 (3), 76
DOI 10.1007/s11136-025-04103-w, PubMed 41709015

Publications 2025

Biedroń G, Wilk M, Nowakowski J, Kuszmiersz P, Guła Z, Strach M, Brkic A, Haugeberg G, Korkosz M (2025)
Associations between comorbidities and patient-reported outcomes in axial spondyloarthritis: data from a single-center real-world cohort
Clin Rheumatol, 44 (6), 2311-2320
DOI 10.1007/s10067-025-07452-6, PubMed 40329130

Brkic A, Haugeberg G (2025)
When Less Is More, None Can Be Even Better: Rethinking Routine Follow-Up of Chronic Disease Exemplified With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Arthritis Rheumatol (in press)
DOI 10.1002/art.43346, PubMed 40757495

Kuszmiersz P, Guła Z, Strach M, Nowakowski J, Biedroń G, Brkic A, Haugeberg G, Korkosz M (2025)
Work productivity and activity impairment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and axial spondyloarthritis: a comparative analysis from the POLNOR-Rheuma cohort
Rheumatol Int, 45 (5), 96
DOI 10.1007/s00296-025-05851-1, PubMed 40220035

Publications 2024

Biedroń G, Wilk M, Nowakowski J, Kuszmiersz P, Guła Z, Strach M, Brkic A, Haugeberg G, Korkosz M (2024)
Impact of comorbidities on patient-reported outcomes in psoriatic arthritis: a single centre cohort study
Rheumatol Int, 44 (8), 1435-1443
DOI 10.1007/s00296-024-05632-2, PubMed 38914774

Publications 2023

Brkic A, Diamantopoulos AP, Hoff M, Haavardsholm EA, Fevang BTS, Brekke LK, Loli L, Zettel C, Bakland G, Mielnik P, Haugeberg G (2023)
Exploring the impact of the national tender system on the use of costly drugs treating rheumatoid arthritis patients in ten rheumatology centers in Norway (2010-2019)
BMC Health Serv Res, 23 (1), 968
DOI 10.1186/s12913-023-09975-7, PubMed 37679747

Skei NV, Nilsen TIL, Knoop ST, Prescott H, Lydersen S, Mohus RM, Brkic A, Liyanarachi KV, Solligård E, Damås JK, Gustad LT (2023)
Long-term temporal trends in incidence rate and case fatality of sepsis and COVID-19-related sepsis in Norwegian hospitals, 2008-2021: a nationwide registry study
BMJ Open, 13 (8), e071846
DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-071846, PubMed 37532480

Publications 2022

Brkic A, Diamantopoulos AP, Haavardsholm EA, Fevang BTS, Brekke LK, Loli L, Zettel C, Rødevand E, Bakland G, Mielnik P, Haugeberg G (2022)
Exploring drug cost and disease outcome in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with biologic and targeted synthetic DMARDs in Norway in 2010-2019 - a country with a national tender system for prescription of costly drugs
BMC Health Serv Res, 22 (1), 48
DOI 10.1186/s12913-021-07425-w, PubMed 35012522

Brkic A, Łosińska K, Pripp AH, Korkosz M, Haugeberg G (2022)
Remission or Not Remission, That's the Question: Shedding Light on Remission and the Impact of Objective and Subjective Measures Reflecting Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatol Ther, 9 (6), 1531-1547
DOI 10.1007/s40744-022-00490-5, PubMed 36129667

Publications 2021

Brkic A, Kim JG, Haugeberg G, Diamantopoulos AP (2021)
Decentralizing healthcare in Norway to improve patient-centered outpatient clinic management of rheumatoid arthritis - a conceptual model
BMC Rheumatol, 5 (1), 43
DOI 10.1186/s41927-021-00215-1, PubMed 34743757

Publications 2019

Brkic A, Terslev L, Møller Døhn U, Torp-Pedersen S, Schmidt WA, Diamantopoulos AP (2019)
Clinical Applicability of Ultrasound in Systemic Large Vessel Vasculitides
Arthritis Rheumatol, 71 (11), 1780-1787
DOI 10.1002/art.41039, PubMed 31309732

Publications 2018

Rhone P, Ruszkowska-Ciastek B, Bielawski K, Brkic A, Zarychta E, Góralczyk B, Roszkowski K, Rość D (2018)
Comprehensive analysis of haemostatic profile depending on clinicopathological determinants in breast cancer patients
Biosci Rep, 38 (2)
DOI 10.1042/BSR20171657, PubMed 29475895