Ismo Linnosmaa
Deputy Head of Department
Professor
I am a professor of health and social economics at University of Eastern Finland.
Department of Health and Social Management, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
My current research concentrates on costs, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of health and social services provided for old people, economics of ageing, and the markets for health and social care and pharmaceuticals.
Research groups
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Food for Mind - Nutrition-focused group intervention with a strength-based counseling approach for people with clinical depression 01.01.2018 - -
Health Economics Research Group 01.01.2022 - -
House of Effectiveness 01.11.2018 - -
PREcision promotion of positive mental WELLbeing among high-risk adult population (PREWELL): Capabilities, gamification, and digital intervention 01.01.2025 - 31.12.2028
Projects
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GuideGap: Guideline adherent prescribing and factors explaining deviations 01.01.2024 - 30.11.2027 -
Improving the effectiveness of well-being and health of older people in Kainuu Finished 02.01.2021 - 31.08.2022 -
Work, rehabilitation and retirement pathways of older workers 01.03.2025 - 28.02.2027 -
MEDIFF: Evaluation of implementation strategies to promote rational use of medicines in older people Finished 01.01.2022 - 31.12.2024 -
SHARE-FI - Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe-Finland 01.01.2024 - 31.12.2026 -
Center for Social and Health Care Effectiveness -project Finished 01.01.2021 - 30.09.2021 -
SustAgeable: Economic and social sustainability across time and space in an ageing society 01.10.2021 - 30.09.2027 -
Joint Action on CARdiovascular diseases and DIabetes in Europe 01.11.2023 - 31.10.2027
Files
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Effects of using medication reminder technologies by home-dwelling older citizens: a systematic review
Salmensuu, Olli; Isotalo, Jenni; Rijken, Mieke; Hyttinen-Huotari, Virva; Kaarakainen, Minna; Linnosmaa, Ismo, 2026, Age and ageing, 55, 2, 1-11. A2 Review article, Literature review, Systematic review -
Cost-Utility of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) among Treatment Resistant Depression Patients
Vartiainen, Anna-Kaisa; Rissanen, Elisa; Linnosmaa, Ismo, 2025, Journal of mental health policy and economics, 28, 4, 133-146. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Effectiveness of work ability interventions on productivity – A systematic review
Kekkonen, Pasi; Savolainen, Eija; Immonen, Mari; Kangas, Pauliina; Rissanen, Elisa; Linnosmaa, Ismo, 2025, Journal of occupational health, 67, 1, uiaf051. A2 Review article, Literature review, Systematic review -
Study protocol of a cluster randomized trial to evaluate the Frendie PRO mobile application's effectiveness in reducing employees' loneliness and social isolation
Kraav, Siiri-Liisi; Schoenmakers, Eric; Linnosmaa, Ismo; Sorola, Samu; Tolmunen, Tommi, 2025, Contemporary clinical trials, 157, 108060. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Systematic Review of Effects of Medication Dispenser Use by Home-Dwelling Older Adults
Salmensuu, Olli; Hyttinen-Huotari, Virva; Isotalo, Jenni; Rijken, Mieke; Linnosmaa, Ismo; Kaarakainen, Minna, 2025, Nursing research, 74, 4, 305-312. A2 Review article, Literature review, Systematic review -
The cost-effectiveness of unilateral cochlear implantation in the Finnish health care
Dietz, Aarno; Seil, Elizabeth; Linder, Pia; Linnosmaa, Ismo; Parkinson, Bonny; Cutler, Henry, 2025, European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology, 282, 11, 5551-5562. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Cost-effectiveness of a parenting program to reduce children’s behavioral problems among families receiving child protection services and other family support services – A randomized controlled trial
Rissanen, Elisa; Karjalainen, Piia; Kiviruusu, Olli; Kankaanpää, Eila; Aronen, Eeva T; Haula, Taru; Sääksvuori, Lauri; Vornanen, Riitta; Linnosmaa, Ismo, 2024, Children and youth services review, 158, 107491. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Do people's health, financial and social resources contribute to subjective wellbeing differently at the age of fifty than later in life?
Auvinen, Terhi; Linnosmaa, Ismo; Rijken, Mieke, 2024, Wellbeing, space and society, 7, 100219. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Miten väestön ikääntyminen vaikuttaa sote-menoihin?
Linnosmaa, Ismo; Auvinen, Terhi, 2024, Talous & yhteiskunta, 3, 28-35. D1 Article in a trade journal -
Quality of life outcomes for informal carers of long-term care service users in Austria, England and Finland
Linnosmaa, Ismo; Nguyen, Lien; Jokimäki, Hanna; Saloniki, Eirini-Christina; Malley, Juliette; Trukeschitz, Birgit; Hajji, Assma; Forder, Julien, 2024, Quality of life research, 33, 9, 2477-2488. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research