Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) across the world: a comparative analysis—what lessons can we learn?

P Reidy, T Breslin, E Muldoon - JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 2024 - academic.oup.com
This paper presents a comparative analysis of Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy
(OPAT) structures and delivery options across different countries. OPAT, a cost-effective …

A country pandemic risk exposure measurement model

S Grima, M Kizilkaya, R Rupeika-Apoga… - … and Healthcare Policy, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose The purpose of this study is to develop a Pandemic Risk Exposure Measurement
(PREM) model to determine the factors that affect a country's prospective vulnerability to a …

[图书][B] Geographic profile of healthcare needs and non-acute healthcare supply in Ireland

S Smith, B Walsh, MA Wren, S Barron, E Morgenroth… - 2019 - econstor.eu
There is an unequal supply of health and social care across counties in Ireland, according to
new ESRI research funded by the Health Research Board (HRB). It finds that the commuter …

[HTML][HTML] A forecasting approach for hospital bed capacity planning using machine learning and deep learning with application to public hospitals

Y Mahmoudian, A Nemati, AS Safaei - Healthcare Analytics, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Hospital Bed Capacity (HBC) planning affects economic and social sustainability in
healthcare through bed capacity efficiency and medical treatment accessibility …

Changes in hospital efficiency and size: An integrated propensity score matching with data envelopment analysis

S Cinaroglu - Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Turkey has made huge investments in city hospitals. The distinguishing feature of these
hospitals is that they are physically large. Although many studies have investigated the …

Does formal home care reduce inpatient length of stay?

B Walsh, S Lyons, S Smith, MA Wren… - Health …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Formal home care is an appropriate substitute for acute hospital care for many older people.
However, limited empirical evidence exists on the extent of substitution between the supply …

Projections of workforce requirements for public acute hospitals in Ireland, 2019-2035: A regional analysis based on the Hippocrates model

This is the fourth report to be published applying the ESRI's Hippocrates healthcare
projection model. Previous analyses have applied Hippocrates to estimate baseline …

Does the ageing population correctly predict the need for medical beds? Part two: Wider implications

RP Jones - British Journal of Healthcare Management, 2021 - magonlinelibrary.com
The first article in this two-part series demonstrated that the post-World War II 'baby
boom'and increasing life expectancy implies that there will be a considerable increase in …

Did the expansion of free GP care impact demand for emergency department attendances? A difference-in-differences analysis

B Walsh, A Nolan, A Brick, C Keegan - Social Science & Medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
The removal of co-payments for General Practitioner (GP) services has been shown to
increase utilisation of GP care. The introduction of free GP care may also have spillover …

Would the United States have had too few beds for universal emergency care in the event of a more widespread Covid-19 epidemic?

RP Jones - International Journal of Environmental Research and …, 2020 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: To evaluate the level of hospital bed numbers in US states relative to other
countries using a new method for evaluating bed numbers, and to determine if this is …