Objectives Individuals with multimorbidity use more health services and take more medicines. This can lead to high out-of-pocket (OOP) healthcare expenditure. This study …
S Connolly - Health Economics, Policy and Law, 2024 - cambridge.org
There are significant barriers to accessing health and social care services in Ireland including high user charges, long waits and limited availability of some services. While a …
Ireland remains an anomaly in Europe in not providing universal healthcare. In 2017, an all- party parliamentary committee published a report (the Sláintecare report) recommending the …
Unlike most European countries, a majority of the population in Ireland pay out of pocket for a range of primary-care services, including general practitioner (GP) care. In 2017, the …
Government policy in Ireland has identified the introduction of a universal primary healthcare system as a priority. This study examined the potential expenditure and workforce …
Overall, the health of the Irish population has improved substantially during recent decades and is quite good compared with other OECD countries. However, spending is elevated …
Despite private hospitals occupying an important role in the delivery of acute hospital care in Ireland, an understanding of future spending pressures on these services is limited …
S Smith, JJ Jiang, C Normand, C O'Neill - Irish Journal of Medical Science …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Introduction Dental services in Ireland are delivered in a mixed public–private system but the majority of dental care is paid for out-of-pocket by individuals. Ireland is not …
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A new statutory scheme for the provision of home support services is currently being developed by the Department of Health. Research has shown that access …