Background: Deaths from circulatory respiratory causes among older age groups in Ireland fell sharply between 1995 and 2005 as did the seasonality of deaths from these causes.Objective:To examine whether a structural break has occurred in deaths from circulatory causes in Ireland between 1995...

This literature review examines the methodologies used to calculate health and social care unit costs internationally and in Ireland. The purpose of this review is to identify the alternative approaches to unit costing for health and social care services in the literature and to assess the...

This analysis examines the extent to which activity in public hospitals is privately financed and provides an overview of service delivery across public and private hospitals in Ireland in 2015. This analysis was conducted in light of a Sláintecare proposal to remove private practice from...

New research from the ESRI provides projections of expenditure for public acute hospital and adult acute psychiatric in-patient services in Ireland for the years 2018-2035. These projections are based on new ESRI projections for population and economic growth, both of which consider the impact...

This report analyses changes in public current and capital healthcare expenditure (HCE) (2004 to 2017), and its components, along with trends in HSE staffing and pay expenditure (2007 to 2017). This report adopts an inclusive approach to the measurement of HCE and HCE is defined in gross terms...

The objective of this paper is to analyse the data on specialist disability services available in Ireland. The paper provides a baseline utilisation profile of selected services which can be used to project future service demand and expenditure. The limitations of the currently available data in...

The public/private mix in Irish health care is nowhere more evident than in the acute hospital system where both public and private patients can be treated in public hospitals by the same consultant. By undertaking new analyses of data from the Hospital In-Patient Enquiry Scheme, this study...