The impetus for this study arose from the need to upgrade the case mix measure of choice in use at the national level in Ireland. Since 1993, various versions of the DRG grouper supported by the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) had been in use in Ireland. With improvements in...

Air pollution is well recognised as a major risk factor for disease and premature mortality worldwide. In Ireland, fine particulate matter (PM2.5), which originates largely from burning solid fuel for heating, and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), derived from road transport, are the main sources...

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 Committee on the Future of Healthcare published its final report (the Sláintecare Report; Houses of the...

The ESRI research report 'How does Irish Healthcare Expenditure compare internationally?' examines how Irish Healthcare Expenditure (HCE) compares to expenditure in other countries. Using international OECD data for 2017, this study finds that how Irish HCE compares differs depending on the...

Research has shown that older individuals are far more likely to avail of health care and there is concern in a number of countries that the trend toward population ageing may mean that health care expenditures increase to unsustainable levels. However, there is a growing body of evidence that...

Im Januar 2002 hat der Landtag Nordrhein-Westfalen die Enquetekommission "Situation und Zukunft der Pflege in NRW" eingerichtet. Die Kommission hatte den Auftrag, Antworten auf die Frage zu finden, welche Rahmenbedingungen das Land schaffen kann und welche Impulse es geben muss, um die Qualität...

Stärker werdender Wettbewerb zwischen den Krankenhäusern stellt diese vor erhebliche wirtschaftliche Herausforderungen. Kostendruck und Sanierungsstau wegen veralteter baulicher Infrastruktur verschärfen die durch die Einführung des Fallpauschalensystems (G-DRG) angespannte finanzielle Lage...

Untersucht werden die Einflüsse prospektiver Finanzierungssysteme im stationären Sektor (Budgetierung) unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des neuen DRGEntgeltsystems auf Arbeitsbedingungen und Versorgungsqualität im Krankenhaus. Zugrunde liegen Fallstudien von vier deutschen Krankenhäusern,...