Health Services, Health Inequalities & Health and Social Gain Programme

• Patterns of General Practitioner visiting and prescribing
• Access, incentives and efficiency in acute hospital care
• The role of private health insurance
• Health care use versus need, across the income distribution and by region
• Health inequalities
• Disability and its impact on labour force participation, living standards, and exclusion.

Working Papers

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1. A cross-sectional analysis of the utilisation of GP services in Ireland: 1987-2001 Size: 146.5K bytes

2. Equity in utilisation of health care in Ireland Size: 369.6K bytes

3. Tobacco taxes and starting and quitting smoking: does the effect differ by education? Size: 155.6K bytes

4. Disability and labour market participation Size: 104.3K bytes

5. Allocating funding across Health Boards: is equity easy? Size: 87.8K bytes

6. The impact of the extension of the General Medical Services scheme to cover all persons aged 70 years and over: a case study Size: 641.3K bytes

7. The income sensitivity of GP utilization: a conceptual and empirical exploration using the Northern Ireland Household Panel Survey Size: 122.2K bytes

8. Comparing the impact of early and later life exposure to disadvantage on self-assessed health in Ireland Size: 121.3K bytes

9. GP Reimbursement and visiting behaviour in Ireland Size: 223.5K bytes

10. Health Insurance in Ireland Size: 79.9K bytes

11. Disability and Labour Force Participation in Ireland Size: 197.1K bytes

12. Explaining Social Class Differentials in Smoking Size: 196.0K bytes

13. A panel data analysis of the utilisation of GP services Size: 128.4K bytes

14. Irelands Health Care System Size: 137.9K bytes

15. The Utilisation of GP services in England Size: 237.6K bytes

16. The English Patient: Variations on a Regional Theme Size: 123.4K bytes

17. A Dynamic Model of Demand for Private Health Insurance in Ireland Size: 254.5K bytes

18. Technical Efficiency of Hospitals in Ireland Size: 165.1K bytes

19. Equity in the Utilization of Hospital In-patient Services in Ireland Size: 372.3K bytes

20. A Comparison of GP Visiting in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland Size: 199.8K bytes

21. Total Factor Productivity Growth in Hospitals in Ireland Size: 198.5K bytes

22. Sample Selection in Two-part Models Revisited Size: 780.4K bytes

23. Analysis of the Impact of Age and Proximity of Death on Healthcare Costs in Ireland Size: 330.0K bytes

24. Evaluating the Impact of Eligibility of Free Care on the Use of GP Services in Ireland Size: 273.9K bytes

25. Emergency Department Utilisation in Four Irish Teaching Hospitals Size: 363.0K bytes

26. Charactistics of Emergency Department Attendances in Four Irish Teaching Hospitals Size: 325.3K bytes

The research team is being led by Brian Nolan, and includes Richard Layte and Anne Nolan at the ESRI, Joe Durkan, Colm Harmon, David Madden and Rosalia Vasquez-Alvarez at UCD, and Ciaran O’Neill at the University of Ulster.

The Health Research Board is providing core funding for the programme for five years, and complementary projects are being carried out for the Departments of Social and Family Affairs and Justice, Equality and Law Reform, the Equality Authority and the National Disability Authority.
 

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