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Read more: The Pandemic: Two years that have changed Ireland. Part 1: Health, Healthcare and the Labour Market
This is the first in a series of papers that aim to give an overview of some of ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has changed Ireland. This paper examines some the key statistics that illustrate the impact of COVID-19 on Irish society since Ireland’s first confirmed case on 29th February 2020 and it focuses…
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Read more: Assessing how the policy of free GP care for children aged under 6 has impacted unscheduled paediatric healthcare in Ireland
The term “unscheduled” healthcare refers to care that is generally provided with less than 24-hour notice, with general practitioners (GPs) the most common first point of contact for this type of unplanned care
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Read more: The Impact of Free GP Care on GP Utilisation in Ireland
The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 49, No. 2, Summer 2018, pp.201-215 Paul Gorecki The Digest Series presents summaries of papers that make contributions to policy debates that have already been published by the identified authors in cited outlets. Introduction Public policy in Ireland has committed to extending free GP care to all, on a…
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Read more: Universal GP Care in Ireland: Potential Cost Implications
The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 49, No. 1, Spring 2018, pp. 93-109 Sheelah Connolly* ESRI, Anne Nolan ESRI, Brendan Walsh, ESRI, Maev-Ann Wren ESRI The Digest Series presents summaries of papers that make contributions to policy debates that have already been published by the identified authors in cited outlets. Introduction In 2011, the Government…
