Browsing Centre for Health Policy and Management (Theses and Dissertations) by Title
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Improving access to maternal health services in eastern Uganda : changing incentives through voucher schemes
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Centre of Health Policy and Management, 2013)The majority of women in Sub Saharan Africa still give birth without a skilled birth attendant. Existing evidence suggests that voucher schemes have the potential to provide more targeted services to vulnerable groups such ... -
Leveraging health information to enable the transformation of chronic disease management : the epilepsy exemplar
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Centre of Health Policy and Management, 2012)Like most chronic conditions, the diagnosis and optimum management of epilepsy relies on contributions from a number of healthcare disciplines in a variety of geographically diverse number of healthcare settings e.g. ... -
A multistage mixed methods evaluation of the implementation and impact of a reconfiguration of acute medicine in Ireland’s hospitals
Background. To address deficits in the delivery of acute medicineservices in Ireland, the National Acute Medicine Programme (NAMP) was established to optimise the management of acutely ill medical patients in ... -
Prospective cohort study of hospital inpatients with advanced cancer : cost analysis of a palliative care consultation team intervention
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Centre of Health Policy and Management, 2015)The provision of care to people living and dying with serious chronic illness is a public health priority in most parts of the world. In a context of demographic change and shifting patterns of disease, the cost of care ... -
The dynamics of temporary migration : the experience of South African doctors working in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Centre of Health Policy and Management, 2013)International doctor migration is traditionally considered a straightforward ‘drain’ on source countries and advantageous only for destination countries, who essentially obtain labour at low cost. Doctor migration places ... -
Towards an Electronic Register, Tracking and Management System for the National Childhood Primary Immunisation Programme
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Centre of Health Policy and Management, 2002)