Variation in resource allocation in urgent and emergency Care Systems in Ireland

• Main Authors: Steve Thomas (Author), Conor Foley (Author), Bridget Kane (Author), Bridget M. Johnston (Author), Brenda Lynch (Author), Susan Smith (Author), Orla Healy (Author), Elsa Droog (Author), John Browne (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background A key challenge for most systems is how to provide effective access to urgent and emergency care across rural and urban populations. Tensions about the placement and scope of hospital emergency services are longstanding in Irish political life and there has been recent reform to...