Filter By:
Publications
17 Publications
Showing items 1 to the end of the list
Published: 19 December 2019
Irish Psychiatric Units and Hospitals Census 2019. Main Findings
This report presents findings from the tenth national psychiatric census of patients in psychiatric units and hospitals, the latest in a series of censuses first carried out in 1963. The census is a count of all patients resident in psychiatric units and hospitals operating within the provisions of the Mental Health Act...
Published: 17 December 2019
Outputs, outcomes and emerging impacts
Outputs, outcomes and emerging impacts: Results from HRB awards completed in 2016/2017
This report presents a snapshot of, and provides trend analysis over 10 years for, the outputs, outcomes and some emerging impacts from 187 HRB awards (combined value of €47.2 million) that completed in 2016 and...
Published: 20 December 2016
Irish Psychiatric Units and Hospitals Census 2016. Main Findings
This report presents findings from the ninth national psychiatric census of patients in psychiatric units and hospitals, the latest in a series of censuses first carried out in 1963. The census is a count of all patients resident in psychiatric units and hospitals operating within the provisions of the Mental Health Act...
Published: 28 April 2014
Irish Psychiatric Units and Hospitals Census 2013
This report presents data on all patients resident in psychiatric units and hospitals operating within the provisions of the Mental Health Act 2001 (Department of Health and Children 2001) at midnight on 31 March 2013. It is the eighth national psychiatric census of patients in psychiatric units and hospitals.
...Published: 26 November 2013
Irish Psychiatric Units and Hospitals Census 2013 Bulletin
This bulletin is a synopsis of data from the eighth national census of Irish psychiatric units and hospitals, carried out on 31 March 2013.
Published: 02 March 2012
Impact assessment of the All-Ireland Cooperative Oncology Research Group
The All-Ireland Cooperative Oncology Research Group (ICORG) was set up in 1996 to create more research opportunities for clinical trials in the field of oncology. Up until 2011, ICORG has received €36.5 million to build capacity for cancer clinical trials in Ireland from the Health Research Board (HRB)....
Published: 25 July 2011
Irish Psychiatric Units and Hospitals Census 2010
This report presents data on all patients resident in psychiatric units and hospitals operating within the provisions of the Mental Health Act 2001 (Department of Health and Children 2001) at midnight on 31 March 2010. It is the seventh national psychiatric census of patients in psychiatric units and hospitals.
...Published: 29 July 2010
The identification of research priorities for therapy professions in Ireland - summary report
The therapy professions make up a significant and growing proportion of the health-care workforce in Ireland. In December 2008, the Therapy Advisory Unitof theDepartment of Health and Children published A Research Strategy for the Therapy Professions (DoHC, 2008b). One of its strategic...
Published: 29 July 2010
The identification of research priorities for therapy professions in Ireland - main report
The therapy professions make up a significant and growing proportion of the health-care workforce in Ireland. In December 2008, the Therapy Advisory Unitof theDepartment of Health and Children published A Research Strategy for the Therapy Professions (DoHC, 2008b). One of its strategic...
Published: 20 January 2010
Towards the development of a resource allocation model for primary, continuing and community care in the health services. Volume 2: Technical Report
This study was conducted by a research team lead by Professor Anthony Staines at DCU and was commissioned by the HRB and HSE. The report of this study proposes a resource allocation model for the Irish health services based on the principle that each Irish resident should be provided with access to health services funded...
Published: 20 January 2010
Towards the development of a resource allocation model for primary, continuing and community care in the health services. Volume 1: Executive Summary
This study was conducted by a research team lead by Professor Anthony Staines at DCU and was commissioned by the HRB and HSE. The report of this study proposes a resource allocation model for the Irish health services based on the principle that each Irish resident should be provided with access to health services funded...
Published: 20 December 2009
Projecting the impact of demographic change on the demand for and delivery of health care in Ireland
Health and health care are particularly sensitive to the size and make-up of the population. Increasing life expectancy in Ireland has resulted in an increasing elderly population, who require both more health care, on average, than younger people and a different combination of services. Population ageing is not the only...
Published: 31 July 2008
The Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003: Some implications for public health and medical research
This discussion document examines some of the legal and practice ramifications of the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 for public health and medical research. This document covers:
- Chapter 1: The general issues of law that pertain to privacy and confidentiality in relation to medical information. ...
Published: 11 May 2008
Making an impact - The economic and social benefits of HRB-funded research
This report, prepared for the Health Research Board (HRB), examines the wider impacts of eight HRB-funded grants from the early and mid-1990s. These impacts are identified using a case study approach, built on the payback framework for research evaluation. The report then considers the economic repercussions of these wider...
Published: 11 January 2007
Primary Care R&D in Ireland
This report was prepared in response to a request to the HRB in early 2006 from the Association of University Departments of General Practice in Ireland (AUDGPI) to commission an independent report on research and development in primary care in Ireland. This report was commissioned by the Health Research Board of Ireland....
Published: 19 December 2006
Irish Psychiatric Units and Hospitals Census 2006
The psychiatric units and hospitals census was carried out on 31 March 2006. The overall statistics revealed that:
- Males accounted for more than half (55%) of all residents on census night.
- Two thirds of patients on census night were single, 18% were married, 7% were widowed and 1% were divorced....
Published: 19 September 2002
Irish Psychiatric Units and Hospitals Census 2001
This report presents findings from the national psychiatric census of patients in psychiatric units and hospitals, the latest in a series of censuses first carried out in 1963. The census is a count of all patients resident in psychiatric units and hospitals operating within the provisions of the Mental Health Act 2001,...
Showing items 1 to the end of the list