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| Title |
Case fatality ratios for serious emergency conditions in the Republic of Ireland: a longitudinal investigation of trends over the period 2002–2014 using joinpoint analysis
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| Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, June 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12913-018-3260-1 |
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| Authors |
Brenda Lynch, Anthony P. Fitzgerald, Paul Corcoran, Orla Healy, Claire Buckley, Conor Foley, John Browne |
| Abstract |
In the past decade, the Republic of Ireland has undertaken significant reconfiguration programmes to improve emergency services. During this time the public healthcare system experienced a large real decrease in resources. This study assesses national and regional population outcomes over the period 2002-2014, and whether changes coincide with system reconfiguration and the financial restrictions imposed by the 2008 recession. Case fatality ratios (CFRs) were constructed for emergency conditions for 2002-2014. Total emergency conditions and individual condition trends were analysed nationally using joinpoint analysis. National results informed the investigation of trends at a regional and county level using an inverse standard error weighted generalised linear model with a log link to construct funnel plots. County-level CFRs were compared for the first and last 3 years of the period to further investigate the changes to county results over the 13 year period, specifically in comparison to the national-level CFR. Nationally, there was an annual fall in CFRs (2.1%). The decline was faster from 2002 to 2007 (annual percentage change = - 3.4; 95% CI-4.4, - 2.4), compared to 2007-2014 (annual percentage change = - 1.2; 95% CI -1.9, - 0.5). The South-East had a lower rate of decrease and the West had a higher rate. Cross sectional analysis of two periods (2002-2004 and 2012-2014) showed high consistency in the counties performance relative to the national CFR in both periods. Change in the national trend coincided with the onset of economic stress on the public health system. Attributing the decline in CFR improvement to economic factors is weakened by the uneven nature of the trend change. No distinct pattern of change was identified among regions which underwent substantial reconfiguration of emergency services. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 26 | 59% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 7% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 14 | 32% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 26 | 59% |
| Scientists | 12 | 27% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 6 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 23 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 23 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 26% |
| Researcher | 2 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 1 | 4% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 4% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 11 | 48% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering | 2 | 9% |
| Environmental Science | 1 | 4% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 4% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 5 | 22% |
| Unknown | 12 | 52% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 39. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 March 2021.
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