Understanding perspectives on major system change: A comparative case study of public engagement and the implementation of urgent and emergency care system reconfiguration

Conor Foley, Elsa Droog, Orla Healy, Sheena McHugh, Claire Buckley and John Patrick Browne

Health Policy, 2017, vol. 121, issue 7, 800-808

Abstract: Major changes have been made to how emergency care services are configured in several regions in the Republic of Ireland. This study investigated the hypothesis that engagement activities undertaken prior to these changes influenced stakeholder perspectives on the proposed changes and impacted on the success of implementation.

Keywords: Health services research; Delivery of healthcare; Qualitative research; Reconfiguration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2017.05.009

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