Understanding the impetus for major systems change: A multiple case study of decisions and non-decisions to reconfigure emergency and urgent care services

Sheena McHugh, E. Droog, Conor Foley, M. Boyce, O. Healy and J.P. Browne

Health Policy, 2019, vol. 123, issue 8, 728-736

Abstract: The optimal organisation of emergency and urgent care services (EUCS) is a perennial problem internationally. Similar to other countries, the Health Service Executive in Ireland pursued EUCS reconfiguration in response to quality and safety concerns, unsustainable costs and workforce issues. However, the implementation of reconfiguration has been inconsistent at a regional level. Our aim was to identify the factors that led to this inconsistency.

Keywords: Reconfiguration; Qualitative research; Delivery of healthcare; Emergency care; Case study; Context; Implementation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2019.05.018

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