Conor Keegan
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Larkin J, Prendergast C, Murry L, Flood M, Clyne B, Burke S, et al.
Explor Res Clin Soc Pharm
. 2025 Feb;
17:100565.
PMID: 39968511
Background: The number of prescription medicines prescribed to older adults is increasing in Ireland and other countries. This is leading to higher out-of-pocket prescription medicine expenditure for older adults, which...
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Valentelyte G, Keegan C, Sorensen J
Health Policy
. 2023 Sep;
137:104915.
PMID: 37741112
Activity-Based Funding (ABF) is a funding policy incentivising hospitals to deliver more efficient care. ABF can be complemented by additional price incentives to further drive hospital efficiency. In 2016, ABF...
3.
Valentelyte G, Keegan C, Sorensen J
BMC Health Serv Res
. 2022 Nov;
22(1):1311.
PMID: 36329423
Background: Health services research often relies on quasi-experimental study designs in the estimation of treatment effects of a policy change or an intervention. The aim of this study is to...
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Fleming P, ODonoghue C, Almirall-Sanchez A, Mockler D, Keegan C, Cylus J, et al.
Health Policy
. 2022 Oct;
126(12):1195-1205.
PMID: 36257867
Health system resilience has never been more important than with the COVID-19 pandemic. There is need to identify feasible measures of resilience, potential strategies to build resilience and weaknesses of...
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Keegan C, Brick A, Henry E, Bergin A
Int J Health Plann Manage
. 2021 Nov;
37(2):999-1017.
PMID: 34787926
Despite private hospitals occupying an important role in the delivery of acute hospital care in Ireland, an understanding of future spending pressures on these services is limited. Particularly, a key...
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Valentelyte G, Keegan C, Sorensen J
Health Econ Rev
. 2021 May;
11(1):17.
PMID: 34003386
Background: Activity-Based Funding (ABF) has been implemented across many countries as a means to incentivise efficient hospital care delivery and resource use. Previous reviews have assessed the impact of ABF...
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Keegan C
Soc Sci Med
. 2020 May;
255:113006.
PMID: 32387872
In response to declining insurance coverage and adverse selection, in May 2015, Ireland introduced lifetime community rating (LCR) of health insurance premiums to encourage take-up of health insurance at younger...
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Eighan J, Walsh B, Connolly S, Wren M, Keegan C, Bergin A
Eur J Public Health
. 2020 May;
30(6):1090-1097.
PMID: 32361721
Background: Until recently, Irish age-standardized mortality rates (ASMRs) were amongst the highest in the EU-15. This study examines changes in ASMRs in Ireland from 1956 to 2014. Methods: Using data...
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Walsh B, Nolan A, Brick A, Keegan C
Soc Sci Med
. 2019 Jan;
222:101-111.
PMID: 30623795
The removal of co-payments for General Practitioner (GP) services has been shown to increase utilisation of GP care. The introduction of free GP care may also have spillover effects on...
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Keegan C, Brick A, Walsh B, Bergin A, Eighan J, Wren M
Int J Health Plann Manage
. 2018 Oct;
34(1):e569-e582.
PMID: 30277279
Existing Irish hospital bed capacity is low by international standards while Ireland also reports the highest inpatient bed occupancy rate across OECD countries. Moreover, strong projected population growth and ageing...