A Healthier Future?: Managing Healthcare in Ireland

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Eilish McAuliffe, Laraine Joyce
Institute of Public Administration, 1998 - 323 pages

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Contents

Health Status
17
Legislative Strategy
43
Governance Where the Dream Starts and
64
Healthcare the Context
79
Health Funding and Expenditure in Ireland
92
Resource Management in the Irish and
108
Balancing Risktaking and Accountability
123
Managed Care and Healthcare in Ireland
140
Changing Relationships and the Voluntary
181
Managing Social Services
198
Doctors and Management Development
219
Making the Best Use of the Nursing Resource
237
Community Participation in Primary Healthcare
257
Thinking Through Context
270
Consumer
286
References and Further Reading
306

Quality in the Irish Healthcare System
152
The Role of the Public Voluntary Hospital Sector
169

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