Browsing by Subject "public health"
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Benzodiazepine usage in the North Eastern Health Board region of the Republic of Ireland
(2004)Introduction: Benzodiazepines are a large group of drugs used as hypnotics, anxiolytics, and tranquillisers, anti convulsants, pre-medication and for intravenous sedation. Extended use of benzodiazepines may lead to ... -
Cohort Profile: the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing.
(2011)How did the study come about? Ireland shares with other developed countries the prospect of rapid and sustained population ageing. The age distribution of the Irish population is undergoing a dramatic change at present ... -
Do differences in the administrative structure of populations confound comparisons of geographic health inequalities?
(2010)Background: Geographical health inequalities are naturally described by the variation in health outcomes between areas (e.g. mortality rates). However, comparisons made between countries are hampered by our lack ... -
The DUMP Campaign
(green cross publishing, 2009-05)From an initial group of six pharmacies in 2002, now every pharmacy in the area is a part of the DUMP initiative, which urges consumers to `Dispose of Unused Medication Properly? and attempts to achieve this by ... -
The Ethical Principles in Ethical Guidance Documents during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland: A Qualitative Systematic Review
(2024)Background: The sudden onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was accompanied by a myriad of ethical issues that prompted the issuing of various ethical guidance documents for health care professionals ... -
The length of stay of in-patient stroke discharges in Irish acute hospitals
(2013)Stroke imposes an important economic burden worldwide and acute in-patient care accounts for a large proportion of costs in the first year following stroke. Length of stay (LOS) is regarded as a key determinant of in-patient ... -
Validation and use of a parametric model for projecting cystic fibrosis survivorship beyond observed data: a birth cohort analysis
(BMJ Group, 2011-07-22)Background: The current lifetable approach to survival estimation is favoured by CF registries. Recognising the limitation of this approach, we examined the utility of a parametric survival model to project birth cohort ...