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“We don’t have the infrastructure to support them at home”: How health system inadequacies impact on long-term care admissions of people with dementia

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  • Donnelly, Nora-Ann
  • Humphries, Niamh
  • Hickey, Anne
  • Doyle, Frank

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The influence of healthcare system factors on long-term care admissions has received relatively little attention. We address this by examining how inadequacies in the healthcare system impact on long-term care admissions of people with dementia. This is done in the context of the Irish healthcare system.

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  • Donnelly, Nora-Ann & Humphries, Niamh & Hickey, Anne & Doyle, Frank, 2017. "“We don’t have the infrastructure to support them at home”: How health system inadequacies impact on long-term care admissions of people with dementia," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 121(12), pages 1280-1287.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:121:y:2017:i:12:p:1280-1287
    DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2017.09.020
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