On the 10th November, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) hosted the Irish Health Accounts Seminar following the recent publication of detailed estimates of Irish health care expenditure
http://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/er/sha/systemofhealthaccounts2014/
Please find the presentations listed below:
The Health Accounts data is compiled by the CSO using the System of Health Accounts (SHA) methodology. The Health Accounts data can be used to answer questions around Irish health care expenditure such as who is funding and providing various health care services and who is funding providers. The data can also be used to compare health expenditure over time and across countries. It provides a basis for uniform reporting by countries with a wide range of different models of organising their national health systems.
The purpose of the seminar is to provide potential data users with:
Who should attend?
If you have any further queriers please contact Mary Sheridan at sha@cso.ie, tel: 01 498 4304.
Seminar Programme
9.00 Registration
9.30 Introduction
Ms Jennifer Banim, Assistant Director General, Central Statistics Office
9.45 Overview of Published SHA Data and Possible Further Developments
Ms Ciara O’Shea, Statistician, Central Statistics Office
10.15 Health Policy and Service Provider Perspective:
Chair: Ms Jennifer Banim
Mr. Alan Cahill, Senior Statistician, Department of Health
Dr. Valerie Walshe, Senior Economist, Health Service Executive
11.00 Coffee
11.30 Panel Discussion with Other User Perspectives:
Chair: Dr. Lucy Fallon-Byrne, Assistant Director General, Central Statistics Office
Dr. Maev-Ann Wren, Senior Research Officer, Economic & Social Research Institute
Prof. Charles Normand, Edward Kennedy Professor of Health Policy & Management, Trinity College Dublin
Mr. John Armstrong, Actuary / Health Economist, Allianz Worldwide Care / Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
12.15 Open Discussion with Floor:
Chair: Dr. Lucy Fallon-Byrne, Assistant Director General, Central Statistics Office
1.00 Close
