&quot;We don&apos;t have the infrastructure to support them at home&quot;: How health system inadequacies impact on long-term care admissions of people with dementia.

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Abstract

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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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Health Policy

Title: Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1872-6054

ISSN (Print): 0168-8510

Publication date (Electronic): Dec 2017

Volume: 121

Issue: 12

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[1 ] Department of Psychology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. Electronic address: noraadonnelly@rcsi.ie.

[2 ] Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. Electronic address: niamhhumphries@rcpi.ie.

[3 ] Department of Psychology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. Electronic address: ahickey@rcsi.ie.

[4 ] Department of Psychology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. Electronic address: FDoyle4@rcsi.ie.

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Publisher Item ID: S0168-8510(17)30273-7

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2017.09.020

PubMed ID: 29031934

SO-VID: 0e95b4b0-b148-4b64-a7a7-7e0ee09cf8f7

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Keywords: Dementia,Health services research,Long-term care

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Keywords: Dementia, Health services research, Long-term care

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