Research Briefs

Our research briefs present summaries of individual published, peer-reviewed documents or of a body of published work.

Number
Date
Title File
24
06/12/21
Addressing pharmaceutical industry payments to HSE funded healthcare organisations and professionals PDF
23
23/10/20
The POSAMINO study: development and validation of explicit criteria for potentially serious alcohol-medication interactions in older adults PDF
22
12/02/20
The Medication Reconciliation Study: hospitalisation events influence prescribing among older adults PDF
21
01/05/19
The Preferred Drug Initiative: impact and prescriber-variation following the introduction of a pharmaceutical policy PDF
20
01/12/18
PIPc study: development and application of indicators of potentially inappropriate prescribing in children PDF
19
01/07/18
Core outcome sets for polypharmacy and multimorbidity research PDF
18
27/11/17
Supervised methadone consumption and retention in methadone maintenance treatment in primary care PDF
17
18/07/17
Diagnosing malignant melanoma: The value of clinical prediction rules PDF
16
23/03/17
The PROMPT criteria for potentially inappropriate prescribing in middle-aged people PDF
15
27/10/16
Potentially inappropriate prescribing and adverse health outcomes in older people in primary care PDF
14
14/01/16
Methadone Substitution Treatment in Primary Care and Risk of Mortality - a national cohort study PDF
13
13/12/15
Prescribing in Children Benzodiazepine, psychostimulant and antidepressant paediatric prescribing trends PDF
12
01/10/15
Health and healthcare needs of homeless people in Dublin PDF
11
21/07/14
Development of a Clinical Prediction Rule (CPR) register for primary care PDF
10
01/02/14
The value of clinical prediction rules to identify adults at risk of falling PDF
9
01/07/13
Risk scores to predict hospital admission and readmission following discharge PDF
8
01/11/12
Providing effective healthcare for people with multimorbidity PDF
7
01/05/12
Potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people PDF
6
01/04/12
Methadone Use in Pregnancy PDF
5
01/03/12
Diagnosis and treatment of common musculoskeletal disorders PDF
4
01/01/12
The value of the Alvarado score in predicting acute appendicitis PDF
3
01/12/11
Epidemiology of Medication Use in Pregnancy PDF
2
01/11/11
Clinical Prediction Rules in Respiratory Illnesses PDF
1
01/10/11
Clinical Prediction Rules in Cerebrovascular Disease PDF