Developing recommendations to improve the quality of diabetes care in Ireland: a policy analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2006, the Health Service Executive (HSE) in Ireland established an Expert Advisory Group (EAG) for Diabetes, to act as its main source of operational policy and strategic advice for this chronic condition. The process was heralded as the starting point for the development of formal chronic disease management programmes. Although recommendations were published in 2008, implementation did not proceed as expected. Our aim was to examine the development of recommendations by the EAG as an instrumental case study of the policy formulation process, in the context of a health system undergoing organisational and financial upheaval.

Methods

This study uses Kingdon's Multiple Streams Theory to examine the evolution of the EAG recommendations. Semi-structured interviews

SUBMITTER: Mc Hugh SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4177249 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature