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Using HIPE Data as a Research Tool

Using HIPE data as a research and planning tool: limitations and opportunities: A Response , Professor MM Wiley. Irish Journal of Medical Science, Vol. 174, No. 2, June 2005.

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Journal Articles and Publications using HIPE data

Incidence of hip fracture in the Republic of Ireland and future projections: a population-based study M. K. Dodds, M. B. Codd, A. Looney, and K. J. Mulhall. Osteoporosis International Volume 20, Number 12 / December, 2009

The Decline of Hysterectomy for Benign Disease R Horgan, G Burke. Irish Medical Journal March 2009 Volume 102 Number 3

Changing trends in surgical treatment of carotid disease in Ireland (1996–2003) M. R. Quinlan, B. Egan, T. M. Feeley, S. Tierney. Irish Journal of Medical Science (2008) 177:193–196

The Decline of Laparoscopic Sterilisation R Horgan, JR Higgins, G Burke. Irish Medical Journal February 2008 Volume 101 Number 2

Under-reporting of notifiable infectious disease hospitalizations in a health board region in Ireland: room for improvement? Brabazon ED, O'Farrell A, Murray CA, Carton MW, Finnegan P. Epidemiol Infect. 2008 Feb;136(2):241-7.

Hospital admission for acute pancreatitis in the Irish population, 1997 2004: could the increase be due to an increase in alcohol-related pancreatitis? O'Farrell A, Allwright S, Toomey D, Bedford D, Conlon K. Journal of Public Health (Oxf). 2007 Dec;29(4):398-404.

The rising cost of glaucoma drugs in Ireland 1996-2003 Knox et al. British Journal of Ophthalmology.2006; 90: 162-165

Influence of mammographic screening on trends in breast-conserving surgery in Ireland. European Journal of Cancer Prevention. 15(2):138-148, April 2006. Walsh, Paul M. a; McCarron, Peter b; Middleton, Richard J. c; Comber, Harry a; Gavin, Anna T. c; Murray, Liam b c

Urban-rural variation in mortality and hospital admission rates for unintentional injury in Ireland M Boland, A Staines, P Fitzpatrick and E Scallan Department of Public Health Medicine and Epidemiology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland 2005; British Medical Journal 11:38-42

Do consultants differ? Inferences drawn from hospital in-patient enquiry (HIPE) discharge coding at an Irish teaching hospital
E D Moloney, D Smith, K Bennett, D O’Riordan and B Silke
Postgraduate Medical Journal 2005;81:327-332

Trends in opthalmic surgery in Ireland VW Long, CJ O'Brien Irish Journal of Medical Science, Vol. 174, No. 2, June 2005.

Trends in viral meningitis hospitalisations and notifications in the North Eastern Health Board (1997 - 2001): a cause for concern? Brabazon ED, O'Farrell A, Murray CA, Finnegan P. Irish Medical Journal 2004 Nov-Dec;97(10):306-8.

The burden of alcohol misuse on emergency in-patient hospital admissions among residents from a health board region in Ireland. O'Farrell A, Allwright S, Downey J, Bedford D, Howell F. Addiction. 2004 Oct;99(10):1279-85.

Acute Hospital Bed Capacity - A National Review Department of Health and Children (2002)

Trends in Anorexia Nervosa in Ireland: A Register Study
Rosemary Shinkin and P.J. Standen European Eating Disorders Review; Vol. 9 Issue 4, 263-276 (2001)

Rotavirus in Ireland: national estimates of disease burden, 1997 to 1998 Maureen Lynch, MD, MRCPATH; Fiona O’Halloran, PHD; Dominic Whyte, FAMLS; Seamus Fanning, PHD; Bartley Cryan, MD, MRCPATH and Roger I. Glass, MD, PHD The Paediatric Infectious Disease Journal, Vol. 20, No. 7, July 2001

Journal Articles and Publications using NPRS data

Unequal at birth - Inequalities in the occurrence of low birthweight babies in Ireland, Institute of Public Health in Ireland, 2006

State of the Nations Children Ireland 2006, Office of the Minister for Children:

Health Statistics 2002 and Health Statistics 2005, Department of Health and Children: