Predictors of access to healthcare professionals for people with intellectual disability in Ireland

The Irish National Intellectual Disability Database is updated annually and in 2017 contained records for nearly 22,000 persons aged 15 years and over. Information was extracted on the contacts each person had with one of eight health professionals in the years 2007, 2012 and 2017. Over these years,...

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Published in:Journal of intellectual disabilities 2022-03, Vol.26 (1), p.3-17
Main Authors: Doyle, Anne, O’Sullivan, Michael, Craig, Sarah, McConkey, Roy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to Health Care
Adults
Caregivers
Delivery of Health Care
Disabled Persons
Foreign Countries
Geographic Location
Health care access
Health Personnel
Health Services
Health services utilization
Humans
Individual Characteristics
Intellectual disabilities
Intellectual Disability
Ireland
Late Adolescents
Medical personnel
Place of Residence
Probability
Severity (of Disability)
Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Summary:The Irish National Intellectual Disability Database is updated annually and in 2017 contained records for nearly 22,000 persons aged 15 years and over. Information was extracted on the contacts each person had with one of eight health professionals in the years 2007, 2012 and 2017. Over these years, there was an increase in the number of people in contact with any professional or with four and more professionals. Nevertheless, the people less likely to have contact were those with milder forms of intellectual disability, persons living with family carers or independently and those linked to smaller provider agencies. By contrast, the odds of people with more severe disability in residential settings were up to eight times greater for having contact with four or more different professionals. As demand for healthcare grows due to increased longevity and service models shift to the community, redeployment of existing professional resources will be needed along with a review of the skill mix.
ISSN:1744-6295
1744-6309
DOI:10.1177/1744629520937835