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Dr. Samantha Smith

Research Assistant Professor (Public Health & Primary Care)
      
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Dr. Samantha Smith

Research Assistant Professor (Public Health & Primary Care)

 ssmith1@tcd.ie

 


Health economist focusing on healthcare utilisation and access, palliative care, chronic disease management, equity in healthcare financing and delivery, and economic evaluation. My work focuses on policy relevant research, working with policymakers and multidisciplinary teams. I hold a PhD in Economics from Trinity College in Dublin (TCD), an MSc in Economics for Development from Oxford University, and a BA in Economics and Psychology from TCD. I previously held research positions at the Economic and Social Research Institute (Dublin), the Overseas Development Institute (London), the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and Oxford University. I also worked as an ODI Fellow in the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development in Uganda.
  CHILDREN'S PALLIATIVE CARE   Chronic Disease Management   COST OF ILLNESS   ECONOMIC EVALUATION   EQUITY IN HEALTHCARE   HEALTHCARE FINANCING   HEALTHCARE UTILISATION AND ACCESS   Palliative and end of life care   UNIT COSTS IN HEALTHCARE
Project Title
 ECHPI - Evidence for Children's Palliative care in Ireland
From
March 2023
To
Feb 2025
Summary
This project will gather and examine information for improving how children's palliative care is planned and delivered in Ireland. For further details see: https://professionalpalliativehub.com/research/palliative-care-research-studies/childrens-palliative-care/
Funding Agency
Health Research Board co-funded by Irish Hospice Foundation & LauraLynn Ireland's Children's Hospice
Programme
Palliative Care
Project Title
 Better B (Better Treatments for Refractory Breathlessness)
From
2019
To
2023
Summary
Multi-country randomised controlled trial assessing effectiveness of mirtazapine as a treatment for breathlessness. Horizon 2020 project, led by Prof Irene Higginson, King's College London (https://betterbreathe.eu/). TCD are leading the economic evaluation work package.
Funding Agency
EU Horizon 2020
Programme
Horizon 2020
Project Title
 Unit costs for non-acute care in Ireland
From
2019
To
2021
Summary
Estimation of unit costs for a range of non-acute care services in Ireland for use in health economic studies, projection models and other economic analyses in the Irish context.
Funding Agency
Health Research Board
Project Title
 An inter-sectoral analysis by geographic area of the need for and the supply and utilisation of health services in Ireland
From
2015
To
2019
Summary
This study identified geographic inequalities and inequities in the supply of non-acute services in Ireland and examined interactions between acute and non-acute care.
Funding Agency
Health Research Board
Project Title
 Economic evaluation of palliative care in Ireland
From
2011
To
2013
Summary
This project examined evidence on the cost and cost effectiveness of alternative models of palliative care (e.g., variations in the mix of specialist palliative in-patient, day, and home care) in the Irish health-care system. Data were collected from available secondary data sources and from a sample of c.250 telephone interviews with bereaved relatives from three regions (HSE Midlands, HSE Mid West, HSE South East).
Funding Agency
The Atlantic Philanthropies

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Details Date From Date To
Health Economics Association of Ireland
Palliative Care Research Network at the All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care
Smith S, Brick A, Johnston B, Ryan K, McQuillan R, O'Hara S, May P, Droog E, Daveson B, Morrison RS, Higginson IJ, Normand C., Place of Death for Adults Receiving Specialist Palliative Care in Their Last 3 Months of Life: Factors Associated With Preferred Place, Actual Place, and Place of Death Congruence., Journal of palliative care, 2024, p8258597241231042 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Delamere Tara, Balfe Joanna, Fraser Lorna K, Sheaf Greg, Smith Samantha, Defining and quantifying population-level need for children†s palliative care: findings from a rapid scoping review, BMC Palliative Care, 23, (1), 2024, p212-, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
Peter May, Charles Normand, Samantha Smith, Karen Ryan, Bridget M. Johnston, Roman Romero-Ortuno, Rose Anne Kenny, Frank Moriarty, Mark Ward, R. Sean Morrison, Bryan Tysinger, How many people will live and die with serious illness in Ireland to 2040? Es" timated needs and costs using microsimulation, The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI  URL
Smith S, Brick A, Johnston B, Ryan K, McQuillan R, O'Hara S, May P, Droog E, Daveson B, Morrison RS, Higginson IJ, Normand C., Place of Death for Adults Receiving Specialist Palliative Care in Their Last 3 Months of Life: Factors Associated With Preferred Place, Actual Place, and Place of Death Congruence., Journal of Palliative Care., 2024, Notes: [doi: 10.1177/08258597241231042. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38404130.], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI  URL
May, P and Moriarty, F and Hurley, E and Matthews, S and Nolan, A and Ward, M and Johnston, B and Roe, L and Normand, C and Kenny, RA and Smith, S, Formal health care costs among older people in Ireland: methods and estimates using The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) [version 1; peer review: 3 approved, 1 approved with reservations], HRB Open Research, 6, (16), 2023, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Smith S, Jiang JJ, Normand C, O'Neill C., The price of private dental services: results from a national representative survey of Ireland., Ir J Med Sci, 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Brendan Walsh, Conor Keegan, Aoife Brick, Sheelah Connolly, Adele Bergin, Maev-Ann Wren, Sean Lyons, Leonie Hill, Samantha Smith, PROJECTIONS OF EXPENDITURE FOR PRIMARY, COMMUNITY AND LONG-TERM CARE IN IRELAND, 2019-2035, BASED ON THE HIPPOCRATES MODEL, ESRI Research Series, 126, 2021, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Smith S, Walsh B, Wren MA, Barron S, Morgenroth E, Eighan J, Lyons S., Geographic inequalities in non-acute healthcare supply: evidence from Ireland., HRB Open Res, 4, 2021, p111 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Smith S, Jiang J, Normand C, O'Neill C., Unit costs for non-acute care in Ireland 2016-2019., HRB Open Res, 4, 2021, p39 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
McPake, Barbara and Normand, Charles and Smith, Samantha and Nolan, Anne, Health Economics : An International Perspective / Barbara McPake, Charles Normand, Samantha Smith, Anne Nolan, 4th Edition, Routledge, 2020, Book, PUBLISHED
  

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