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Dr. Bridget Johnston

Assistant Professor (School of Nursing & Midwifery)
      
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Dr. Bridget Johnston

Assistant Professor (School of Nursing & Midwifery)

 bjohnst@tcd.ie

 


I am a health economist focusing on applied health systems research, including evaluation of palliative care interventions across various healthcare settings and the affordability of healthcare for households in Ireland. I have experience in engagement with health policy makers in Ireland throughout the Health Service Executive, the Department of Health and the government. In addition to my research on palliative care in Ireland, I have also collaborated on studies in the UK, US and Jordan.
  Ageing, Older People and Healthcare   Barriers to healthcare   Care of relatives within palliative care   Death and Dying, Health and Physical Needs   DENTAL HEALTH   Economics of health service provision   Evaluating health care interventions   HEALTH CARE COSTS   HEALTH CARE FINANCING   HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION   Health Care Policy   Health Disparities   HEALTH ECONOMICS   Health Insurance   health outcomes research   health services research   HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   health systems and policy   Health-related Quality of Life   HEALTH-STATUS MEASURES   Oral Health Services Research   Palliative and end of life care   PALLIATIVE CARE   Public Dental Health
Project Title
 Out-of-hours palliative care service provision: an evidence review
From
Aug 2018
To
May 2019
Summary
This project reviews systematically both the peer-reviewed academic literature and policy documentation to collate best-available evidence on out-of-hours generalist and specialist palliative care for adults. This research contributes to an ongoing review and update of national palliative care policy in Ireland.
Funding Agency
Department of Health
Programme
Evidence review
Project Type
Grant
Person Months
3
Project Title
 KitNewCare
From
01/01/2024
To
31/12/2027
Summary
Funding Agency
European Commission
Programme
Horizon Europe
Project Type
Research programme
Person Months
30
Project Title
 Medical Workforce Planning: 2025-2038
From
0//01/2023
To
30/11/2024
Summary
Funding Agency
Health Service Executive
Project Title
 Progressing Implementation of Slaintecare: Learnings from Palliative Care in Ireland
From
To
Summary
Funding Agency
Health Research Board
Programme
Applying Research into Policy and Practice
Project Title
 Understanding inequities in palliative care and providing for future need (UP)
From
Mar 2018
To
Dec 2019
Summary
The aim of this 18 month collaborative project is to use mixed methods to model the palliative care needs of older people in Ireland; calculate associated costs (including costs to service users and effects on financial risk protection); and to provide understanding on why current knowledge regarding best practice on meeting need is not put into practice and what is required to effect change and deliver on equitable palliative care provision for older people. This work will support the work of the recent Sláintecare report in providing detailed resource and financial data to underpin Recommendation 4 that universal palliative care is provided within five years.
Funding Agency
Health Service Executive
Programme
Healthy and Positive Ageing Initiative
Project Type
Grant
Person Months
18

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Committee Chair, All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care Early Career Researchers Forum
Health Economics Association of Ireland
Generalist and Specialist Palliative Care in, editor(s)MacLeod, RD and Van den Block, L , Textbook of Palliative Care, Cham, Springer, 2024, pp547 - 560, [Ryan, Karen and Johnston, Bridget], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  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
Brett Duane, Ingeborg Steinbach Rachel Stancliffe Powered by Editorial MaSnategfei Br®ar naand ProduXion Manager® from Aries Systems Corporation David Cameron Ilaria de Barbieri Edita Noruisiene Frances Mortimer Karin Gerritsen Raymond Vanholder Gabriele Donati Gaetano Alfano Jolanta Malyskzko Giulia Ligabue Bridget Johnston Mary Lou Wratten Marialuisa Caiazzo, PhD Elisabeth Schmid Alberto Ortiz, Improving the sustainability and quality of kidney health care through life cycle assessments, quality improvement, education and technical innovations: the KitNewCare approach, Journal of Nephrology, 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
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
Johnston BM, Miller M, Normand C, Cardona M, May P, Lowney AC. BMC Palliat Care. 2024 Feb 20;23(1):46. doi: 10.1186/s12904-024-01384-9. PMID: 38374101; PMCID: PMC10877897., Primary data on symptom burden and quality of life among elderly patients at risk of dying during unplanned admissions to an NHS hospital: a cohort study using EuroQoL and the integrated palliative care outcome scale., BMC Palliative Care, 2024, Notes: [Feb 20;23(1):46. doi: 10.1186/s12904-024-01384-9. PMID: 38374101; PMCID: PMC10877897.], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI  URL
C. Myers, V. Segerstrom, A. McDonnell, B. Johnston, Methods for projecting health workforce planning in Ireland: a collaborative approach, European Journal of Public Health, European Public Health Conference 2024, Lisbon, 14/11/2024, 34, (Supplement_3), 2024, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI  URL
Ashley P, Lyne A, Johnston B, Duane B, Incorporating Measures of Sustainability Into Guideline Development., International dental journal, 2023, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
May P, Moriarty F, Hurley E, Matthews S, Nolan A, Ward M, Johnston B, Roe L, Normand C, Kenny RA, Smith S, Formal health care costs among older people in Ireland: methods and estimates using The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), 2023, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Bakar M, Johnston B, Fitzgerald K, Casby C, Duane B, Environmental impact of the supervised toothbrushing programme amongst children in Scotland., Journal of dentistry, 2023, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Ciara Halton and Brett Duane and Amelia Conlon Batey and Jia Wong and Aisling Corley and Fraser Hart and Jay Koh and Bridget Johnston, How much do consumers consider sustainability when purchasing a toothbrush? A discrete choice experiment, British Dental Journal, 233, (4), 2022, p327--332 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

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Schulmann, K., & Johnston, B, Scoping decision makers' needs for a National Palliative Care Atlas for Ireland, Trinity College Dublin, October, 2024, p1 - 74, Report, PUBLISHED
Veronica Segerstrom, Ali McDonnell, Andrew Malone, Bridget Johnston, Tom Pierse, Aimee Maguire, Eddie Staddon, Leah O'Toole, Prof Anthony O'Regan, Dual Training Specialties of Medicine Medical Workforce in Ireland 2024-2038 An expert stakeholder informed review, National Doctors and Planning, 2024, 1-45, Report, PUBLISHED
Bridget M. Johnston, Fódhla Ní Chéileachair, Sara Burke, Regina McQuillan, Peter May, Lucy Davis, Sarah Barry, Eimir Hurley, Steve Thomas, Charles Normand, Carlos Bruen, Review of the Implementation of the 2001 Report of the National Advisory Committee on Palliative Care as it relates to Adult Palliative Care, Department of Health, Government of Ireland, February, 2022, Notes: [Information provided in this review is being used by the Department of Health to inform the update of Ireland's national palliative care policy. Report available from: https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/3ab51e-palliative-care/], Report, APPROVED
Gorecki PK, Johnston BM, Layte R, Nolan A, Ruane F, Thomas S, Whelan A, Setting GP Fees for Under Six Year Olds in Ireland: Towards a Methodology, Dublin, Economic and Social Research Institute and Trinity College Dublin, May, 2014, Report, PUBLISHED
Perry, I.P, Normand, C, Healy, O, Mc Hugh S, Tyrrell, E, Johnston, B, Ryan, D, Efficiency Review of the BreastCheck Screening Programme., Dublin, Department of Health, 2012, Report, PUBLISHED