Annual healthcare bill of €17bn is ‘unsustainable’
Graham Love of Mazars says the Irish health system’s budget is climbing at a worrying rate, necessitating some fresh thinking and a new approach, writes Caroline Allen
At €17 billion, Ireland’s annual healthcare spend is unsustainable in the current model and needs to move from a primarily hospital-based episodic treatment 19th-century approach to a 21st-century focus on prevention and health maintenance.
That’s according to Dr Graham Love, a partner in the consulting services practice at Mazars.
Healthcare budgets in developed countries are drowning the public purse, said Love, who previously served as chief executive of the Higher Education Authority; the ...
