Health Economist Knowledge of Public Patient Involvement in Ireland

A scoping study explores the knowledge and use of public and patient involvement (PPI) among health economists in Ireland. The dataset was authored by E. O’Shea and last updated on October 24, 2025. It aims to provide baseline information on the extent to which PPI has permeated health economics research.

Use Cases

• Assessing baseline knowledge of PPI among health economists based on the study's survey data.
• Analyzing the adoption of public and patient involvement practices in health economics research.
• Identifying gaps in PPI implementation within the Irish health economics research field.

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific, underexplored intersection of public involvement and health economics.
• Provides a baseline audit for a defined professional group (health economists) in Ireland.
• Dataset was last updated on 2025-10-24, indicating recent metadata activity.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities Collection

Collection Method

Likely contains survey or audit data from a scoping study.

Freshness

Last updated 2025-10-24 03:52:43; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ireland