caa a22 4500 445332131 CHVBK 20180317142740.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10198-010-0264-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10198-010-0264-0 Gorecki Paul Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland aut Do you believe in magic? Improving the quality of pharmacy services through restricting entry and aspirational contracts, the Irish experience [Elektronische Daten] [Paul Gorecki] A constant refrain of policy makers and public representatives is the necessity of improving the quality of public health services. In this paper, two inter-related policies designed to raise the quality of pharmacy services in Ireland are considered. The first was to restrict the opening of new pharmacies, the second to increase the quality of pharmacy services through contract specification. While the first policy restricted entry and raised returns to existing pharmacies, there is no evidence it raised service quality. Equally, the second policy appears to have had little effect on the quality of pharmacy services. The contractual provision itself is largely unenforceable, does not recognize the conflicting motivations of a pharmacist and results in no measurable output. Drawing on this experience, several lessons as presented as to how service quality can be improved, which are likely to have application beyond Ireland. Springer-Verlag, 2010 Pharmacy nationallicence Pharmacist nationallicence 1996 Pharmacy Regulations nationallicence 1996 Community Pharmacy Contract nationallicence Definite public health need nationallicence Economic regulation nationallicence Prescription drugs nationallicence GMS nationallicence Drug reimbursement nationallicence The European Journal of Health Economics Springer-Verlag 12/6(2011-12-01), 521-531 1618-7598 12:6<521 2011 12 10198 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-010-0264-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-010-0264-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Gorecki Paul Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The European Journal of Health Economics Springer-Verlag 12/6(2011-12-01), 521-531 1618-7598 12:6<521 2011 12 10198 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer