Dr. Sara Burke

• The impact of the financial crisis on the health system and health in Ireland in, editor(s)Maresso A, Mladovsky P, Thomson S, Sagan A, Karanikolos M, Richardson E, Cylus J, Evetovits T, Jowett M, Figueras J and Kluge H , Economic crisis, health systems and health in Europe: country experience, Copenhagen, Denmark, : WHO/ European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, 2015, [Anne Nolan, Sarah Barry, Sara Burke, Steve Thomas]Book Chapter, 2015, URL , TARA - Full Text
• The impact of the financial crisis on the health system and health in Ireland in, editor(s)Maresso A, Mladovsky P, Thomson S, Sagan A, Karanikolos M, Richardson E, Cylus J, Evetovits T, Jowett M, Figueras J and Kluge H, eds , Economic crisis, health systems and health in Europe: country experience,, Copenhagen, World Health Organization - European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, 2014, pp1 - 42, [Nolan, Anne, Barry Sarah, Burke, Sara, Thomas, Steve]Book Chapter, 2014
• Sara Burke, Charles Normand, Sarah Barry, Stephen Thomas, From universal health insurance to universal healthcare? The shifting health policy landscape in Ireland since the economic crisis, Health Policy, 12, 2015, p1-12Journal Article, 2015, DOI
• Burke, Sara; Thomas, Steve; Barry, Sarah, Measuring, mapping and making sense of Irish health system performance in the recession, BMC Health Services Research, 14 (Suppl 2) P12, 2014, p1-1Journal Article, 2014, URL
• Burke S, Normand C, Barry S and Thomas S, From universal health insurance to universal healthcare? The shifting health policy landscape in Ireland since the economic crisis., Health Policy, 120, (3), 2016, p235 - 240Journal Article, 2016, URL
• Sarah Barry, Sara Burke, Ella Tyrrell, Steve Thomas, 'Is someone going to saw off the plank behind me?' - Healthcare managers priorities, challenges and expectations for service delivery and transformation during economic crisis. , Health Systems, Policy and Research, 4, (1), 2017, p1-7Journal Article, 2017, DOI
• Sarah Barry, Sara Burke, Ella Tyrrell, Steve Thomas,, 'Is someone going to saw off the plank behind me?' - Healthcare managers priorities, challenges and expectations for service delivery and transformation during economic crisis., Health Systems, Policy and Research, 4, (1:39), 2017, p1 - 7Journal Article, 2017, URL , TARA - Full Text
• Reform of the Irish Healthcare System: What Reform? in, editor(s)Murphy, M and Dukelow F. , The Irish Welfare State in the Twenty-First Century, Challenges and Change, Basingtoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, pp167 - 193, [Burke, Sara]Book Chapter, 2016
• Lessons from the European Union. Case Study 1: The Economic Crisis and the Irish Health System: Assessing Resilience. in, editor(s)X Hou, E Velenyi, AS Yazbeck, RF Iunes, O Smith , Learning from Economic Downturns, How to Better Assess, Track and Mitigate the Impact on the Health Sector, Washington, The World Bank, 2013, pp155 - 161, [Burke S, Nolan A, Thomas, S, Barry, S]Book Chapter, 2013, TARA - Full Text
• Burke, Sara., Boom to bust: its impact on Irish health policy and services., Irish Journal of Public Policy. , 2, (2), 2010Journal Article, 2010
• Barry. S., Harnett, P.J., Burke, S., Thomas, S., Evaluating the Implementation of Integrated Care for Older Persons as a path to Universal Health Care, International Journal of Integrated Care, 18th International Conference for Integrated Care, Utrecht, Holland, 23-25 May 2018, edited by Robin Miller & Viktoria Stein , 19, (00), International Federation for Integrated Care, 2018, pp00 - 00Conference Paper, 2018
• Barry. S., Burke, S., Boyce., M., Eustace-Cook, J., Normand, C., Thomas, S., Implementing Universal Healthcare implies Integrated Care Design - findings from a systematic review of the organisational challenges of implementing UHC policy, International Journal of Integrated Care, 17th International Conference for Integrated Care, Dublin, Ireland, 8-10 May 2017, edited by Robin Miller & Viktoria Stein , 17, (5), International Foundation for Integrated Care, 2017, ppA477 - A477Conference Paper, 2017, DOI
• Burke, S, Brugha, R, Thomas S., It's the economy, stupid! When economics and politics override health policy goals - the case of tax reliefs to build private hospitals in Ireland in the early 2000s, HRB Open Research, 1, (1), 2018Journal Article, 2018, DOI
• Sara Burke,Sarah Barry,Rikke Siersbaek,Bridget Johnston,Maebh Ní Fhallúin,Steve Thomas, Sláintecare - A ten-year plan to achieve universal healthcare in Ireland, Health Policy, 2018, p1-5Journal Article, 2018, DOI
• Sara Burke∗, Sarah Barry, Rikke Siersbaek, Bridget Johnston, Maebh Ní Fhallúin,Steve Thomas, Sláintecare - A ten-year plan to achieve universal healthcare inIreland, Health Policy, 2018Journal Article, 2018
• Steve Thomas, Sarah Barry, Bridget Johnston, Sara Burke, Ireland's health care system and the crisis: a case study in the struggle for a capable welfare state, Anais do Instituto de Medicina Tropical , 17 (Supplement), (1), 2018, p27 - 36Journal Article, 2018, URL
• Burke, S, Brugha, R, Thomas, S, The National Treatment Purchase Fund - A success for some patients yet a public policy failure? , Administration. Journal of the Institute of Public Administration of Ireland , 67, (2), 2019, p47 - 69Journal Article, 2019, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Johnston BM, Burke S, Barry S, Normand C, Ní Fhallúin M, Thomas S., Private health expenditure in Ireland: Assessing the affordability of private financing of health care. , Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2019Journal Article, 2019, DOI
• Burke Sar, McGettrick Grainn, Foley Kare, Manikandan Manjul, Barry Sarah, The 2019 neuro-rehabilitation implementation framework in Ireland: Challenges for implementation and the implications for people with brain injuries, Health Policy, 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI , URL
• Embracing and Disentangling from Private Finance: The Irish System in, editor(s)Colleen Flood and Bryan Thomas , Is two-tier health care the future?, Ottawa, University of Ottawa Press, 2020, pp291 - 314, [Stephen Thomas, Sarah Barry, Bridget Johnston, Rikke Siersbaek and Sara Burke ]Book Chapter, 2020, URL
• Burke, Sara, Thomas, Steve, Stach, Malgorzata, Kavanagh, Paul, Magahy, Laura, Johnston, Bridget, Barry, Sarah, Health system foundations for Sláintecare implementation in 2020 and beyond " co-producing a Sláintecare Living Implementation Framework with Evaluation: Learning from the Irish health system"s response to COVID-19. A mixed-methods study protocol, HRB Open Research, 3, 2021, p70Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Johnston, B, Thomas, S, Burke, S., Can people afford to pay for health care? New evidence on financial protection in Ireland, 1st Edition, WHO Europe, WHO Europe, 2020, p1 - 118Report, 2020, URL
• Siersbaek, R; Ford, J; Ní Cheallaigh, C;Burke, S;Thomas, S., Making healthcare accessible for single adults with complex needs experiencing long-term homelessness: A realist evaluation protocol [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]., HRB Open Research , 2021, p1-17Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Thomas,S, Johnston, J, Barry, S, Siersbaek, R, Burke, S., Sláintecare implementation status in 2020: Limited progress with entitlement expansion, Health Policy, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Barry, S, Ní Fhallúin, M, Thomas, S, Harnett, PJ, Burke, S. , Implementing Integrated Care in Practice - Learning from MDTs Driving the Integrated Care Programme for Older Persons in Ireland, International Journal of Integrated Care , 21(1):15, ((1) ), 2021, p1 - 11Journal Article, 2021, DOI , URL
• Snell, M, Nicksica, N, Panteli, D, Burke, S, Eissenberga,T, Fattored, G, Gaucie,C, Koprivnikarf, H, Murauskieneg, L, Reinaph, M, Barnes, A., Emerging electronic cigarette policies in European member states, Canada, and the United States, Health Policy, 2021Journal Article, 2021, URL
• Siersbaek Rikke, Ford John Alexander, Burke Sara, Ní­ Cheallaigh Clí­ona, Thomas Steve, Contexts and mechanisms that promote access to healthcare for populations experiencing homelessness: a realist review , BMJ-Open, 11 , (4 ), 2021, pe043091 -Journal Article, 2021, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
• Rikke Siersbaek, John Ford, Clíona Ní Cheallaigh, Sara Burke, Steve Thomas, Making healthcare accessible for single adults with complex needs experiencing long-term homelessness: A realist evaluation protocol, HRB Open Research, 3, 2021, p73Journal Article, 2021, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Unruh L, Allin, S, Marchildon, Burke, S, Barry, S, Siersbaek, Thomas, S, Selina, R, Andriy, K, Alexander, M, Merkur, S, Webb, E,Williams, GA., A comparison of health policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemicin Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America , Health Policy, online 1 July, 2021Journal Article, 2021, URL
• Burke, Sara; Parker, Sarah; Fleming, Padraic; Barry, Sarah, Thomas, Steve, Building health system resilience through policy development in response to COVID-19 in Ireland: From shock to reform, The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 10, (100223), 2021Journal Article, 2021, URL
• McAuliffe U., Whelton H., Harding M., Burke S., 'Toothless - the absence of political priority for oral health: a case study of Ireland 1994"2021, BMC Oral Health, 22, (1), 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Murphy, Seán Joseph; Lee, Mandy; Burke, Sara., Integrating Care On A Cross-Border Basis: Priorities Of Key Actors In The Irish Context, International Journal of Integrated Care, 17, (5), 2017, p482 - 482Journal Article, 2017, DOI
• Fleming Padraic, Thomas Steve, Williams Des, Kennedy Jack, Burke Sara, Implications for health system reform, workforce recovery and rebuilding in the context of the Great Recession and COVID-19: a case study of workforce trends in Ireland 2008â€"2021, Human Resources for Health, 20, (1), 2022, p48-Journal Article, 2022, DOI , URL
• Unruh, L.; Allin, S.; Marchildon, G.; Burke, S.; Barry, S.; Siersbaek, R.; Thomas, S.; Rajan, S.; Koval, A.; Alexander, M. et al., A comparison of 2020 health policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, Health Policy, 126, (5), 2022, p427 - 437Journal Article, 2022, URL
• Sara A. Burke, Ruairi Brugha, Stephen Thomas, It"s the economy, stupid! When economics and politics override health policy goals " the case of tax reliefs to build private hospitals in Ireland in the early 2000s, HRB Open Research, 1, 2018, p1Journal Article, 2018
• Bridget M. Johnston, Sara Burke, Paul M. Kavanagh, Caoimhe O'Sullivan, Steve Thomas, Sarah Parker, Moving beyond formulae: a review of international population-based resource allocation policy and implications for Ireland in an era of healthcare reform, HRB Open Research, 4, 2021, p121Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Sarah Barry, Malgorzata Stach, Steve Thomas, Sara Burke, Understanding service reorganisation in the Irish health & social care system from 1998 to 2020: lessons for reform and transformation, HRB Open Research, 4, 2021, p106Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Parker, Sarah and Mac Conghail, Luisne and Siersbaek, Rikke and Burke, Sara, How to not revert to type: Complexity-informed learnings from the pandemic response for health system reform and universal access to integrated care, Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI , URL
• Rina Maoz Breuer, Ruth Waitzberg, Adin Breuer, Peter Cram, Lucie Bryndova, Gemma A Williams, Kaija Kasekamp, Ilmo Keskimaki, Liina-Kaisa Tynkkynen, Verena van Ginneken, Eszter Kovács, Sara Burke, Domhnall McGlacken-Byrne, Carol Norton, Barbara Whiston, Daiga Behmane, Ieva Grike, Ronald Batenburg, Tit Albreht, Rade Pribakovic, Enrique Bernal-Delgado, Francisco Estupiñan-Romero, Ester Angulo-Pueyo, Adam J Rose, Work like a Doc: A comparison of regulations on residents' working hours in 14 high-income countries, Health Policy, 130, 2023, p104753Journal Article, 2023, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Ellen Cosgrave, Aishling Sheridan, Edward Murphy, Martina Blake, Rikke Siersbaek, Sarah Parker, Sara Burke, Frank Doyle, Paul Kavanagh, Public attitudes to implementing financial incentives in stopsmoking services in Ireland, Tobacco Prevention & Cessation, 9, (9), 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Padraic Fleming, Louise Caffrey, Sara Van Belle, Sarah Barry, Sara Burke, Jacki Conway, Rikke Siersbaek, David Mockler, Stephen Thomas, How International Health System Austerity Responses to the 2008 Financial Crisis Impacted Health System and Workforce Resilience " A Realist Review, International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 12, 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI
• Rikke Siersbaek, Sarah Parker, Paul M Kavanagh, John Ford, Sara Burke, How and why do financial incentives contribute to helping people stop smoking? A realist review protocol, BMJ Open., 12, 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI , TARA - Full Text
• Thomas, S, O'Donoghue, C, McCarthy, N, Almirall-Sanchez, A, Burke, S, Keegan, C, Dempsey, G, Barry, S, Fleming, P, The PRESTO report. Sustainability and Resilience in the Irish Health System, Trinity College Dublin/London School of Economics/Partnership for Health System Sustainability & re, March 2023, 2023Report, 2023, TARA - Full Text
• Siersbaek Rikke, Ford John, Ní­ Cheallaigh Cliona, Thomas Steve, Burke Sara, How do health system factors (funding and performance) impact on access to healthcare for populations experiencing homelessness: a realist evaluation, International Journal for Equity in Health, 22, (1), 2023, p218-Journal Article, 2023, DOI
• Parker Sarah, Siersbaek Rikke, Mac Conghail Luisn, Burke Sara, Public Health Responses to Homelessness During COVID-19 in Ireland: Implications for Health Reform, International Journal for Equity in Health, 22, (1), 2023, p36-52-Journal Article, 2023, DOI
• Siersbaek, R and O'Donnell, C and Parker, S and Ford, J and Burke, S and Ní Cheallaigh, C, Social exclusion and its impact on health over the life course: A realist review protocol [version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations], HRB Open Research, 6, (34), 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI
• Domhnall McGlacken-Byrne, Sarah Parker, Sara Burke, Tracking aspects of healthcare activity during the first nine months of COVID-19 in Ireland: a secondary analysis of publicly available data, HRB - Open, 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI
• Luisne Mac Conghail, Sarah Parker, Sara Burke, Examining universal access to acute hospital care in Ireland during the first three months of COVID-19: Lessons from the policy process, HRB - Open, 2024Journal Article, 2024, URL
• Rikke Siersbaek, Paul Kavanagh, John Ford, Sara Burke, Sarah Parker, How and why do financial incentives contribute to helping people stop smoking? A realist review, BMC Public Health, 2024Journal Article, 2024
• Schulmann K, Bruen C, Parker S, Siersbaek R, Conghail LM, Burke S, The role of governance in shaping health system reform: a case study of the design and implementation of new health regions in Ireland, BMC Health Services Research, 24, 2024Journal Article, 2024, URL
• Siersbaek, R. and O'Donnell, C. and Parker, S. and Ford, J. and Burke, S. and Ní Cheallaigh, C., Social exclusion and its impact on health over the life course: A realist review protocol, HRB Open Research, 6, (34), 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI , URL
• Parker, S, Schulmann, K, Bruen, C, Burke, S, Health System Reform in the Context of COVID-19: A Policy Brief Outlining Lessons from Ireland's Journey Towards the Goal of Universal Healthcare, BMC Global Health Research and Policy, 2025Journal Article, 2025, DOI , URL
• Bruen C, Schulmann K, Parker S, Siersbaek R, Conghail LM., The role of governance in shaping health system reform: a case study of the design and implementation of new health regions in Ireland, 2018"2023, European Journal of Public Health, 17th European Public Health Conference 2024, Lisbon, Portugal, edited by Ricardo Mexia Sónia Dias Charlotte Marchandise , 34, (Supp. 3), 2024Published Abstract, 2024, DOI
• Gallant, A. J., Lyne, J. P., O'Connor, K., Sheaf, G., Anand-Vembar, S., O'Keeffe, D., ... & Darker, C. D., Mapping barriers, enablers and implementation determinants to shared models of care for physical health and sexual wellbeing among young people with mental health difficulties using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research: A scoping review protocol, HRB Open Research, 8, (28), 2025, p1 - 13Journal Article, 2025, DOI
• Gallant AJ, Lyne JP, O'Connor K, Sheaf, G., Anand-Verbar, Shaakya., O"Keffe, D., Wilson, C., Kartalova-O"Doherty, Y., Doyle, L., Cannon, M., Ryan, L., Donohue, G., McEvoy, D., Cotter, D., Longe, O., McDonald, C., Higgins, A., Murphy, R., Burke, S., Darker, C.D.., Mapping barriers, enablers and implementation determinants to shared models of care for physical health and sexual wellbeing among young people with mental health difficulties using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research: A scoping review protocol, HRB Open, 8, (28), 2025Journal Article, 2025, DOI , URL
• Larkin Jame, Prendergast Ciara, Murry Logan T, Flood Michell, Clyne Barbar, Burke Sar, Keegan Cono, Boland Fion, Fahey To, Persaud Na, Kenny Rose Ann, Moriarty Fran, Modelling the impact of changes to prescription medicine cost-sharing schemes among middle aged and older adults, Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 2025Journal Article, 2025
• McAuliffe à n, Eaton Kennet, Harding Máiréa, Whelton Hele, Cronin Jod, Burke Sar, â€~At a tipping point†: a comparative analysis of oral health coverage for children across six European countries: Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Scotland, and Spain, BMC Oral Health, 25, (1), 2025, p492-Journal Article, 2025
• Rechel Bern, Durvy Béatric, Augusto Gonçalo Figueired, Aujoulat Isabell, Behmane Daig, Bensadon Anne-Carol, Burke Sar, D'Agostino Meliss, Davidovics Krisztin, Dayan Mar, De Belvis Antonio Giuli, de Jong Judit, Dubas-Jakóbczyk Katarzyn, Fronteira Inê, Gabriel Elen, Greco Giusepp, Groenewegen Pete, Jervelund Signe Smit, Kantaris Mario, Kroneman Madelo, Farkas-Lainscak Jernej, Maurice Benjami, Conghail Luisne Ma, Murauskiene Liubov, Poldrugovac Mirch, Rákosy Zsuzs, Scintee Silvia Gabriel, Sowada Christop, Turblin Frédéri, Vankova Desislav, Velkey Zit, Vladescu Cristia, Vocanec Dorj, VrangbÊk Karste, WÃŒnscher Johanne, YlitörmÀnen Tuij, Primary prevention in hospitals in 20 high-income countries in Europe â€" A case of not †Making Every Contact Count†?, Health Policy, 151, 2025, p105199-Journal Article, 2025, DOI
• Leavy Paul, Symmons Sophie Mulcahy, Mockler David, Fleming Padraig, Daly Blanaid, Ford John, Burke Sara, How and why do health system factors influence general dentists†participation in publicly funded, contracted primary dental care services: A realist review, Health Policy, 153, 2025, p105248-Journal Article, 2025, DOI , URL
• Kartalova-O'Doherty., Y., Cannon, M., Sheaf, G., Higgins, A., Keogh, B., Watters, S., Longe, O., Anand-Vembar, S., Staines, L., McEvoy, D., Muprhy, R., O'Keeffe, D., Horkan, N., Gallant, A.J., Wilson, C., Darker, C.D., Ryan, L., Lyne, J.P., McDonald, C., Healy, C., Donohue, G., Cotter, D., Burke, S., O'Connor, K., Mongan, D. & Doyle, L., Determinants that impact the use of social media for mental health promotion amongst young people: A scoping review protocol., HRB Open Research, 8, (73), 2025Journal Article, 2025, DOI
• Sara Burke, S Parker, Carlos Bruen, K Schulmann, Rikke Siersbaek, Luisne Mac Conghail, Co-producing evidence to inform universal health coverage implementation in Ireland: 2019-2024, European Journal of Public Health, 34, (Supplement_3), 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI
• Gallant, A.J., Doody, M., O'Donoghue, B., Cullen, W., Brown, E., Doyle, L., Higgins, A., Murphy, R., Burke, S., Longe, O., O'Keeffe, D., McDonald, C., Kartalova-O'Doherty, Y., Donohoe, G., Keogh, B., Staines, L., Mongon, D., Cannon, M., Wilson, C., McEvoy, D., Anand-Vembar, S., Healy, C., Cotter, D., O'Connor, K., Darker, C. & Lyne, JP., Implementing care for physical and sexual health for youth accessing mental health services., Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2025, p1 - 4Journal Article, 2025, DOI
• McEvoy, D., Sweeney, C., Ryan, L., Wilson, C., Healy, C., Mongan, D., Sheaf, G., Higgins, A., Gallant, A., Doyle, L., Darker, C., Keogh, B., Kartalova-O'Doherty, Y., Murphy, R., Fitzgerald, C., Staines, L., Lyne, JP., O'Connor, K., Anand-Vembar, S., O'Keeffe, D., Nic Aodha, C., Cannon, M., Donohoe, G., Longe, O., McDonald, C., Burke, S., Breen, O., Thomas, R., Doody, M. & Cotter, D., A systematic review identifying personally modifiable factors for self-harm recovery in young people and the barriers and facilitators to their implementation, Journal of Psychiatric Research, 196, 2026, p210 - 233Journal Article, 2026, DOI
• Anand-Vembar S, Keogh B, Higgins A, Sheaf G, Kartalova-O'Doherty Y, Longe O, Staines L, McEvoy D, Gallant AJ, Wilson C, Ryan L, FitzGerald C, Nic Aodha C, Ryan C, Doody M, Horkan N, Hanney N, Breen O, Thomas R, Watters S, Doyle L, Cotter D, Darker CD, Cannon M, Lyne J, McDonald C, Healy C, Donohue G, Burke S, O'Connor K, Mongan D, Murphy R, and O'Keeffe D., Barriers and enablers to implementing capacity-strengthening initiatives for public and patient involvement in mental health research: a scoping review protocol informed by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research, HRB Open Research, 8, (123), 2025Journal Article, 2025, DOI
• Katherine Pirie, Benjamin Jacob, Jack Adams, Sara Burke, Úna Kennedy, Patrick Redmond, Protocol for a Programme of Mixed-Methods Policy Research to Inform Primary Care"s Role in Symptomatic Early Cancer Detection in Ireland, HRB Open Research, 8, 2025, p102 - 102, p102-102Journal Article, 2025, DOI
• James Larkin, Matthew Preteroti, Logan T. Murry, Michelle Flood, Barbara Clyne, Sara Burke, Tom Fahey, Nav Persaud, Frank Moriarty, An essential medicines list in Ireland: A qualitative interview study of interest-holders, 2025Journal Article, 2025, DOI
• Paul Leavy, Pádraic Fleming, Blánaid Daly, Sarah Barry, Sara Burke, Primary oral healthcare in Ireland: a health systems analysis of publicly funded contracted services delivered by the general dental practitioner workforce, BMC Health Services Research, 25, (1), 2025, p802 - 802, p802-802Journal Article, 2025, DOI
• Melissa K. Sharp, Shaimaa Abuhaimed, Berlinda Yeoh, Patrícia Logullo, Fiona Boland, Pádraig Murphy, Sara Burke, Máirín Ryan, Barbara Clyne, A cross-sectional analysis of Altmetric coverage of health research from Irish research organisations (2017-2023), HRB Open Research, 8, 2025, p58 - 58, p58-58Journal Article, 2025, DOI
• Úna McAuliffe, Kenneth A Eaton, Máiréad Harding, Helen Whelton, Jodi Cronin, Sara Burke, `At a tipping point": a comparative analysis of oral health coverage for children across six European countries: Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Scotland, and Spain, BMC Oral Health, 25, (1), 2025, p492 - 492, p492-492Journal Article, 2025, DOI
• James Larkin, Ciaran Prendergast, Logan T. Murry, Michelle Flood, Barbara Clyne, Sara Burke, Conor Keegan, Fiona Boland, Tom Fahey, Nav Persaud, Rose Anne Kenny, Frank Moriarty, Out-of-pocket prescription medicine expenditure amongst community-dwelling adults: Findings from the Irish longitudinal study on ageing (TILDA) in 2016, Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 17, 2025, p100565 - 100565, p100565-100565Journal Article, 2025, DOI
• Luisne Mac Conghail, Sarah Parker, Anne Matthews, Sara Burke, Examining the roles, relationships and power dynamics shaping universal health system policy processes in high- and upper-middle-income countries: a scoping review, BMC Health Services Research, 26, (1), 2025, p4 - 4, p4-4Journal Article, 2025, DOI
• Philip H. Crowley, Sara Burke, Sarah Parker, K Schulmann, Charles Bruen, Co-producing research on universal health system reform in the context of COVID-19, European Journal of Public Health, 34, (Supplement_3), 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI
• Sarah Parker, Sara Burke, Luisne Mac Conghail, Rikke Siersbaek, How to not revert to type: learnings from the pandemic response for universal health system reform, European Journal of Public Health, 34, (Supplement_3), 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI
• Sara Burke, Sarah Parker, Karel Schulmann, Charles Bruen, Luisne Mac Conghail, The politics of universal health system reform in the context of COVID-19, European Journal of Public Health, 34, (Supplement_3), 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI
• Melissa K. Sharp, Patrícia Logullo, Pádraig Murphy, Prativa Baral, Sara Burke, David Robert Grimes, Máirín Ryan, Barbara Clyne, Altmetric coverage of health research in Ireland 2017-2023: a protocol for a cross-sectional analysis, HRB Open Research, 7, 2024, p36 - 36, p36-36Journal Article, 2024, DOI
• Ellen Cosgrave, Aishling Sheridan, Paul Kavanagh, Úna McAuliffe, Sara Burke, Máiréad Harding, Howard Johnson, Inequalities in oral health service utilisation in Ireland: results from the Healthy Ireland Survey, European Journal of Public Health, 33, (Supplement_2), 2023Journal Article, 2023, DOI
• Úna McAuliffe, Noel Woods, Shauna Barrett, Jodi Cronin, Helen Whelton, Máiréad Harding, Kenneth A Eaton, Sara Burke, Comparing oral health systems for children in six European countries to identify lessons learned for universal oral health coverage: A study protocol., HRB Open Research, 5, 2022, p5 - 5, p5-5Journal Article, 2022, DOI
• Louise Marron, Sara Burke, Paul Kavanagh, Changes in the utilisation of acute hospital care in Ireland during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, HRB Open Research, 4, 2022, p67 - 67, p67-67Journal Article, 2022, DOI
• Louise Marron, Sara Burke, Paul Kavanagh, The public health and health system implications of changes in the utilisation of acute hospital care in Ireland during the first wave of COVID-19: Lessons for recovery planning, HRB Open Research, 4, 2021, p67 - 67, p67-67Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Louise Marron, Sara Burke, Paul Kavanagh, Changes in the utilisation of acute hospital care in Ireland during the first wave of COVID-19, European Journal of Public Health, 31, (Supplement_3), 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
• Sara Burke, S E Thomas, Malgorzata Stach, Paul Kavanagh, Laura Magahy, Bridget Johnston, Simon Barry, Health system foundations for Sláintecare implementation in 2020 and beyond " co-producing a Sláintecare Living Implementation Framework with Evaluation: Learning from the Irish health system"s response to COVID-19. A mixed-methods study protocol [version 1; peer review: 2 approved], 3, 2020Journal Article, 2020
• Gallant Allyson J, O†Connor Kare, Lyne John Pau, Ryan Leon, Doody Michell, Sheaf Gre, Higgins Agne, Cotter Davi, Murphy Rebecc, Doyle Louis, McEvoy Davi, Keogh Bria, Anand-Vembar Shaaky, Cannon Mar, Donohoe Gar, Longe Olivi, McDonald Col, Burke Sar, Healy Col, Staines Lorn, Mongan Davi, O†Keeffe Dona, Wilson Carolin, Kartalova-O†Doherty Yuli, Darker Catherine D, Implementing shared care models for young people with mental health difficulties: a consolidated framework for implementation research- informed scoping review of service integration across physical, sexual and mental health domains, BMC Health Services Research, 2026Journal Article, 2026
• Steve Thomas. Sara Burke, Coping with Austerity in the Irish Health System, Eurohealth, 18, (1), 2012, p7 - 9Journal Article, 2012
• Steve Thomas, Sara Burke, Sarah Barry, The Irish health-care system and austerity: sharing the pain, The Lancet, 383, (9928), 2014, p1545 - 1546Journal Article, 2014, DOI
• Burke S, Thomas S, Barry S, Keegan C, Indicators of health system coverage and activity in Ireland during the economic crisis 2008-2014 - From 'more with less' to 'less with less'., Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 117, (3), 2014, p275-8Journal Article, 2014, DOI , TARA - Full Text

• Sara Burke, The Irish health system - what sort of system do we have and why - tracing Irish health policy developments , RCSI HSE Executive Skills Development Programme plenary , RCSI, 22/1/2020, 2020, RCSIInvited Talk
• Sara Burke, Universal Health care in Ireland in the context of the proposal of Universal Basic Services , A Just Transition, How do we tackle heat, greed and need? , Maynooth University , 28022020, 2020, Department of Sociology, MaynoothInvited Talk
• Sara Burke, Irish Apartheid. Healthcare inequality in Ireland, 1st, Dublin, Ireland, New Island, 2009Book

• Title

  Mapping the Pathways to Universal Healthcare in Ireland
  Summary

  Ireland is unique among its European counterparts in that, unlike them, we have no universal access to healthcare. Since 2011, both Programmes for Government have committed to the goal of universal healthcare. Building on our prior work for the Resilience project, the Pathways project is mapping a potential pathway or pathways to universal healthcare through the three components of the research project: - Assessing the gap between current Irish health system performance and universal healthcare, using and adapting World Health Organisation concepts; - Evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of different models of universal healthcare and assessing their feasibility of implementation within the current context according to key criteria such as affordability, human resources and complexity of design; - Assessing the organisational challenges of moving to universal healthcare by reviewing the experience of other countries and exploring the current capacity and constraints facing decision makers throughout the system.
  Funding Agency

  Health Research Board
  Date From

  01/10/2014
  Date To

  01/10/2018
• Title

  Health system foundations for Sláintecare implementation in 2020 and beyond - co-producing a Sláintecare Living Implementation Framework with Evaluation: Learning from the Irish health system's response to COVID-19
  Summary

  All over the world, health systems are responding to the major shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. The virus is causing urgent and fast-paced change in the delivery of health and social care as well as highlighting pre-existing deficiencies and inequalities in the health system and broader society. In Ireland, COVID-19 is occurring during the second full year of Sláintecare's implementation - Ireland's 10-year plan for health reform to deliver universal access to timely, integrated care. This research will coproduce a Living Implementation Framework with Evaluation (LIFE) linking evidence, policy and practice that feeds into real-world Sláintecare implementation. In partnership with senior leadership in the Sláintecare Programme Implementation Office, the Department of Health and the HSE, the researchers will scope, document, measure and analyse the Sláintecare relevant COVID-19 responses using qualitative and quantitative methods. The LIFE will initially take the form of a live spreadsheet which contains the COVID-19 responses most relevant to Sláintecare. For each response, 3-4 indicators will be collected which enables monitoring overtime. The spreadsheet will be accompanied by a series of rapid reviews, narrative descriptions of multiple case studies, research papers, stakeholder engagement and formative feedback. These collectively make up the 'LIFE', informing dialogue with the project partners, which is happening in real time (living), influencing health policy and system decision-making and implementation as the project progresses. The LIFE will inform health system reform in Ireland in the months and years after the emergence of COVID-19 as well as contributing to international health systems and policy research.
  Funding Agency

  Health Research Board
  Date From

  01-09-2019
  Date To

  30-05-2022
• Title

  Structured PhD Programme in Population Health and Health Services Research
  Summary

  I an a Co-Director of SPHeRE - Ireland"s national research training programme for population health, policy and health services research (PHPHSR) and is funded by the Health Research Board in Ireland. SPHeRE means `Structured Population health, Policy and Health-services Research Education". The SPHeRE concept captures our approach to the inter-relationship of research, translation and practice. Our aim is to improve the health and wellbeing of groups or populations through high-quality research, and stakeholder engagement, addressing current and emerging issues in population health, health policy and health systems. Our vision is to embed a culture of research in population health, health policy and health systems, grounded in principles of scientific inquiry and inclusion. The programme The programme is `structured" because we want all our scholars to receive the same training, regardless of their previous experience. This is because improvements in population health and health service delivery can"t be achieved without co-operation across disciplines. SPHeRE connects scholars from diverse backgrounds and gives them a common language to work together. We aim to develop the research leaders of tomorrow: a cadre of networked academics with a common training but diverse skills. We match excellent scholars with the best supervisors to carry out research of strategic importance to the Irish population. To do this we have developed a wide network of academics from disciplines such as biostatistics, economics, nursing, psychology, medicine, occupational therapy, sociology, speech and language therapy, management, geography and physiotherapy. Our scholars bring a diverse range of life experiences to each class and many have worked as clinicians, managers or policymakers in the Irish health system. Their research is conducted to the highest standards and has been widely published in prestigious international journals. Every year we showcase their research at our annual Network Conference and work to connect their findings with policymakers.
  Funding Agency

  HRB
  Date From

  April 2018
  Date To

  April 2029
• Title

  VISTA: VISion To Action for promoting mental health and recovery. An Implementation Science approach to "Sharing the Vision" - Ireland's national mental health policy
  Summary

  VISTA: VISion To Action for promoting mental health and recovery. An Implementation Science approach to "Sharing the Vision" - Ireland's national mental health policy
  Funding Agency

  HRB
  Date From

  December 2023
  Date To

  November 2028
• Title

  COMmunity PArticipation to set direction on design and implementation of financial incentives in Stop Smoking services
  Summary
  Funding Agency

  HRB
  Date From

  January 2024
  Date To

  December 2025
• Title

  INCLUDE: Integrating National Repositories for the Cooperation Linkage and Understanding of a Data Driven approach to the needs of Excluded people
  Summary

  INCLUDE: Integrating National Repositories for the Cooperation Linkage and Understanding of a Data Driven approach to the needs of Excluded people
  Funding Agency

  HRB
  Date From

  September 2021
  Date To

  January 2025
• Title

  Resilience of the Irish Health System: Surviving and utilising the economic contraction
  Summary

  A new government came to power in Ireland in March 2011. Included in the Programme for Government were the most radical proposals for health policy reform since the foundation of the State in 1921. The new government promised to undo the unequal, unfair two tier system of healthcare, specifically committing to 'access to medical care based on medical need, not income'. It specified over 80 health policy commitments including free GP care for all by 2016 and the introduction of Universal Health Insurance during a second term in office. All this was pledged during the most severe economic crisis experienced by Ireland since the 1930s which led to significant budget cuts including cuts to the health system. The Resilience project 2011-2014 gathered a range of indicators to monitor how the health system coped during the crisis, as well as, carrying out qualitative interviews with key policy makers, politicians and health service leaders. A specific website http://www.medicine.tcd.ie/resilience4health/ was set up to disseminate information and findings from the project.
  Funding Agency

  Health Research Board
  Date From

  01/01/2011
  Date To

  01/01/2014

Politics, Public health, Health services and systems,

• Publication of an opinion article in the Irish Times entitled Election 2020: How are parties going to implement Sláintecare? https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/election-2020-how-are-parties-going-to-implement-sl%C3%A1intecare-1.4160580 04-02-2020
• I acted as special rapporteur at the health session of the Irish Government's 2021 National Economic Dialogue, this session was co-chaired with the health minister Stephen Donnelly and I. More https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/f49b5-national-economic-dialogue-2021/?referrer=http://www.gov.ie/ned/ 23-06-2021
• Opinion published in Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/sl%C3%A1intecare-resignations-leaves-hse-to-drive-healthcare-reform-1.4680106 22-092021
• Publication of an opinion piece for the Irish Times entitled 'Whatever happened to Sláintecare?' in the aftermath of the publication of a report into negligent care provided by the South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Team. https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/whatever-happened-to-sl%C3%A1intecare-1.4792060 03/02/2022
• In 2016/17, I coordinated the research team (with prof Steve Thomas as PI) which won a tender to provide technical support to the Oireachtas Committee on the Future of Healthcare. This work resulted in the publication of the 2017 Sláintecare Report https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/committees/32/future-of-healthcare/ 30-05-2017