This document provides statistics on healthcare in Ireland and other countries. It shows that healthcare spending in Ireland rose significantly between 2003 and 2012. Ireland spends less on healthcare as a percentage of GDP than the US, but more than the average for EU countries. Hospital visits and costs have also increased in Ireland in recent years. The document explores new technologies that may transform healthcare, such as bioprinting organs and using robots to assist doctors.

1. Healthcare
by
Numbers…

2. This compares with 71% and
65% for males and females
respectively across the EU.
84% of men and 83% of women
in Ireland rate their health as
being good or very good.

3. The number of people employed
in the Irish public health service
rose from 96,501 in 2003…
…to 111,025in 2008
There were
101,503
employed in
2012

4. In 2010 European
Governments were forced to
adjust their Health Spend:
Greece: - 6.7%
UK: - 0.5%
Germany: + 2.7%
Spain: - 0.9%
Ireland: - 7.9%

5. …to € 15,520m in 2009.
€9,000,000,000
€10,000,000,000
€11,000,000,000
€12,000,000,000
€13,000,000,000
€14,000,000,000
€15,000,000,000
Irish public health expenditure
rose from €9,367m in 2003…
Expenditur
e in 2012
was
€13,891m.

6. Ireland’s is $3,718
Eritrea has the lowest recorded health
spend per capita at $12

7. The USA spends 17.6% of
it’s GDP on healthcare…
Ireland spends 9.2%
Ireland spends $3,718 on
healthcare per capita…
the USA spends $8,233

8. U.S. hospital care is 3,000 times less safe…
…than U.S. air travel

9. Adult mortality rates
Male Female
Malawi 691 496
Zimbabwe 672 574
Ivory Coast 528 456
South Arica 521 479
Afghanistan 440 352
USA 134 78
Ireland 97 57
Qatar 69 48
San Marino 57 48
(probability of dying between 15 and 60 per 1000 population)

10. The number of acute hospital out-
patient attendances has increased
from 2,185,028 in 2002…
…to 3,583,290 in 2012

11. In 2010, 27,544 people died in Ireland
and over 70% died outside their own
homes…
…13,221 people died in busy acute hospitals

12. International literature identifies that 11% of
hospital deaths can be attributed to patient
deterioration not recognized or acted upon.

13. 5% of hospital
patients in Ireland
acquired an
infection in hospital
Patients who
acquire an infection
in hospital are 7.1
times more likely
than uninfected
patients to die in
hospital
The HSE have calculated
that ca. 25,000
patients may contract
Hospital Acquired
Infections annually in
Ireland…
…at a cost of
over €233
million per year

14. People facing an emergency visit to
hospital on a public holiday are
…because there are fewer doctors on duty.
48%more likely to die…

15. Robo-Doctors roam the halls of about
650
hospitals worldwide and facilitate
approximately
5,000
remote doctor visits each month
Sun Microsystems co-founder Vinod
Khosla predicts that
4out of 5doctors will be replaced by machines

16. Dr. Nina Tandon, senior fellow at
Columbia University’s Lab for
Stem Cells and Tissue
Engineering, focuses her
research on directing cell growth
and differentiation through
electrical signals…
Her work in growing 3D
bioprinted heart tissue is
expected to lead to the growth
and implantation of an actual
fabricated human heart within
20 years

17. Geneticist Craig
Venter and his team
of scientists are
already testing out a
version of a digital
biological
converter, or
“teleporter…”
It’s a 3-Dprinter for DNA opening up a future
where you can download software, print
a vaccine, inject it and avert contagion

18. 50%The percentage of
ventilators
worldwide in
acute hospitals
that are Irish
made
33:The percentage
of the world’s
contact lenses
manufactured in
Ireland

19. The industry employs 25,000 people
Irish medtech
exports are
worth €7.3
billion
annually…

20. Ireland – largest net
exporter of medicines
in the worldPharmaceutical companies directly employ
over 24,500 and a further 25,000 indirectly
in Ireland
8 of the top 10 global pharmaceutical and
biopharmaceutical
companies have integrated manufacturing
operations in Ireland
Over 30 FDA approved pharma / biopharma
plants are located in Ireland