Bernard Allen
Ceist:153 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health the number of medical card holders in Cork and the Southern Health Board region in each year from 1987 to 1990.
Written Answers. - Medical Card Statistics.
The number of medical card holders in Cork and Southern Health Board area for 1987-90, inclusive, are as follows:
|
31 December 1989 |
31 December 1988 |
31 December 1987 |
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|
Card Holders |
Persons |
Card Holders |
Persons |
Card Holders |
Persons |
|
|
Cork |
77,109 |
132,535 |
76,633 |
132,992 |
86,808 |
148,127 |
|
Kerry |
27,556 |
47,577 |
27,984 |
48,895 |
29,555 |
51,866 |
|
Total |
104,665 |
180,112 |
104,617 |
181,887 |
116,363 |
199,993 |
Number of Medical Card Holders at 31/3/1990.
|
Card |
Patients |
|
|
Cork |
76,969 |
132,153 |
|
Kerry |
27,577 |
47,404 |
|
Southern Health Board |
104,546 |
179,457 |
Prior to the introduction of the new GMS capitation based contract the Southern Health Board reviewed its records of medical card holders and deleted from the records deceased card holders. This review resulted in a reduction in the number of medical card holders as at December 1988.
Separate figures are not available for Cork city.