A5080762782- Global Health Care Issues
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research
- Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Blood donation and transfusion practices
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Healthcare innovation and challenges
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Healthcare Policy and Management
Centre for Health Technology and Services Research
2023-2024
Universidade do Porto
2023-2024
Universidade Federal do Paraná
2021-2024
Secretaria da Saúde
2022
Abstract Background The transferability of health policies in the European Union (EU) faces challenges due to economic, political, and healthcare system factors, including cross-country differences preferences. In order aid policymaking, previous research has grouped EU countries based on geographical proximity or literature-based criteria, but not preference data. EQ-5D-5L instrument, which measures health-related quality life reflects unique national preferences shaped by cultural social...
Purpose Brazil has the second-biggest transplant system in world. The organ donation rates, however, are still low. To persuade population towards theme, media interventions broadcast regularly. This article analyses how intervention form of advertising campaigns, telenovelas, and news can raise rates donations Brazil. Design/methodology/approach We obtained data from Brazilian Association for Organ Transplantation (ABTO), Health Ministry (HM), Institute Geography Statistics (IBGE),...
Abstract Environmental stressors are an important source of burden disease worldwide. The accurate economic evaluation health hazards caused by environmental guide the design more effective and comprehensive public policies. However, guidelines on cost assessment, monetisation discounting methodologies scarce. Therefore, several different applied in multiple contexts, making comparability difficult. Within BEST-COST, methods for monetising identified described based a systematic review...
Introduction: In Portugal, a reform to implement Long-term mental health care (LTMHC) started in 2017 allowing patients with severe illness receiving psychosocial rehabilitation regain their autonomy and be reintegrated into communities. Aim: To describe the first steps of Portuguese LTMHC implementation assess relationship between LTMHC’s demand (referrals) supply (vacancies occupancy). Methods: We conducted national retrospective observational study analyse referrals, vacancies occupancy...
Abstract Background This study aims to explore the relationship between health expenditure and social in their role affecting outcomes, such as death rates disability-adjusted life years. Both types of spending may behave complementary or supplementary goods, besides, they interact with each other over time. Methods We used a translog production function using both expenditures inputs, for panel 27 years EU countries, order estimate respective output elasticities elasticity substitution...
Abstract Background Life Expectancy (LE) at birth, the average number of years a person is expected to live from supposing constant age-specific mortality, an essential indicator country or region's well-being, reflecting policy options regional level and highlighting progress gaps in societal health, including sub-national level. In this study, our goal was explore patterns on groups European Union (EU) member states according LE between 2000 2020. Methods A longitudinal retrospective...
The Brazilian government shares the responsibility of financing public health among federal, state, and municipal levels. Health expenditures are thus uneven across country cannot contribute equally to outcomes disease categories. This study aims identify how municipalities affect mortality rate in state Paraná by causa mortis. We considered years life lost for each municipality, chapters International Classification Diseases (10th revision), elasticity this measure relation expenditure....
Background: Brazil has the second biggest transplant system in world. The organ donation rates, however, are still low. To persuade population towards theme, media interventions broadcast regularly. Thus, this article analyses how intervention form of advertising campaigns, telenovelas, and TV news can raise rates donations, then, reduce shortage organs Brazil. Method: We obtained data from Brazilian Association for Organ Transplantation (ABTO), Health Ministry (HM), Institute Geography...