A5045146075- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Global Health Care Issues
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Public Health in Brazil
- Bone health and treatments
- Health disparities and outcomes
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Women's cancer prevention and management
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications
- Management of metastatic bone disease
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- BRCA gene mutations in cancer
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
Universidade Paulista
2025
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
2013-2024
Anhanguera (Brazil)
2024
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
2024
Universidade São Francisco
2024
Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública
2005-2018
Hospital de Santa Maria
2004-2013
University of Lisbon
1999-2011
Universidade da Madeira
2010
National School of Public Health
2000
Home respiratory care (HRC) is the provision of healthcare services at place residence patients or their families, with aim meeting needs mainly resulting from chronic conditions, permanent disability, terminal illness. In 2016, an innovative electronic prescription system, PEM-CRD, was fully implemented for HRC in Portugal. To date, no study has addressed impact execution this digital innovation. For purpose, we carried out analysis prevalence and number prescriptions people diseases...
ABSTRACT Up until very recently, the international debate on health inequality tended to disregard issue of specifying equity objectives precisely. This was unfortunate, given importance normative analysis for understanding why people care about social justice in field health; extent which specific types are compatible with equity; how concept should be measured; and rational policies may formulated monitored. article critically appraises six well established approaches defining...
ObjectiveTo compare the clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of routine HIV screening in Portugal to current practice targeted on-demand screening. DesignWe used Portuguese national economic data conduct a model-based assessment. MethodsWe compared detection practices strategies increasingly frequent adults aged 18-69. We considered several subpopulations geographic regions with varying levels undetected prevalence incidence. Baseline inputs for case included undiagnosed 0.16%, annual...
Alergia alimentar é uma reação adversa desencadeada por resposta imune específica mediada pela imunoglobulina E, a qual o intestino desempenha um importante papel. O estudo buscou apontar relação da microbiota intestinal e suplementação simbiótica como agente determinante no surgimento tratamento das alergias alimentares. Para tanto foi realizada revisão integrativa utilizados os artigos originais publicados nos últimos cinco anos que tratam sobre tema proposto. Estudos propõem alergia está...
Objetivo: analisar a desregulação do ciclo circadiano e as consequentes alterações metabólicas que esse organismo possa vim sofrer, de acordo com o ritmo social, condição econômica características biológicas. Métodos: Realizou uma revisão integrativa nas bases dados Literatura Latino-americana Caribe em Ciências da Saúde, US National Library of Medicine Scientific Electronic Online. No processo dos artigos, utilizou associações descritores Transtornos Sono Ritmo Circadiano, metabolismo basal...
Objective Patients with bone metastases or lesions secondary to solid tumors multiple myeloma often experience complications (skeletal-related events [SREs]-radiation bone, pathologic fracture, surgery and spinal cord compression); however, recent data that can be used assess the value of treatments prevent SREs across European countries are limited. This study aimed provide estimates health resource utilization (HRU) cost associated all SRE types in Europe. HRU were reported previously;...
Bone complications, also known as skeletal-related events (SREs), are common in patients with bone metastases secondary to advanced cancers.
Despite there having been a positive context for initiating health care reforms in Portugal the past fifteen years (accompanied by political consensus on nature of structural problems within system), has lack reform initiatives. We use process-based framework to show how institutional arrangements have influenced Portuguese reform. Evidence is presented demonstrate inertia and nondecision making three critical areas policy: clarifying public-private mix coverage provision, creating financial...
OBJECTIVE To analyze the direct medical costs of HIV/AIDS in Portugal from perspective National Health Service. METHODS A retrospective analysis records was conducted for 150 patients five specialized centers 2008. Data on utilization resources during 12 months and patients’ characteristics were collected. unit cost applied to each care component using official sources accounting data Service hospitals. RESULTS The average treatment 14,277 €/patient/year. main cost-driver antiretroviral (€...
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity, mortality and disability in Portugal. Socioeconomic level known to influence health status but there scant evidence on socioeconomic inequalities cardiovascular To analyze distribution Portuguese population according status. We conducted a cross-sectional study using data from fourth National Health Survey representative sample population. disease, risk factors number medical visits were analyzed odds ratios (household equivalent...
There is evidence of the efficacy collaborative health interventions with pharmacies and primary care providers but little its real-world effectiveness. We aimed to assess effectiveness discuss design challenges hypertension hyperlipidemia management between using data exchange experimental bundled payment. This was a pragmatic, quasi-experimental controlled trial. collected patient-level from prescription claims Electronic Medical Record databases, pharmacy database, patient telephone...
Background: The intensive requirement of organs for transplantation generates the need higher rates donation.Methods: Using national database diagnosis-related groups 2006, global annual 2006 in-hospital mortality 34 hospitals with organ-retrieval schemes was evaluated.Potential donors were estimated excluding patients aged <1 year or >70 years and presenting International Classification Diseases, Ninth Revision codes that contraindicated organ donation.Results: We identified 3838 potential...