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Portugal: Health System Review

This analysis of the Portuguese health system reviews recent developments in organization and governance, health financing, health care provision, health reforms and health system performance. Overall health indicators such as life expectancy at birth and at age 65 years have shown a notable improvement over the last decades. However, these improvements have not been followed […]
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HIV and tuberculosis co-infection among migrants in Europe: A systematic review on the prevalence, incidence and mortality

International human migration has been rapidly growing. Migrants coming from low and middle income countries continue to be considerably vulnerable and at higher risk for infectious diseases, namely HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and tuberculosis (TB). In Europe, the number of patients with HIV-TB co-infection has been increasing and migration could be one of the potential […]
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Spatial risk of tuberculosis mortality and social vulnerability in Northeast Brazil

Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common infectious disease in the world. The authors aimed to analyze the spatial risk of tuberculosis mortality and to verify associations in high-risk areas with social vulnerability. They performed an ecological study. In addition, they used scan statistic to detect areas at risk, and the Bivariate Moran Index to verify […]
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Potential access to primary health care: what does the National Program for Access and Quality Improvement data show?

To analyze the influence of contextual indicators on the performance of cities regarding potential access to primary health care in Brazil and to discuss the contribution from nurses working on this access. A multicenter descriptive study using secondary data from External Evaluation of the National Program for Access and Quality Improvement in Primary Care, with […]
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Integrated health service delivery networks and tuberculosis avoidable hospitalizations: Is there a relation between them in Brazil

The early identification of the Breathing Symptoms within the scope of Primary Health Care is recommended, and is also one of the strategies of national sanitary authorities for reaching the elimination of tuberculosis. The purpose of this study is to consider which attributes and which territories have shown the most significant progress in Primary Health […]
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