The 2019 Health Basic Law in Portugal: Political arguments from the left and right

Authors: Jorge Simões, Inês Fronteira, Gonçalo Figueiredo Augusto
Publication Year: 2021
Journal: Health Policy, 125(1), pp 1-6
Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.11.005

ABSTRACT The Portuguese National Health Service (NHS) was established in 1979. Since its inception, the relationship of the NHS with private-for-profit and private-non-profit organisations has been controversially discussed between left and right-wing political parties, and this has also led also to academic debate. In 1990, a Health Basic Law was approved by right-wing parties, which […]
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Organisation of the State, model of health system and COVID-19 health outcomes in six European countries, during the first months of the COVID-19 epidemic in 2020

Authors: Jorge Simões, João Paulo Moreira Magalhães, André Biscaia, António da Luz Pereira, Gonçalo Figueiredo Augusto, Inês Fronteira
Publication Year: 2021
Journal: International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 36(5), pp 1874 - 1886
Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3271

ABSTRACT The time and type of the States’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic varied with the severity of the epidemiological situation, the perceived risk, the political organisation and the model of health system of the country. We discuss the response of Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Portugal and the United Kingdom during the first months of […]
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The role of the State, the private sector and the social sector in the different health political cycles in Portugal

Authors: Jorge Simões, Inês Fronteira
Publication Year: 2021
Journal: Ciencia e Saúde Coletiva, Vol 26, Supplement 1, pp 2507-2513
Link: https://doi.org/10.1590/1413-81232021266.1.40902020

ABSTRACT The Portuguese health system comprises three critical sectors: The State, which intervenes as a regulator of the entire system, and as a planner, provider, and financer of the National Health Service (NHS); the social sector, with a relevant intervention, mainly in continued care; and the private sector, with an essential role in the provision […]
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The 2019 Health Basic Law in Portugal: Political arguments from the left and right

Organisation of the State, model of health system and COVID-19 health outcomes in six European countries, during the first months of the COVID-19 epidemic in 2020

The role of the State, the private sector and the social sector in the different health political cycles in Portugal

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