Reports on health care
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The sector of Laboratory Tests Provision in Portugal
2016/01/08The Portuguese Health Regulation Authority (ERS), in fulfilling the request of the Ministry of Health, conducted a study on the sector of laboratory tests provision in Portugal, with the objective of assessing users’ access to such services, the competition among the corporate groups that own the... -
Access and Quality in Mental Health Services
2015/09/25The Portuguese Health Regulation Authority (ERS), in fulfilling its activities plan and under the remit set forth in no. 3 of article 5.º of the Decree-Law n. º 126/2014, of august 22nd, conducted a study on access and quality in mental health services. Executive summary Full report (in... -
Access to Health Care by Immigrants
2015/08/04ERS publishes a new study aimed at evaluating the access to health care by immigrants in Portugal. Following the main conclusions of this study, ERS issued a recommendation to the Regional Health Administrations and the Central Administration of the Health System. flyer Executive summary Full... -
Report on health insurance
2015/03/18ERS publishes a new report on health insurance, describing the existing complementary types of health care financing in Portugal, more specifically the voluntary health insurance and the special insurance schemes for specific categories of workers (health subsystems). In particular, the following... -
The performance of NHS Local Health Units (ULS)
2015/02/13The Portuguese Health Regulation Authority (ERS), in fulfilling the request of the Ministry of Health, conducted a study in which the performance of NHS Local Health Units (ULS) is assessed in terms of access to healthcare, service quality, production efficiency and economic and financial... -
Red tape costs in the health sector
2015/01/09The Portuguese Health Regulation Authority (ERS), in fulfilling the request of the Ministry of Health, conducted a study in order to identify red tape costs in the health sector, to assess their impact and, consequently, to propose measures to reduce such costs. Executive summary Full report...
