Reports on health care
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Management system of the waiting list for surgery in the NHS
2014/09/29The Portuguese Health Regulation Authority (ERS), 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, competition and quality in the scope of the management of the NHS waiting list for surgery. As a consequence of the... -
Access, Competition and Quality in the National Program for the Promotion of Oral Health
2014/06/25The Portuguese Health Regulation Authority, under the remit set forth in no. 3 of article 3.º of the Decree-Law no. 127/2009, of May 27th, conducted a study on access, competition and quality of care in the scope of the National Program for the Promotion of Oral Health.
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Healthcare discount cards in Portugal
2014/06/11The Portuguese Health Regulation Authority carried out a study on healthcare discount cards. These cards, which can be acquired by means of paying regular fees, are associated with health plans that offer discounts on a wide range of health services. The aims of the study were the identification... -
Access, competiton and quality in the market of PET scan services
2013/11/12In a study prepared in compliance with the request of the Ministry of Health, ERS mapped all health care providers holding Positron Emission Tomography (PET) facilities in Portugal, analysed the degree of spatial proximity of the supply network to users and assessed the network’s capacity in... -
Report of the monitoring processes and the future regulatory procedure to guarantee the attainment of the maximum guaranteed response times (PMT 21/12 and PMT 22/12)
2013/09/23The Board of Directors of the Portuguese Health Regulatory Agency (ERS) has approved the Report of the monitoring processes PMT/021/12 and PMT/022/12 and the future regulatory procedure to guarantee the attainment of the maximum guaranteed response times (TMRG).The Report presents the monitoring... -
Access, competition and quality issues in the provision of services by private providers to the National Health Service: Clinical Pathology, Dialysis, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Radiology
2013/07/08ERS assessed the provision of services by private providers to the National Health Service (NHS) within the public procurement framework, in the areas that are most representative in terms of public expenditure – Clinical Pathology, Dialysis, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Radiology –...
