Reports on health care
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The New Legal Framework of Moderating Fees
2013/07/04With the Decree-Law n. º 113/2011, of 29th November, the government has introduced changes in the system of fees paid by users of the National Health Service (NHS), which are charged to detain overutilization of services (thus called ‘moderating fees’). These changes include a review of the... -
Evaluation of the Patients’ Access to Long-Term Health Care
2013/03/27The study “Evaluation of the Patients’ Access to Long-Term Health Care” (“Avaliação do Acesso dos Utentes aos Cuidados Continuados de Saúde”) was undertaken in accordance with the regulation objectives of ERS and broadens the scope of the 2011 study “Study of the Patients Acess to Long-Term... -
Final Report on the Analysis of the Impact of the Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare – September 2012
2012/12/18The Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 aims to establish rules to enable access to safe and high quality cross-border healthcare in the European Union, to accordingly safeguard the mobility of patients and promote the cooperation between the... -
Study for the definition of the National Hospital System – Specialties of Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Neurology, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Infectious Diseases
2012/08/13The report “Study for the definition of the National Hospital System – Specialties of Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Neurology, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Infectious Diseases”, elaborated by the Portuguese Health Regulatory Authority (ERS) in response to the Portuguese Minister of Health, is... -
Access, Competition and Quality in the External Radiotherapy Health Care Sector
2012/08/13The report “Access, Competition and Quality in the External Radiotherapy Health Care Sector”, prepared in pursuance of a request from the Ministry of Health, identifies all establishments providing Radiotherapy care currently existing in Portugal, as well as all the linear accelerators. It... -
Assessment of the role of Hospital Centres (HC)
2012/03/12The present review provides an assessment of the role of Hospital Centres (HC) within the National Health Service, based on the relevant legal framework and their actual performance. The assessment focuses on the impacts of the creation of HC’s in terms of efficiency and the fulfilment of...
