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

Simões, Jorge; Fronteira, Inês; Augusto, Gonçalo Figueiredo

doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.11.005

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“…Defining and non-AIDS-defining malignancy were the most common causes of death in HIV population, contributing to 47% of all causes in Tokyo study (NISHIJIMA et al, 2020). Moreover, cardiovascular diseases and malignancy were the main causes of death in non-HIV Portuguese people (SIMÕES et al, 2017).…”

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Mortality predictive factors of people living with human immunodeficiency virus and bloodstream infection

Matos¹,

Lopes²,

Serra³

et al. 2021

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

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Section: Three-year Mortality Predictive Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mortality predictive factors of people living with human immunodeficiency virus and bloodstream infection

Matos¹,

Lopes²,

Serra³

et al. 2021

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

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“…Individuals are legally entitled to choose the PC unit and FD. In reality, individuals have limited choice because there is a shortage of doctors (Simões et al, 2017). In addition, individuals do not have easy access to information about the choices available to them or, until December 2017, information about the performance of FDs or the PC units in which they are based.…”

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“…These are autonomous units of self-selected GPs, nurses, managers and other professionals within a flexible organisational structure that has autonomy. FHUs' remuneration is based on a combination of salaries, capitation and pay for performance (Simões et al, 2017). Virtually all patients in an FHU are assigned to an FD.…”

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Patients’ experiences and preferences for primary care delivery: a focus group analysis

Norwood

Correia

Veiga

et al. 2019

Prim Health Care Res Dev

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Background: In 2005, the Portuguese government launched a primary care (PC) reform. After a promising start, the reform is still incomplete and has been compromised by low investment. The incomplete nature of the reforms has resulted in the coexistence of different models of care delivery and heterogeneity in resource allocation and performance. PC has been extensively evaluated, but little is known about the patients’ views and preferences regarding PC and the ongoing reform. Aim: This study aims to examine patients’ experiences of and preferences for PC in Portugal and to explore their experience of the recent reforms. Methods: A qualitative study was undertaken which collected data from eight focus groups in the city of Braga, Portugal. Participants were recruited with the collaboration of eight local institutions. Focus groups’ discussions focused on patients’ experiences of and preferences for PC as well as their views on the reforms. Audio recordings were transcribed and analysed using an inductive thematic content analysis. Findings: The majority of participants perceived that the reform was positive. However, the improvements achieved by the reform were insufficient to lead to most participants having a positive experience of PC delivery in Portugal. Participants’ satisfaction/dissatisfaction with primary care was strongly associated with interpersonal relations and communication with doctors. Participants valued continuity of care, but felt the levels of responsiveness, flexibility and coordination in the current system were still unsatisfactory. Access and waiting times were seen as challenging and led participants to seek PC from emergency departments and private doctors. Policy Implications: The perception of increased inequity and the lack of effective choice undermined the social acceptability of the reform. Policies aimed at improving doctor–patient communication and continuity of care, as well as choice, may therefore lead to better satisfaction and more efficient use of health care settings.

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“…In Portugal, men's life expectancy at birth was lower than in other European Union countries during this period. However, women's life expectancy at birth was higher than in Denmark and Ireland 12,13 .…”

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“…The PPPs involved one or more activities of conceptualization, funding, conservation, and exploration of services integrated or to integrate into the NHS. This framework allowed the use of PPPs in the first unit (for rehabilitation) in April 2007 (São Brás de Alportel) and, later, in hospitals (Cascais in 2009, Braga in 2011, Vila Franca de Xira in 2011, and Loures in 2012) 13 .…”

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

Simões

Fronteira

2021

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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 of some types of care. During the last forty years, the State, social, and private sectors’ roles have changed either in its definition or terms of the relationship between them. In general, it is possible to identify, and we shall present them in this opinion article, eight political cycles that reflect the political contexts in Portugal, and, consequently, the ideological framework of each cycle.

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

Cited by 7 publications

References 6 publications

Mortality predictive factors of people living with human immunodeficiency virus and bloodstream infection

Mortality predictive factors of people living with human immunodeficiency virus and bloodstream infection

Patients’ experiences and preferences for primary care delivery: a focus group analysis

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

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