Fault activity studies in the Lower Tagus valley and Lisbon region using geophysical data

The voice of Primary Care patients in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley region of Portugal.

This article was the result of a study aimed at determining the degree of user satisfaction with the care provided in the 125 Family Health Units (Unidades de Saúde Familiar - USF) and in some of the 127 Personalized Health Care Units (Unidades de Cuidados de Saúde Personalizados - UCSP) of the Region of Lisbon and Tagus Valley (LVT). A total of 20,118 questionnaires were distributed and 16,965...

Efficiency of Health Centers Groups in Lisbon and Tagus Valley - An approach with Data Envelopment Analysis

First diabetic retinopathy prevalence study in Portugal: RETINODIAB Study--evaluation of the screening programme for Lisbon and Tagus Valley region.

BACKGROUND/AIMS In Portugal, so far, there is no study or even accurate data on the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy (DR), based on a large representative sample and on a long-term follow-up. The objective of our study was to determine the prevalence of DR based on a national screening community-based programme. METHODS A 5-year retrospective analysis of the RETINODIAB screening programme r...

On evaluating health centers groups in Lisbon and Tagus Valley: efficiency, equity and quality

BACKGROUND Bearing in mind the increasing health expenses and their weight in the Portuguese gross domestic product, it is of the utmost importance to evaluate the performance of Primary Health Care providers taking into account both efficiency, quality and equity. This paper aims to contribute to a better understanding of the performance of Primary Health Care by measuring it in a Portuguese r...

Analysis of the performance of contractualization primary health care indicators in the period 2009-2015 in Lisbon and Tagus Valley.

Reforms started in 1996 intended that Regional Health Administrations (ARS) should play a relevant role in the process of transforming an integrated model towards a contractual health care model. The essential tool of this transformation would be the Contractualization Agency, established in each ARS. Its role in the new contractualization culture was to negotiate prospective budgets with healt...