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Diagnóstico da Doença Renal Crónica em Adultos em Portugal
Malheiro, Jorge; Birne, Rita; Biscaia, André; Almeida, Edgar; Nobre, João; Capela, Nuno; Azinheira, Jorge; Nunes Oliveira, Jorge; Lebre, LuísPublisher Copyright: Copyright © Ordem dos Médicos 2025.; Chronic kidney disease represents a significant public health issue, affecting approximately 9.8% of the adult population in Portugal. Despite this figure, early diagnosis of this disease in high-risk groups remains limited. Although only two parameters are essential for its diagnosis – estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and albuminuria – in Por...
Healthcare Equity and Commissioning
Pereira, António; Biscaia, André; Calado, Isis; Freitas, Alberto; Costa, Andreia; Coelho, AnabelaFunding Information: We thank all the support given by the project “1st.IndiQare—Quality indicators in primary health care: validation and implementation of quality indicators as an assessment and comparison tool” (POCI01-0145-FEDER-030766) and the project “Contracting in primary health care in Portugal: Research and practice” (INSA/2011EXT554). I.C. thanks the Laidlaw Foundation for their financial support as ...
Organisation of the State, model of health system and COVID-19 health outcomes ...
Simões, Jorge; Magalhães, João Paulo Moreira; Biscaia, André; da Luz Pereira, António; Augusto, Gonçalo Figueiredo; Fronteira, InêsPublisher Copyright: © 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.; The time and type of the States' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic varied with the severity of the epidemiological situation, the perceived risk, the political organisation and the model of health system of the country. We discuss the response of Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Portugal and the United Kingdom during the first months of the COVID-19 epidemic in...