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The differential impact of economic recessions on health systems in middle-inco...

Evolução da Política de Educação Médica em Cabo Verde

Cabo Verde is one of the world’s Small Island Developing States, with its own specificities and challenges. Independent 43 years ago, with half a million inhabitants, the education of its physicians has been done abroad, increasing the country’s workforce but not enough in number and differentiation to support the challenges of health care, namely the extension of universal coverage. In 2015 the authorities dec...

Health markets and their regulation in Africa: reflections from the 2nd Nationa...

The present paper aimed at summarising the discussion emerged from the roundtable seminar on health markets in Africa and their regulation, with the objective to draw lessons for the wider debate on health commercialisation in lowincome countries. The seminar presentations explored themes such as the IHMT’s research contribution on private healthcare providers in Portuguese-speaking African countries, the need ...

A INVESTIGAÇÃO DO IHMT SOBRE OS PRESTADORES PRIVADOS DE SAÚDE NOS PALOP: LIÇÕES...

Despite the growing importance assigned to private health providers in low- and middle-income count ries, lit t le evidence exists in the field, especially for portuguese-speaking african count ries (PALOPs). The present paper presents the work developed by the Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT), aiming at informing the debate on private health care providers and identifying future areas of researc...

Economic Crisis and Portuguese National Health Service Physicians: Findings fro...

Introduction: In Europe, scant scientific evidence exists on the impact of economic crisis on physicians. This study aims at understanding the adjustments made by public sector physicians to the changing conditions, and their perceptions on the market for medical services in the Lisbon metropolitan area.Material and Methods: A random sample of 484 physicians from São José Hospital and health center groups in Ca...

Scientific Research Policy for Health in Portugal: I - European and National En...

The global debate on scientific research policy for human health has been led by World Health Organisation with important contributions from other stakeholders such as Council on Health Research for Development, the World Bank and the Global Forum for Health Research. Recently it has been dominated by the thematic agendas of major global financiers. There is a growing interest worldwide in making better use of ...

Scientific Research Policy for Health in Portugal: II - Facts and Suggestions

After more than 40 years of democracy and 30 years of European integration, Portugal has bridged the research gap it had previously. However, when compared to global and European research policies, Portugal still has a long way go regarding investment in research and development. Health Research in Portugal has been managed by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia and the National Health Institute Doctor Ric...

Why do some physicians in Portuguese-speaking African countries work exclusivel...

Despite the growing interest in the private health sector in low- and middle-income countries, little is known about physicians working outside the public sector. The present work adopts a mixed-methods approach to explore characteristics, working patterns, choices, and motivations of the physicians working exclusively for the private sector in the capital cities of Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, and Mozambique. Th...

What influences national and foreign physicians’ geographic distribution? An an...

Background The debate over physicians’ geographical distribution has attracted the attention of the economic and public health literature over the last forty years. Nonetheless, it is still to date unclear what influences physicians’ location, and whether foreign physicians contribute to fill the geographical gaps left by national doctors in any given country. The present research sets out to investigate the cu...