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Online HiT With modifications since publication of printed version 1. IntroductionLast modified: 08/08/2018 1.1 Geography and sociodemography 1.2 Economic context 1.3 Political context 1.4 Health statusLast modified: 08/08/2018 2. Organization and governanceLast modified: 06/04/2018 2.1 Overview of the health system 2.2 Historical background 2.3 OrganizationLast modified: 27/11/2017 2.4 Decentralization and centralizationLast modified: 31/01/2018 2.5 Planning 2.6 Intersectorality 2.7 Health information managementLast modified: 06/04/2018 2.8 Regulation 2.9 Patient empowerment 3. FinancingLast modified: 06/04/2018 3.1 Health expenditure 3.2 Sources of revenue and financial flowsLast modified: 06/04/2018 3.3 Overview of the statutory financing system 3.4 Out of pocket payments 3.5 Voluntary health insurance 3.6 Other financing 3.7 Payment mechanisms 4. Physical and human resources 4.1 Physical resources 4.2 Human resources 5. Provision of servicesLast modified: 06/02/2018 5.1 Public healthLast modified: 06/02/2018 5.2 Patient pathways 5.3 Primary / ambulatory care 5.4 Specialized ambulatory care / inpatient care 5.5 Emergency care 5.6 Pharmaceutical care 5.7 Rehabilitation / intermediate care 5.8 Long term care 5.9 Services for informal carers 5.10 Palliative care 5.11 Mental health care 5.12 Dental care 5.13 Complementary and alternative medicine 5.14 Health services for specific populations 6. Principal health reformsLast modified: 08/02/2018 6.1 Analysis of recent reformsLast modified: 08/02/2018 6.2 Future developments 7. Assessment of the health systemLast modified: 08/08/2018 7.1 Stated objectives of the health system 7.2 Financial protection and equity in financing 7.3 User experience and equity of access to health careLast modified: 08/08/2018 7.4 Health outcomes, health service outcomes and quality of care 7.5 Health system efficiency 7.6 Transparency and accountabilityLast modified: 24/11/2017 8. Conclusions 8. Conclusions

Reform log

08 August 2018 - Portugal has partially met UNAIDS 90-90-90 targetsRead more 06 April 2018 - Creation of the Mission Structure for the Sustainability of the Health Budgetary ProgramRead more 06 April 2018 - New tax on soft drinksRead more 06 February 2018 - Health Literacy LibraryRead more

Health policy updates

More than 350,000 referrals following the Free Access and Circulation legislation published 08/08/2018 Unhealthy foods banned from NHS institutions published 08/02/2018 New legislation to reinforce integrated responsibility centres published 27/11/2017 New integrated responses for home hospitalization published 27/07/2017

HiT Profile Portugal

Vol. 19 No. 2 2017: This is the latest published version of the health systems in transition profile (HiT) for Portugal written Jorge de Almeida Simões, Gonçalo Figueiredo Augusto, Inês Fronteira, Cristina Hernández-Quevedo. Download HiT full version

HSPM member for Portugal Universidade Nova de Lisboa: Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine NOVA School of Business and Economics

Contributors Authors: Pedro Pita Barros, Gonçalo Figueiredo Augusto, Ines Fronteira, Jorge Simões, Sara Ribeirinho Machado Editors: Jonathan Cylus, Cristina Hernández-Quevedo ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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