The effect of commissioning on Portuguese Primary Health Care units’ performance: A four-year national analysis

António da Luz Pereira, André Ramalho, João Viana, Alberto Pinto Hespanhol, Alberto Freitas and André Biscaia

Health Policy, 2021, vol. 125, issue 6, 709-716

Abstract: Portugal underwent a paradigmatic Primary Health Care (PHC) reform in 2005. The reform implemented better health information systems, goal-oriented management, pay-for-performance schemes, functional autonomy for the front-line units, and the general adoption of commissioning processes.

Keywords: Health care reform; Family health; Primary Health Care; Models; Organizational; Commissioning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2021.02.008

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