Identifying Hospitalizations for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions in Local Health Units
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12827192 |
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| Authors | João Sarmento (0000-0003-0861-7454, San Antonio College, corresponding author), Rui Santana (0000-0003-1370-3242, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-23 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Integrated Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1568-4156 • E-ISSN: 1568-4156 |
| Publisher | Ubiquity Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.5334/ijic.1242 |
| OpenAlex | W1712302339 |
| Language | EN |
Local Health Units (LHU) provide vertical integrated healthcare services in Portugal. The first LHU was created in 1999, and since 2007, seven more followed. In 2012, the LHUs cover approximately 10% of the Portuguese population, using 630M of public financing. Until this moment, little evidence was created about the performance of LHUs
Business · Economic growth · Environmental health · Health care · Population · Portuguese · Chronic Disease Management Strategies · Global Health Care Issues · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Medicine
| Highly cited | No |
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