The primary care health reform in 2005: a public health problem
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https://doi.org/10.32385/rpmgf.v40i2.13856Keywords:
Reform, Primary health care, Health inequalitiesAbstract
The authors address some problems created by the Portuguese primary care reform in 2005, namely management by Primary Care Trust like organisations, the impact of pay for performance, and the increase of inequality in delivering primary care across the country due to different types of practices.
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