The SIGLIC system for improving the access to surgery in Portugal.

Authors: Ainsa J, Barbara McPake
Link: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290541531_The_SIGLIC_system_for_improving_the_access_to_surgery_in_Portugal

This paper describes the design and first results of an information system (SIGLIC) that supports the new integrated management program (SIGA) to improve the access to surgery in Portugal.
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Meta-evaluation of baseline studies of the Brazilian Family Health Strategy Expansion Project: a participatory and formative approach.

A participatory, formative meta-evaluation of baseline studies in Brazil is presented. International standards recommended by associations of evaluators were used, along with “specificity” criteria built up using the terms of reference for proposals for the selection of studies.
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Interview with Professor Gilles Dussault: The challenges facing contemporary health systems, by Eleonor Minho Conill, Ligia Giovanella and Jose-Manuel Freire.

Death from dengue fever as a sentinel event for evaluation of quality of healthcare: a case study in two municipalities in Northeast Brazil, 2008.

Despite the existing resources for adequate dengue patient care in the Brazilian healthcare system, the case-fatality rate for the disease is still high in the country.
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Understanding the determinant factors of Internet business solutions adoption: the case of Portuguese firms.

The purpose of our article is to identify the determinants of Internet Business Solutions (IBS), using a representative sample of Portuguese business sector in 2006. This article is based on a theoretical framework in which the adoption of IBS is done in two stages.
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