Using discrete event simulation to compare the performance of family health unit and primary health care centre organizational models in Portugal

Background: Recent reforms in Portugal aimed at strengthening the role of the primary care system, in order to improve the quality of the health care system. Since 2006 new policies aiming to change the organization, incentive structures and funding of the primary health care sector were designed, p...

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Main Authors: Fialho, Andre S., Oliveira, Monica D., Sa, Armando B.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central Ltd 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67078