The OPSS is composed by a network of researchers and academic institutions dedicated to study of health systems and produces an annual summary document of the evolution of the Portuguese health system – the Primavera Report – whose purpose is to provide all those who can influence health in Portugal with an accurate, periodic and independent analysis of the evolution of the Portuguese health system and the factors which determine it.
The main objectives of the OPSS are:
- to prospectively analyse, in an independent way from the pressure groups associated with the Portuguese health system, its evolution over time;
- make this analysis easily accessible to all interested parties;
- to constitute and continuously improve a knowledge base on health management and policies, in order to stimulate health system analysis and research on health services;
- strengthen working relationships with other similar European institutions and projects.
The OPSS does not take position on health policy agendas. Rather, it seeks to objectively analyse what happens in the health system, from governance processes to the action s of the main health actors, gathering the evidence which supports these processes, actions and their results.
The institutions that currently constitute the OPSS are the following:
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Institute of Public Health University of Porto Henrique Barros |
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Centre for Health Studies and Research University of Coimbra Pedro Lopes Ferreira Vitor Raposo |
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National School of Public Health Universidade Nova de Lisboa Julian Perelman Paulo Sousa |
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Faculty of Farmacy University of Lisbon Filipa Duarte-Ramos João Gonçalves |
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University of Évora Manuel Lopes |