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Óscar Brito Fernandes is an Assistant Professor in the Health Services and Systems research group at the Department of Public and Occupational Health at Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, where he applies a multidisciplinary approach to improving health systems. With an educational background spanning mathematics, education, public health, and healthcare management, Óscar’s research focuses on the measurement, management, and improvement of health system performance at all levels—from policy to practice and is largely inspired by the underlying theories about value-based health care, learning health systems, complex adaptive systems, and deliberative democracy. He received his PhD in 2022 from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Amsterdam. Óscar’s work is driven by a vision of transforming health systems into people-centered, value-based models by harnessing performance intelligence to inform better health policy and decision-making.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Óscar Ricardo Brito Fernandes

Citation names

  • Brito Fernandes, Óscar

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
4814-A761-15C4
ORCID iD
0000-0002-3212-373X

Email addresses

  • o.r.britofernandes@amsterdamumc.nl (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Health Policy and Services
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences - Public and Environmental Health

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2022/09/28
Concluded
 PhD (Doctor of Philosophy)
Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands
"Citizen-driven health care system performance: Studies on care experiences and engagement" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2018
Concluded
 Saúde Pública (Doutoramento)
Major in Política, Gestão e Administração da Saúde
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
 17
2016
Concluded
 Mestrado em Gestão da Saúde (Mestrado)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
 18
2009
Concluded
 Mestrado em Educação (Mestrado)
Major in Formação e Aprendizagem ao Longo da Vida
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
 17
2006
Concluded
 Matemática (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023 - Current Postdoc (Research) Amsterdam UMC Locatie AMC, Netherlands
2018 - 2021 Research Assistant (Research) Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem, Hungary

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016 - 2018 Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central EPE, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020 - 2022 Consultor Algarve Biomedical Centre, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2018/01 - 2021/12 Healthcare Performance Intelligence Professionals
765141
 European Commission
2015 - 2016 Impact of creating Local Health Units in Portugal
Peer-reviewed article
Science and Technology Management Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Óscar Brito Fernandes; Márta Péntek; László Gulácsi; Dionne Kringos; Niek Klazinga; Anna Maria MURANTE; Zsombor Zrubka; Armin Lucevic; Petra Baji. "Patients' perception of the quality of consultations modelled by patient-reported experience and health-related quality of life measures". 2019.
    10.5281/zenodo.3386188
Journal article
  1. V. Carvalho, A.S.; Broekema, B.; Brito Fernandes, Ó.; Klazinga, N.; Kringos, D.. "Acute care pathway assessed through performance indicators during the COVID-19 pandemic in OECD countries (2020–2021): a scoping review". BMC Emergency Medicine 24 1 (2024): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85183193720&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/s12873-024-00938-7
  2. Calderón-Larrañaga, S.; González-De-La-Fuente, Á.; Espinosa-González, A.B.; Casado-Vicente, V.; Brito-Fernandes, Ó.; Klazinga, N.; Kringos, D.. "What can we learn from general practitioners who left Spain? A mixed methods international study". Human Resources for Health 22 1 (2024): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85182835255&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/s12960-023-00888-4
  3. Kringos, D.; Ivankovíc, D.; Barbazza, E.; Klazinga, N.; Fernandes, Ó.B.. "Health system performance assessment: embedding resilience through performance intelligence". International Journal for Quality in Health Care 36 1 (2024): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85185342532&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/intqhc/mzae010
  4. Erica Barbazza; Melitta Jakab; Liesbeth Borgermans; Óscar Brito Fernandes; Toni Dedeu; Damir Ivankovic; Arnoldas Jurgutis; et al. "Refocusing primary health care performance measurement on governance and management: A multi-country, joint learning approach applied in the WHO European Region". IJQHC Communications (2023): https://doi.org/10.1093/ijcoms/lyad005.
    10.1093/ijcoms/lyad005
  5. Julião, P.L.; Fernandes, Ó.B.; Alves, J.P.; Thiyagarajan, J.A.; Mikton, C.; Diaz, T.; Pais, S.. "A systematic review of reviews on the psychometric properties of measures of older persons’ ability to build and maintain social relationships". Age and Ageing 52 (2023): IV133-IV137. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85175404436&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/ageing/afad106
  6. Ivankovic, D.; Jansen, T.; Barbazza, E.; Fernandes, Ó.B.; Klazinga, N.; Kringos, D.. "Status of the health information system in Ireland and its fitness to support health system performance assessment: a multimethod assessment based on stakeholder involvement". Health Research Policy and Systems 21 1 (2023): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85142209104&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/s12961-022-00931-1
  7. Ana Sofia Carvalho; Óscar Brito Fernandes; Mats de Lange; Hester Lingsma; Niek Klazinga; Dionne Kringos. "Changes in the quality of cancer care as assessed through performance indicators during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020: a scoping review". BMC Health Services Research 22 1 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08166-0.
    10.1186/s12913-022-08166-0
  8. Brito Fernandes, Óscar. "Patient-centred care in Hungary: Contributions to foster a policy agenda". Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.zefq.2022.04.015.
    10.1016/j.zefq.2022.04.015
  9. de Lange, M.; Carvalho, A.S.; Fernandes, Ó.B.; Lingsma, H.; Klazinga, N.; Kringos, D.. "The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Hospital Services for Patients with Cardiac Diseases: A Scoping Review". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19 6 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85126061492&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/ijerph19063172
  10. Barbazza, E.; Ivankovic, D.; Davtyan, K.; Poldrugovac, M.; Yelgezekova, Z.; Willmington, C.; Meza-Torres, B.; et al. "The experiences of 33 national COVID-19 dashboard teams during the first year of the pandemic in the World Health Organization European Region: A qualitative study". Digital Health 8 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85137209142&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1177/20552076221121154
  11. Brito Fernandes, Ó.; Bos, V.; Klazinga, N.; Kringos, D.. "Citizen engagement in healthcare procurement decision-making by healthcare insurers: recent experiences in the Netherlands". Health Research Policy and Systems 20 1 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85144568831&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/s12961-022-00939-7
  12. Brito Fernandes, Óscar. "The Role of Consumer Engagement in Health Care Purchasing by Insurers: Preliminary Results of a Case Study in the Dutch Health Care System". Zenodo (2021): https://zenodo.org/record/5013838.
    10.5281/ZENODO.5013838
  13. Brito Fernandes, Ó.; Barbazza, E.; Ivankovic, D.; Jansen, T.; Klazinga, N.S.; Kringos, D.S.. "Engaging citizens in the development of a health system performance assessment framework: a case study in Ireland". Health Research Policy and Systems 19 1 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85121450162&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/s12961-021-00798-8
  14. Fernandes, Oscar Brito; Juliao, Pedro Lobo; Klazinga, Niek; Kringos, Dionne; Marques, Nuno; Óscar Brito Fernandes; Pedro Lobo Julião; et al. "COVID-19 Preparedness and Perceived Safety in 138 Nursing Homes in Southern Portugal: A Cross-Sectional Survey-Based Study in the Initial Phases of the Pandemic". Preprints.org 18 15 (2021): 7983-7983. https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/47260479/.
    10.20944/PREPRINTS202106.0255.V1
  15. Ivankovic, D.; Barbazza, E.; Bos, V.; Fernandes, Ó.B.; Gilmore, K.J.; Jansen, T.; Kara, P.; et al. "Features constituting actionable COVID-19 dashboards: Descriptive assessment and expert appraisal of 158 public web-based COVID-19 dashboards". Journal of Medical Internet Research 23 2 (2021): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85101874662&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2196/25682
  16. Fernandes, Ó.B.; Lucevic, A.; Péntek, M.; Kringos, D.; Klazinga, N.; Gulácsi, L.; Zrubka, Z.; Baji, P.. "Self-reported waiting times for outpatient health care services in hungary: Results of a cross-sectional survey on a national representative sample". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18 5 (2021): 1-15. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85101270393&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/ijerph18052213
  17. "Patient experiences in a public primary health care clinic: A South African case study". Society and Economy (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/204.2020.00014.
    10.1556/204.2020.00014
  18. Zsombor Zrubka; Óscar Brito Fernandes; Petra Baji; Ottó Hajdu; Levente Kovács; Dionne Kringos; Niek Klazinga; et al. "eHealth Literacy and Patient-Reported Experiences with Outpatient Care in the Hungarian General Adult Population: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study (Preprint)". (2020): https://publons.com/publon/31106911/.
    10.2196/PREPRINTS.19013
  19. Fernandes, Óscar B.; Lopes, Sílvia; Marques, Ana Patrícia; Moita, B; Sarmento, Joao; Santana, Rui; Centro de Investigação em Saúde Pública (CISP/PHRC); Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública (ENSP). "Local health units in Portugal". (2020): http://hdl.handle.net/10362/96543.
    https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1159/000506015
  20. Zrubka, Z.; Fernandes, O.B.; Baji, P.; Hajdu, O.; Kovacs, L.; Kringos, D.; Klazinga, N.; et al. "Exploring eHealth literacy and patient-reported experiences with outpatient care in the Hungarian general adult population: Cross-sectional study". Journal of Medical Internet Research 22 8 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85089406851&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2196/19013
  21. Kringos, D.; Carinci, F.; Barbazza, E.; Bos, V.; Gilmore, K.; Groene, O.; Gulácsi, L.; et al. "Managing COVID-19 within and across health systems: Why we need performance intelligence to coordinate a global response". Health Research Policy and Systems 18 1 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85088017852&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/s12961-020-00593-x
  22. Neubert, A.; Fernandes, O.B.; Lucevic, A.; Pavlova, M.; Gulacsi, L.; Baji, P.; Klazinga, N.; Kringos, D.. "Understanding the use of patient-reported data by health care insurers: A scoping review". PLoS ONE 15 12 Decembe (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85098918803&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0244546
  23. Fernandes, Ó.B.; Péntek, M.; Kringos, D.; Klazinga, N.; Gulácsi, L.; Baji, P.. "Eliciting preferences for outpatient care experiences in Hungary: A discrete choice experiment with a national representative sample". PLoS ONE 15 7 July (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85089129795&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0235165
  24. FERNANDES, ÓSCAR. "PNS197 WAITING TIMES FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN HUNGARY - RESULTS OF A REPRESENTATIVE POPULATION SURVEY". Value in Health (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2019.09.2097.
    10.1016/j.jval.2019.09.2097
  25. FERNANDES, ÓSCAR. "PNS397 PATIENTS' PERCEPTION OF THE QUALITY OF CONSULTATIONS MODELLED BY PATIENT-REPORTED EXPERIENCE AND HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE MEASURES". Value in Health (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2019.09.2297.
    10.1016/j.jval.2019.09.2297
  26. Armin Lucevic; Márta Péntek; Dionne Kringos; Niek Klazinga; László Gulácsi; Óscar Brito Fernandes; Imre Boncz; Petra Baji. "Unmet medical needs in ambulatory care in Hungary: forgone visits and medications from a representative population survey". The European Journal of Health Economics 20 S1 (2019): 71-78. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-019-01063-0.
    10.1007/s10198-019-01063-0
  27. Óscar Brito Fernandes; Petra Baji; Dionne Kringos; Niek Klazinga; László Gulácsi; Armin Lucevic; Imre Boncz; Márta Péntek. "Patient experiences with outpatient care in Hungary: results of an online population survey". The European Journal of Health Economics 20 S1 (2019): 79-90. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-019-01064-z.
    10.1007/s10198-019-01064-z
  28. Óscar Brito Fernandes; Sílvia Lopes; Ana Patrícia Marques; Bruno Moita; João Sarmento; Rui Santana. "Local Health Units in Portugal: The Influence of Chronic Conditions on Inpatient Readmissions". Portuguese Journal of Public Health (2019): 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1159/000506015.
    10.1159/000506015
  29. Brito Fernandes, O.; Pentek, M.; Gulacsi, L.; Kringos, D.; Klazinga, N.; Murante, A. M.; Zrubka, Z.; Lucevic, A.; Baji, P.. "PATIENTS' PERCEPTION OF THE QUALITY OF CONSULTATIONS MODELLED BY PATIENT-REPORTED EXPERIENCE AND HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE MEASURES". Value in Health (2019): https://publons.com/publon/27401457/.
    10.5281/ZENODO.3386187
  30. Sílvia Lopes; Óscar B. Fernandes; Ana Patrícia Marques; Bruno Moita; João Sarmento; Rui Santana. "Can Vertical Integration Reduce Hospital Readmissions? A Difference-in-Differences Approach". Medical Care 55 5 (2017): 506-513. https://doi.org/10.1097%2Fmlr.0000000000000704.
    10.1097/mlr.0000000000000704
  31. Lopes, Silvia; Fernandes, Oscar Brito; Santana, Rui. "Impact of vertical integration on frequency of hospital readmissions". International Journal of Integrated Care (2016): https://publons.com/publon/8394891/.
    10.5334/IJIC.3024
Preprint
  1. Ana Sofia V Carvalho; Bente Broekema; Óscar Brito Fernandes; Niek Klazinga; Dionne Kringos. "Acute care pathway assessed through performance indicators during the COVID-19 pandemic in OECD countries (2020-2021): a scoping review". 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2692356/v1.
    10.21203/rs.3.rs-2692356/v1
  2. Óscar Brito Fernandes; Erica Barbazza; Damir Ivankovic; Tessa Jansen; Niek Klazinga; Dionne Kringos. "Engaging citizens in the co-production of a health system performance assessment framework: a case study in Ireland". 2021. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-605225/v1.
    10.21203/rs.3.rs-605225/v1
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Fernandes, Óscar Ricardo Brito. "Impact of vertical integration on the readmission of individuals with chronic conditions". Master, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/19674.
  2. Fernandes, Óscar Ricardo Brito. "A minha experiência conta!: um estudo de caso sobre o processo de RVCC". Master, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/4588.

Other

Other output
  1. Why do general practitioners leave Spain? A mixed methods international study. 2023. Calderon-Larranaga, S.; González-De-La-Fuente, Á.; Espinosa-González, A.B.; Casado-Vicente, V.; Brito-Fernandes, O.; Klazinga, N.; Kringos, D.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85166755638&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.21203/rs.3.rs-3185395
  2. Citizen engagement in health care procurement decision-making by health care insurers: Recent experiences in the Netherlands. 2022. Fernandes, Ó.B.; Bos, V.; Klazinga, N.; Kringos, D.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85167246877&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.21203/rs.3.rs-1577684/v1
  3. Status of the health information system in Ireland and its fitness to support health system performance assessment: A multimethod assessment based on stakeholder involvement. 2022. Ivankovic, D.; Jansen, T.; Barbazza, E.; Fernandes, Ó.B.; Klazinga, N.; Kringos, D.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85167249367&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.21203/rs.3.rs-1426665/v1
  4. Changes in the quality of cancer care as assessed through performance indicators during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020: a Scoping Review. 2022. Carvalho, A.S.; Fernandes, Ó.B.; de Lange, M.; Lingsma, H.; Klazinga, N.; Kringos, D.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85126493660&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/2022.02.23.22271303
  5. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital services for patients with cardiac diseases: a scoping review. 2021. de Lange, M.; Carvalho, A.S.; Fernandes, Ó.B.; Lingsma, H.; Klazinga, N.; Kringos, D.. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85122608339&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/2021.12.01.21267100
  6. The experiences of 33 national COVID-19 dashboard teams during the first year of the pandemic in the WHO European Region: A qualitative study. 2021. Barbazza, E.; Ivankovic, D.; Davtyan, K.; Poldrugovac, M.; Yelgezekova, Z.; Willmington, C.; Meza-Torres, B.; et al. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85121409292&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1101/2021.11.23.21266747
  7. Features Constituting Actionable COVID-19 Dashboards: Descriptive Assessment and Expert Appraisal of 158 Public Web-Based COVID-19 Dashboards (Preprint). 2020. Damir Ivankovic; Erica Barbazza; Véronique Bos; Óscar Brito Fernandes; Kendall Jamieson Gilmore; Tessa Jansen; Pinar Kara; et al. https://doi.org/10.2196/preprints.25682.
    10.2196/preprints.25682
Activities

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020/02 - 2020/05 Public health strategy, projects and assessment Master in Health Policy, Planning and Financing Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem, Hungary
2019/02 - 2019/05 Health Policy and Finance (Master) Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem, Hungary
2019 - 2019 International Comparison of Health Care Systems Nihes - Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences, Netherlands
2018/09 - 2018/12 Health Policy and Finance (Master) Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem, Hungary

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2020 - 2020 Journal of Medical Internet Research (1438-8871) JMIR Publications Inc.
2020 - 2020 African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine (2071-2936) AOSIS
2019 - 2019 Journal of Integrated Care (2042-8685) Emerald (MCB UP )