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I am an Assistant Professor in Economics at the Department of Engineering and Management of Instituto Superior Técnico (University of Lisbon) and an expert on Health Economics. I am currently the president of the Portuguese Association for Health Economics. I am a member of the National Health Technology Assessment Commission and of the National NHS Reference Centers Commission. I am also an Adjunct Faculty at Nova School of Business and Economics I hold a PhD in Economics from Nova School of Business and Economics. I have been a visiting researcher at the Boston University and at the Harvard School of Public Health. I was also a research fellow at the Lancaster University. For more information feel free to reach me at eduardo.a.costa@tecnico.ulisboa.pt
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
EDUARDO POLENA PACHECO ARAÚJO COSTA

Citation names

  • COSTA, EDUARDO

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
D71E-9CD9-72C3
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4347-6338

Email addresses

  • eduardo.a.costa@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 915953772 (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Economics and Business - Economics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Spanish; Castilian Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
German Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2017/09/01 - 2021/07/15
Concluded
 Economics (Doutoramento)
Major in Health Economics
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
"Essays on Health Economics" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with Distinction and Praise by unanimity
2019/01/01 - 2019/07/30
Concluded
 Visiting Researcher (Outros)
Harvard University T H Chan School of Public Health, United States
2019/01/01 - 2019/07/30
Concluded
 Visiting Researcher (Outros)
Boston University, United States
2018/01/01 - 2018/12/31
Concluded
 Doctoral courses in Health Economics and Policy (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares))
Major in Health Economics
Swiss Society of Health Economics, Switzerland
2016/01
Concluded
 Economia (Mestrado)
Major in Public Policy
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
"On the Labor Share: The Long-run Equilibrium and its Adjustment Process" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17 valores
2011/09/01 - 2014/06/30
Concluded
 Economics (Licenciatura)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
 17
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/09/01 - 2024/02 Researcher (Research) Nova Health Economics & Management Knowledge Center, Portugal
2021/08/01 - 2022/04 Researcher (Research) Lancaster University, United Kingdom
Lancaster University, United Kingdom

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/02 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2022/02/01 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2022/02/27 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2015 - 2016 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2014 - 2015 Tutor (University Teacher) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/09/01 - 2021/07/15 Estudante de Doutoramento Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2017/01 - 2021/08 PhD in Economics
BD/128545/2017
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2022/03/01 - Current Labor market sorting, social connections, and peer effects
PTDC/EGE-ECO/7493/2020
Post-doc
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/07/15 - 2021/12/31 DETECT: Health economics analysis in Paediatric ICU
Lancaster University
Post-doc
Lancaster University Division of Health Research, United Kingdom
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2022/03/01 - Current Efficiency analysis of regional health systems
NHEM
Post-doc
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - 2022/01/31 Economic Evaluation of Carboximaltose
ENSP
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
Concluded
2021/11/01 - 2022 Evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of Community Mental Health Teams
NHEM
Post-doc
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Expectativas da população brasileira frente à pandemia Covid-19. Brazil: Pedro e João Editores. 2021.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. Pedro Pita Barros; Eduardo Costa. "Efficiency of public health spending". 2023.
    10.4337/9781839109164.00021
  2. "Public sector efficiency of the Health Sector". In Handbook of Public Sector Efficiency. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.
    Accepted
  3. COSTA, EDUARDO. "The Financial Sustainability of the Portuguese Health System". 209-229. Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021.
    10.1108/s0573-855520210000295017
  4. Costa, E.; Santos, R.; Barros, P.P.. "The financial sustainability of the portuguese health system". 209-229. 2021.
    10.1108/S0573-855520210000295017
  5. "The economic impact of Human Resources in health systems". In Rethinking Human Resources for health - On the edge of the Post-Modern Era. Portugal: Almedina, 2021.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Joana Pestana; João Frutuoso; Eduardo Costa; Filipa Fonseca. "Heterogeneity in physician's job preferences in a dual practice context – Evidence from a DCE". Social Science & Medicine (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116551.
    10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116551
  2. Eduardo Costa. "The economic burden experienced by carers of children who had a critical deterioration at a tertiary children’s hospital in the United Kingdom (the DETECT study): an online survey". BMC Pediatrics (2023): https://bmcpediatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12887-023-04268-8#citeas.
    https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-023-04268-8
  3. Eduardo Costa. "The Economic Sustainability of Dialysis Models: Time to Move Forward?". Portuguese Journal of Nephrology & Hypertension (2023): https://doi.org/10.32932/pjnh.2023.08.250.
    10.32932/pjnh.2023.08.250
  4. Eduardo Costa; Diogo Conceição; Francisco Von Hafe; Christopher Millett. "The First Quantification of the Carbon Footprint of the Portuguese National Health Service: A Positive but Insufficient Step Forward". Portuguese Journal of Public Health (2023): https://doi.org/10.1159/000530426.
    10.1159/000530426
  5. Eduardo Costa. "Using technology to reduce critical deterioration (the DETECT study): a cost analysis of care costs at a tertiary children's hospital in the United Kingdom". BMC Health Services Research (2023): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-023-09739-3#citeas.
    10.1186/s12913-023-09739-3
  6. Eduardo Costa. "The unintended consequences of hospital strikes on patient outcomes evidence from multiple strikes in the Portuguese National Health Service". Health Economics (2022): https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4576.
    10.1002/hec.4576
  7. Santos, João Vasco; Gomes da Costa, Joana; Costa, Eduardo; Almeida, Sara; Cima, Joana; Pita-Barros, Pedro. "Factors associated with non-pharmaceutical interventions compliance during COVID-19 pandemic: a Portuguese cross-sectional survey". Journal of Public Health (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdac001.
    Published • 10.1093/pubmed/fdac001
  8. Eduardo Costa; Carolina Santos. "Pharmaceutical pricing dynamics in an internal reference pricing system: evidence from changing drugs’ reimbursements". The European Journal of Health Economics (2022): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-022-01440-2.
    10.1007/s10198-022-01440-2
  9. Marco Antonio Catussi Paschoalotto; Eduardo Polena Pacheco Araújo Costa; Sara Valente de Almeida; Joana Cima; Joana Gomes da Costa; João Vasco Santos; Pedro Pita Barros; Claudia Souza Passador; João Luiz Passador. "Running away from the jab: factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Brazil". Revista de Saúde Pública (2021): https://doi.org/10.11606/s1518-8787.2021055003903.
    10.11606/s1518-8787.2021055003903
  10. Almeida, S.V.D.; Costa, E.; Lopes, F.V.; Santos, J.V.; Barros, P.P.. "Concerns and adjustments: How the Portuguese population met COVID-19". PLoS ONE 15 10 October (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85092797833&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0240500
Report
  1. 2021. Challenges and opportunities of the Portuguese Health System. http://www.fondazionefarmafactoring.it/documents/1454509/1483181/Research+Paper+03.21+Challenges+and+Opportunities+of+the+Portuguese+Health+System.pdf/aa78ede7-a9f5-44a6-cc8e-55db9c7d443f.
Working paper
  1. COSTA, EDUARDO. 2021. "Modeling Health Spending Financial Sustainability". http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3886591.
    10.2139/ssrn.3886591
  2. COSTA, EDUARDO. 2020. "Pricing, Consumption and Competition in Pharmaceutical Drugs". http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3657345.
    10.2139/ssrn.3657345
  3. COSTA, EDUARDO. 2019. "License to Kill? The Impact of Hospital Strikes". http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3414532.
    10.2139/ssrn.3414532
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022 Modeling Health Spending Financial Sustainability Health Economics Study Group
(United Kingdom)
2021 License to kill? The impact of hospital strikes Health Economics Seminar at CINCH Health Economics Research Center
(Germany)
2021 License to kill? The impact of hospital strikes Seminar Series
Department of Economics at the University of Gothenburg (Sweden)
2021 License to kill? The impact of hospital strikes Seminar at ZEW Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research
ZEW Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research (Germany)
2021 Modeling Health Spending Financial Sustainability lolaHESG 2021
(Netherlands)
2021 Modeling Health Spending Financial Sustainability 14th IHEA World Congress
2021 Modeling Health Spending Financial Sustainability Portuguese Economic Journal Annual Meeting
2021 Modeling Health Spending Financial Sustainability European Health Economics Association Student-Supervisor Conference
2021 Modeling Health Spending Financial Sustainability 17 National Conference on Health Economics
(Portugal)
2021 Health Economics: an investment in the population National Conference of Pharmaceutical Students CNEF
2021 Economic Evaluation of Carboximaltose National Conference of Hospital Pharmacists APFH
2020 Innovation and Health Systems Sustainability Colóquios do Garcia D'Orta
2020 Health inequalities and the value of life I Congresso de Gestão em Enfermagem
2020 Modeling Health Spending Sustainability APES Digital Health Economics Workshop
(Portugal)
2020 License to kill? The impact of hospital strikes European Health Economics Association digital seminar series
2020 License to kill? The impact of hospital strikes Public Health Research Center Seminar
Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública
2020 The value of nursing on the Portuguese Health System 2nd Meeting Ordem dos Enfermeiros
2019 License to kill? The impact of hospital strikes Harvard Health Care Policy & Health Economics Seminar
(United States)
2019 License to kill? The impact of hospital strikes Portuguese Economic Journal Annual Meeting
(Puerto Rico)
2019 License to kill? The impact of hospital strikes European Health Economics Association Student-Supervisor Conference
(Puerto Rico)
2019 License to kill? The impact of hospital strikes 16 National Conference on Health Economics
(Portugal)
2019 Nursing in the Health System Jornadas da Enfermagem de Setúbal
(Portugal)
2019 The sustainability of the Portuguese NHS Congresso Nacional de Estudantes de Medicina
(Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2021 - Current Chair of the organizing committee for the 17th Portuguese National Conference on Health Economics (2021/10)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
 Associação Portuguesa de Economia da Saúde, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2020 - Current Coordinator of the Human Resources commission at the Health Parliament Portugal
Other
 Health Parliament Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2022/03/16 Health expenditure and health outcomes: The importance of discussing associations
(Thesis) Arguer
 Patrícia Lopes (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2021 - 2023 Associação Portuguesa de Economia da Saúde Vice-presidente
2019 - 2021 Associação Portuguesa de Economia da Saúde Member of the board

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2022 - Current Member of the Scientific committee of the EuHEA Conference 2022 in Oslo, Norway
Member
2019 - 2021 Member of the Consultative Scientific Council for the Budget Watch Project, promoted by the Institute of Public Policy, ISEG and Deloitte, to assess the Portuguese State Budget. Media coverage in Expresso, Observador, Dinheiro Vivo
Member

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2017/09/01 - 2022/08/31 Global Economics I Bachelor in Economics (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2022/06/01 - 2022/08/04 Health Policy & Efficiency Analysis Nova Medical School Executive Education (Pós-Graduação) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal
2022/04/03 - 2022/04/03 Pharmacoeconomics and market access (Outros)
2021/09/01 - 2022/02/28 Development Economics Master in Economics (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2021/03/01 - 2021/08/31 Macroeconomic Theory Master in Economics (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2021/03/01 - 2021/08/31 Empirical Macroeconomics Master in Economics (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2021/03/05 - 2021/03/05 Health Systems Sustainability Executive Education - Health Management (Pós-Graduação) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2020/10/01 - 2020/10/07 The European Pharmaceutical Market Executive education (Pós-Graduação) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2019/10/01 - 2019/10/07 Health Economics for nurses (Pós-Graduação) Centro Hospitalar de Setubal EPE, Portugal
2019/10/01 - 2019/10/07 Health Systems Financing Administração Hospitalar (Especialização pós-licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2018/09/01 - 2019/02/28 Seminar on Current Economic and Financial Issues Master in Economics (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2014/09/01 - 2015/02/28 Calculus I Bachelor in Economics (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2022/02/17 Opinion article about Financing Health Spending Growth Nova SBE Role to Play
2022/02/07 Analysis on the number of citizens without family GP in primary care Público
2022/02/05 Opinion article about exclusivity contracts for NHS doctors - with Pedro Pita Barros, Sara Machado and André Peralta Santos Expresso
2022/01/21 Opinion article about the Health sector in Portugal, in the context of national elections APES
2021/11/11 No Shows in Doctor Appointments Portal Netfarma
2021/01 Opinion article about International trade Disruption during Covid-19 NJC Newsletter
2021 "On the Job Market" article at APES APES
2021 Opinion provided for Expresso on the challenges faced by Health Professionals (Health Parliament) Expresso
2021 Opinion provided for Exame magazine on the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic Exame
2021 Opinion article about the social inequalities and COVID-19 APES
2020 Media Coverage on my Job Market Paper: License to kill? The impact of hospital strikes Diário de Notícias, Observador, Sapo Online, S+, Notícias de Coimbra, PortalEnf
2020 Opinion article about the COVID-19 pandemic and survey results APES
2020 Weekly results from the COVID-19 survey on population concerns and perceptions. Coverage during 11 weeks. Visão
2020 Opinion article about The Portuguese State Budget for Health in 2020 Portal Netfarma
2019/08/25 Analysis about Regional asymmetries and distance to emmergency rooms Público

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2022/02/02 - Current Edição da Tarde 17h SIC Notícias Additional COVID-19 expenditure from Public Private Partnerships in the Healthcare sector
2021/11/22 - Current 90 segundos de ciência Health Spending Sustainability
Distinctions

Award

2021 Teaching Excellence Award
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2021 Best Paper Presentation Award
17 Portuguese National Conference of Health Economics, Portugal
2019 Teaching Excellence Award
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2019 Best PhD Student Award
Fundação Amélia de Mello, Portugal
2018 Teaching Excellence Award
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2015 Teaching Excellence Award
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal