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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 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
2024/02/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Instituto Superior Técnico Centro de Estudos de Gestão, Portugal
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
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 - 2024/08/31 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2023 - 2023 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management, 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

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/09 - Current Consultor da Ministra da Saúde para Assuntos Económico-Financeiros Governo da República Portuguesa Ministério da Saúde, Portugal
2023 - Current Membro da Comissão Nacional para os Centros de Referência SNS Administração Central do Sistema de Saúde IP, Portugal
2022 - Current Perito da Comissão de Avaliação de Tecnologias de Saúde Infarmed Autoridade Nacional do Medicamento e Produtos de Saúde IP, 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
2017 - 2017 Senior Business Analyst A T Kearney Inc, United States
2016 - 2017 Business Analyst A T Kearney Inc, United States
2014 - 2014 Summer Business Analyst A T Kearney Inc, United States
2013 - 2013 Summer SAP Consulting Intern Novabase SGPS SA, 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
2023/03/01 - 2024 Azores Health System Overcost
NHEM
Post-doc
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
Concluded
2023 - 2024 Madeira Health System Overcost
NHEM
Post-doc
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
Concluded
2022 - 2023 Intergenerational justice in health
ISEG - IPP
Researcher
Concluded
2022 - 2023 BPI La Caixa Chair in Health Economics
NHEM
Post-doc
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
Concluded
2019/01/01 - 2022/01/31 Economic Evaluation of Carboximaltose
ENSP
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
Concluded
2022 - 2022 Protection gaps in the Health Sector and Social Security
2022
Researcher
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
Concluded
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
2023 - 2023 Enhancing Cooperation & Quality of Public Administration: Support for Strengthening Health Cost Accounting in Portugal
NHEM
Post-doc
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
Submitted
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. Susana Lavado; Andrej M Kielbassa; Eduardo Costa; Niclas F. Sturm; Johannes S. Tafferner; Octávio Rodrigues; Pedro Pita Barros; Leid Zejnilovic. "Low-cost and scalable machine learning model for identifying children and adolescents with poor oral health using survey data: An empirical study in Portugal". PLOS ONE (2025): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0312075.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0312075
  2. Marco Paschoalotto; Joana Cima; Eduardo Costa; Sara Valente de Almeida; Joana Gomes da Costa; João Vasco Santos; Claudia Souza Passador; João Luiz Passador; Pedro Pita Barros. "Politics and confidence toward the COVID-19 vaccination: A Brazilian cross-sectional study". Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2024.2318139.
    10.1080/21645515.2024.2318139
  3. Aida Isabel Tavares; Eduardo Costa; Paula Albuquerque. "Housing cost overburden and population health: cross-country evidence from Europe before the pandemic". International Review of Applied Economics (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02692171.2024.2439361.
    10.1080/02692171.2024.2439361
  4. Eduardo Costa; Joana Pestana; Pedro Pita Barros. "Primary health care coverage in Portugal: the promise of a general practitioner for all". Human Resources for Health (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12960-024-00936-7.
    10.1186/s12960-024-00936-7
  5. Manuel Ferreira-Magalhães; Teresa Bandeira; Eduardo Costa; Paula Guerra; Hugo Lopes; Maria Rosário Martins; Ricardo Mexia; et al. "Strategies to Reduce the Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in Children in Portugal: Results from the Focus Group RSV Think Tank". Acta Médica Portuguesa (2024): https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.20620.
    10.20344/amp.20620
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. Marco Paschoalotto; Eduardo Polena Pacheco Araújo Costa; Sara Valente de Almeida; Joana Cima; Joana Gomes da Costa; João Vasco Santos; Claudia Souza Passador; João Luiz Passador; Pedro Pita Barros. "Perceptions of institutional performance and compliance to non-pharmaceutical interventions: How performance perceptions and policy compliance affect public health in a decentralized health system". PLOS ONE (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285289.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0285289
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. Luís Filipe; Sara Valente de Almeida; Eduardo Costa; Joana Gomes da Costa; Francisca Vargas Lopes; João Vasco Santos. "Trade-offs during the COVID-19 pandemic: A discrete choice experiment about policy preferences in Portugal". PLOS ONE (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278526.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0278526
  13. Joana Lucas; Eduardo Costa; Ana Subtil; Rita Sequeira; Adalberto Campos Fernandes; António Robalo Nunes; Paulo Sousa. "Clinical, economical and safety impact of ferric carboxymaltose use in Patient Blood Management programme in Portuguese National Health Service hospitals". Scientific Reports (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21929-3.
    10.1038/s41598-022-21929-3
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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. COSTA, EDUARDO. 2024. Sustentabilidade Financeira da ADSE. https://www.planapp.gov.pt/sustentabilidade-financeira-adse/.
  2. COSTA, EDUARDO. Corresponding author: COSTA, EDUARDO. 2024. The Portuguese NHS Emergency Plan. https://www.ipp-jcs.org/2024/10/10/policy-brief-16-plano-de-emergencia-para-a-saude/.
  3. COSTA, EDUARDO. 2023. Análises do setor da saúde 02: Apoio às medidas do governo no contexto do COVID-19. https://www.novasbe.unl.pt/en/about-us/projects-for-a-better-future/social-equity-initiative/health-economics.
  4. COSTA, EDUARDO. Corresponding author: COSTA, EDUARDO. 2023. Análises do setor da Saúde 03: Cuidados centrados no cidadão: tratamento com dignidade, compaixão e respeito. https://www.novasbe.unl.pt/en/about-us/projects-for-a-better-future/social-equity-initiative/health-economics.
  5. COSTA, EDUARDO. Corresponding author: COSTA, EDUARDO. 2023. Relatório Recursos Humanos em Saúde. https://www.novasbe.unl.pt/en/about-us/projects-for-a-better-future/social-equity-initiative/health-economics.
  6. COSTA, EDUARDO. 2023. Relatório Acesso a Cuidados de Saúde 2022. https://www.novasbe.unl.pt/en/about-us/projects-for-a-better-future/social-equity-initiative/health-economics.
  7. COSTA, EDUARDO. Corresponding author: COSTA, EDUARDO. 2023. Análises do setor da Saúde 04: A utilização de Contact Tracing Apps durante a pandemia. https://www.novasbe.unl.pt/en/about-us/projects-for-a-better-future/social-equity-initiative/health-economics.
  8. COSTA, EDUARDO. 2023. Observatório da Despesa em Saúde 03: Despesas diretas das famílias no sistema de saúde português. https://www.novasbe.unl.pt/en/about-us/projects-for-a-better-future/social-equity-initiative/health-economics.
  9. COSTA, EDUARDO. Corresponding author: COSTA, EDUARDO. 2023. Observatório da Despesa em Saúde 04: Despesas de saúde em farmácias comunitárias. https://www.novasbe.unl.pt/en/about-us/projects-for-a-better-future/social-equity-initiative/health-economics.
  10. COSTA, EDUARDO. Corresponding author: COSTA, EDUARDO. 2023. Análises do setor da Saúde 05: Acesso a cuidados de saúde - a medição de necessidades não satisfeitas. https://www.novasbe.unl.pt/en/about-us/projects-for-a-better-future/social-equity-initiative/health-economics.
  11. COSTA, EDUARDO. Corresponding author: COSTA, EDUARDO. 2022. Análises do setor da saúde 01: COVID-19 e a confiança na informação dos governos. https://www.novasbe.unl.pt/en/about-us/projects-for-a-better-future/social-equity-initiative/health-economics.
  12. COSTA, EDUARDO. Corresponding author: COSTA, EDUARDO. 2022. Observatório da Despesa em Saúde 01: Orçamento do Estado para Saúde 2023. Observat´orio da Despesa em Sa´ude 01: Or¸camento do Estado para Sa´ude 2023.
  13. COSTA, EDUARDO. Corresponding author: COSTA, EDUARDO. 2022. Observatório da Despesa em Saúde 02: Seguros de saúde privados no sistema de saúde português: mitos e factos. https://www.novasbe.unl.pt/en/about-us/projects-for-a-better-future/social-equity-initiative/health-economics.
  14. COSTA, EDUARDO. 2022. Protection gaps na economia portuguesa.
  15. 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. Luís Filipe; Valente de Almeida, Sara; COSTA, EDUARDO; Santos, João Vasco; Joana Gomes da Costa. 2022. "Opening to deaths: A discrete choice experiment about Covid-19’s policy preferences in Portugal".
  2. COSTA, EDUARDO. 2021. "Modeling Health Spending Financial Sustainability". http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3886591.
    10.2139/ssrn.3886591
  3. COSTA, EDUARDO. 2020. "Pricing, Consumption and Competition in Pharmaceutical Drugs". http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3657345.
    10.2139/ssrn.3657345
  4. 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)
2024 The sustainability of dialysis financing models Expresso ANADIAL Conference
(Portugal)
2024 The implementation of PBM in NHS hospitals Sessão Clínica SESARAM
(Portugal)
2024 The economic impact of PBM programs Congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Anestesiologia
(Portugal)
2024 The value of nursing in health systems - International Nurses Day Ordem dos Enfermeiros Madeira - Dia Internacional do Enfermeiro
(Portugal)
2024 Beyond Branded vs Generic: exploring the role of pharmacies on out-of-pocket payments in generic drug markets Seminar at CEGIST
(Portugal)
2024 The implementation of PBM in NHS hospitals: the perspective of a health economist Sessão Clínica Coimbra Local Health Unit
(Portugal)
2024 Health Technology Assessment in Portugal Innovation Talks
(Portugal)
2024 The impact of physicians and nurses retirement on hospital activity and patient outcomes: evidence from the Portuguese NHS European Health Economics Association Conference
(Austria)
2024 Beyond Branded vs Generic: exploring the role of pharmacies on out-of-pocket payments in generic drug markets 17 Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Economic Journal
(Portugal)
2024 Beyond Branded vs Generic: exploring the role of pharmacies on out-of-pocket payments in generic drug markets 10 APES Workshop of Health Economics & Policy
(Portugal)
2024 A perspective on the Portuguese Health System Forum de Economia - Banco de Portugal
(Portugal)
2024 The economic impact of Patient Blood Management Programs - the case of Portugal Encontro InCor de Lideranças PBM Brasil
(Portugal)
2024 Health Economics in Emergency Departments Congresso Nacional de Urgência
2024 The value of nursing interventions in health systems Nursing Conference - 5º Meeting dos Enfermeiros da SRSUl
(Portugal)
2024 Internal Reference Pricing and the role of pharmacies on out-of-pocket payments National Association of Pharmacies Research Centre - CEFAR Evidence Talks
(Portugal)
2024 The challenges of the Portuguese NHS and the State Budget for 2025 APORMED General Assembly
(Portugal)
2024 Access to innovation and sustainability challenges APFH Conference - Hospital Pharmacists National Conference
(Portugal)
2023 Heterogeneity in physician's job preferences in a dual practice context – Evidence from a DCE Comprehensive Health Research Center & APES Workshop
(Portugal)
2023 The impact of physicians and nurses’ retirement on hospital activity and patient outcomes 18 National Conference on Health Economics
(Portugal)
2023 Economic sustainability of dialysis care models XXIII Simpósio de Atualização em Nefrologia
(Portugal)
2023 Protection Gap in the Portuguese Health and Social Security Systems ASF Workshop - Insurance Regulator
(Portugal)
2023 Reprocessing of implantable medical devices: an economic perspective Lisbon Academy of Sciences - Academia das Ciências de Lisboa
(Portugal)
2023 The role of nursing in health systems: an economic approach Nursing Conference - Congresso Insular de Enfermagem 2023
(Portugal)
2023 Financial Sustainability of Therapeutic Innovation Conference on "Ethics, Law and Public Health in the context of infectious diseases"
2023 The value of nursing interventions in health systems Nursing Conference - 4º Meeting dos Enfermeiros da SRSUl
(Portugal)
2023 Health Economics and Longevity 43 Portuguese Congress on Geriatrics
(Portugal)
2023 The sustainability of dialysis financing models Encontro Renal - National Congress of Nephrology
(Portugal)
2023 The challenges of the Portuguese NHS Ophthalmology Conference - XXXII Reunião de Oftalmologia do CHULC
(Portugal)
2023 The role of Health Insurance in Portugal Portuguese Insurance Regulator Annual Conference - ASF
(Portugal)
2023 The challenges of the Portuguese NHS APORMED General Assembly
(Portugal)
2023 Conference on the Prevention of RSV at the Portuguese Parliament Conference on the Prevention of RSV at the Portuguese Parliament (Lisbon, Portugal)
(Portugal)
2023 Value-based contracts for nursing care Nursing Conference - Jornadas de Enfermagem HDES
(Portugal)
2022 Modeling Health Spending Financial Sustainability Health Economics Study Group
(United Kingdom)
2022 Modeling Health Spending Financial Sustainability European Health Economics Association Conference
(Oslo, Norway)
2022 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 APES 9th Health Economics and Policy Workshop
(Nazaré, Portugal)
2022 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 DETECT Study Dissemination Day
(Liverpool, 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)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2025/02 - Current Access to Prescription Drugs for Vulnerable Populations: A Comparative Study of European Policies
Supervisor of Ema Martins
 Mestrado em Engenharia Biomédica (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2025/02 - Current Incentives and competitive dynamics under a reference pricing system for prescribed drugs
Co-supervisor of Maria Carolina Coelho Tavares Vairinhos
 Mestrado em Engenharia e Gestão Industrial (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2025/02 - Current Improving patient experience in Primary Care: a customer service optimization approach in a primary care health center in Portugal
Co-supervisor of Inês Ricarte
 Mestrado Bolonha em Engenharia e Gestão da Inovação e Empreendedorismo (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2025/02 - Current Demand management challenges in Emergency Departments: the case of the Portuguese National Health Service
Supervisor of Rita Alexandre Guerra Tomé
 Mestrado Bolonha em Engenharia e Gestão da Inovação e Empreendedorismo (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2025/02 - Current Energy Inflation and Health Expenditure in the EU: Are Rising Energy Prices Crowding Out Healthcare?
Co-supervisor of Leonor Pinheiro
 Mestrado em Engenharia e Gestão Industrial (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2025/02 - Current PIC1 - Análise ao modelo de financiamento dos hospitais portugueses
Supervisor of Liliana Marques da Silva
 Licenciatura em Engenharia Física Tecnológica (Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024/04 - Current [MD Specialty Project] “Choque financeiro e depressão nas pessoas com 50 ou mais anos de idade: uma análise longitudinal em países Europeus”, Estágio de Investigação Epidemiológica em Saúde Pública
Co-supervisor of Fábio Simões
 Estágio de Investigação Epidemiológica em Saúde Pública (Specialization course)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2024/01 - Current Desigualdades no acesso a cuidados de saúde: o caso da lista de espera para cirurgia no SNS
Supervisor of Pedro Pragosa
 Mestrado em Economia e Políticas Públicas (Master)
ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Portugal
2024/01 - Current Mapeamento das Sin Taxes na América Latina: uma análise comparativa
Supervisor of Carolyne Gandra
 Mestrado em Economia e Políticas Públicas (Master)
ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Portugal
2024/01 - Current Evacuação de doentes de Cabo Verde para Portugal: estudo de caso
Supervisor of Jéssica Sanches
 Mestrado em Economia e Políticas Públicas (Master)
ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Portugal
2023 - Current Relating Health Expenditures and Health Outcomes: a cross country analysis
Co-supervisor of Patrícia Lopes
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2024/11/01 - 2025/02/17 PIC2 - Access to Prescription Drugs for Vulnerable Populations: A Comparative Study of European Policies
Supervisor of Ema Martins
 Mestrado em Engenharia Biomédica (Other)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024/01 - 2025/01/06 Impacto dos Recursos Humanos nos Hospitais Portuguese: uma análise de eficiência
Supervisor of Inês Silva Ribeiro
 Mestrado em Economia e Políticas Públicas (Master)
ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Portugal
2023/01 - 2023/07/06 The Portuguese executive board of the NHS - challenges and strategies for improving governance in the Portuguese health system
Supervisor of Mariana Nunes
 Master in International Management (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2023/01 - 2023/06/02 Vertical Integration in the Health Care System: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis of the Local Health Unit (ULS) in the Portuguese NHS
Supervisor of Axel Barroca
 Master in Economics (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022 - Current Member of the scientific committee for the 9th Workshop on Health Economics and Policy - Portugal (2022)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
2022 - Current Member of the scientific committee for the European Health Economics Association Conference - Norway (2022)
Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
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
2019 - Current Member of the organizing committee for the 16th Portuguese National Conference on Health Economics (2019)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/09/25 - Current Round table at APIFARMA Conference (Lisbon, Portugal): "Financing models for pharmaceutical drugs in the NHS"
Conference
 APIFARMA Conference
2024/02 - Current Round table at DECO Proteste Conference (Carcavelos, Portugal): "Pharmaceutical pricing and out-of-pocket payments"
Conference
 DECO Proteste Conference
2024 - Current Round table at APEO Congress on Midwives on the economic impact of expanded nursing roles
Conference
 Congresso APEO
2022 - Current Round table on the economic impacts of RSV organized by Expresso
Conference
 RSV Expresso
2024 - 2024 The relation of the Public and Private sector in healthcare - round table discussion
Conference
 Economia Viva 2024
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2023 - 2023 Conference on Health Economics and Management from the School of Medicine - round table discussion
Conference
 Conference on Health Economics and Management
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2020 - 2021 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
2024 Regional differences in the Access to Hospital care in Portugal
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Eduardo de Brito Castela (Master)
ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Portugal
2023/10/17 Essays on Health Economics
(Thesis) Arguer
 Iryna Sabat (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2023/10/03 An Evaluation of the Environmental and Socio-Economic Effects of the Common Agriculture Policy - Do measures under Priority IV significantly impact soil erosion?
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Jana Setzer (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2023/10/03 An Evaluation of the Environmental and Socio-Economic Effects of the Common Agriculture Policy - Do measures under Priority VI significantly impact microenterprises from the non-agricultural sector?
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Margarida Nunes (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2023/10/03 An Evaluation of the Environmental and Socio-Economic Effects of the Common Agriculture Policy - Do measures under Priority IV significantly impact Territorial Quality of Life index?
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Marla Scorrano (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2023/10/03 An Evaluation of the Environmental and Socio-Economic Effects of the Common Agriculture Policy - Does CAP significantly affect accommodations offered via collaborative platforms?
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Zelmira Kulova (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2022/11/25 Catastrophic health expenditures in four European countries in 2015: incidence, determinants and assets perspective
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Beatriz Mesquita Coelho (Master)
ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Portugal
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
2023/04/01 - Current Associação Portuguesa de Economia da Saúde Presidente da Direção
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
2023 - Current Member, National Commission for the Reference Centers NHS
Member
 Administração Central do Sistema de Saúde IP, Portugal
2022 - Current Member of the Scientific committee of the EuHEA Conference 2022 in Oslo, Norway
Member
2022 - Current Expert, National Health Technology Assessment Commission (CATS - Infarmed)
Advisor / Consultant
 Infarmed Autoridade Nacional do Medicamento e Produtos de Saúde IP, Portugal
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

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2024 - Current “Patient Journey for Cardio-Renal Metabolic disease”. Consulting project for Boehringer Ingelheim Portugal, through IST – CEGIST (2024 -)
2024 - 2024 “Patient Blood Management in the Portuguese NHS”. Consulting project for CSL Vifor, through IST – CEGIST
2023 - 2024 “Dialysis bundled price in Portugal”, consulting project funded by ANADIAL.
2023 - 2023 ”The Financial Sustainability of the Portuguese Health System - ADSE”, study requested by PlanAPP (Ministério da Presidência). Responsible for providing Health Economics expert analysis and support to the local project team on a particular sector of the Portuguese health system.
2023 - 2023 “Payment Models for Renal Care Provision”, study requested by NOVA Center for Global Health Lab at Nova Information Management School. Responsible for providing Health Economics expert analysis and support to the local project team. Project funded by a pharmaceutical firm.
2022 - 2022 “Value Based Renal Care provision”, consulting project developed for a global leading kidney care provider to provide Health Economics’ insights through the production of a toolkit report.
2019 - 2022 Consultant to the Nova School of Business and Economics Dean
2019 - 2022 “Budget Watch OE project”, member of the Consultative Scientific Council for the Institute of Public Policy. Responsible for assessing the Portuguese State Budget for the Health Sector through the production of an annual report and answering a survey.
2021 - 2021 “Challenges and opportunities of the Portuguese Health System”, consulting project developed for Farmafactoring Foundation (Italy) to assess the Portuguese Health System through the production of a report.
2019 - 2019 “Forecast for the Portuguese Pharmaceutical Market”, consulting project developed to hmR - a market research firm. Responsible for developing a forecast tool and creating a dashboard to project pharmaceutical market growth.
2016 - 2016 “Portuguese exports to the USA”, project manager of a consulting team for FLAD. Responsible for developing contents for a book on the challenges faced by exporting firms. Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/02/01 - Current Methods of Economic Analysis (Doutoramento) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024 - Current Introdução à Economia (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2022 - Current Health Systems Formação de Executivos Associação Portuguesa de Estudantes de Farmácia, Portugal
2025 - 2025 Financing of Health Expenditures (Pós-Graduação) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2024 - 2025 Health Systems and Health Policies (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024 - 2025 Industrial Organization (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2017/09/01 - 2024/08/31 Global Economics I Bachelor in Economics (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2024 - 2024 Economics (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2024 - 2024 Financing of Health Expenditures Curso Avançado de Direito da Saúde (Pós-Graduação) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Jurídico Políticas, Portugal
2024 - 2024 The Portuguese NHS - financing and current challenges (Pós-Graduação) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2024 - 2024 Health Economics and Policy (Pós-Graduação) ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Portugal
2024 - 2024 The future of health: a perspective on the portuguese health system (Pós-Graduação) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2023 - 2024 Engineering economics (Mestrado) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023 - 2023 Health Economics (Mestrado) ISEG Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Portugal
2023 - 2023 Financing Health Care (Pós-Graduação) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Portugal
2023 - 2023 The Portuguese Health System (Pós-Graduação) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2023 - 2023 Challenges for the Pharmaceutical Industry (Pós-Graduação) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2023 - 2023 The future of health: a perspective on the portuguese health system (Pós-Graduação) 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
2022 - 2022 Health Policy & Efficiency Analysis (Pós-Graduação) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, 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

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2024 - Current Member of the Advisory Board for the Health Insurance Observatory from ASF
Member
 Autoridade de Supervisão de Seguros e Fundos de Pensões, Portugal
2024 - Current Member of the "Comissão de Honra" of the "Prémio Boas Práticas em Saúde"
Member
2024/10 - 2025/10 Member of the Jury of the 2024 Edition of the Pedro Pita Barros Award promoted by the Portuguese Association for Health Economics
President
 Associação Portuguesa de Economia da Saúde, Portugal
2024 - 2024 Member of the Jury of the 2024 SPN ANADIAL Award on Chronic Kidney Disease
Evaluator

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2024/10/31 Analysis at Observardor on prevention strategies for cardiovascular diseases (october 31st) Observador
2024/07/08 Analysis at Público (printed edition, july 8th) on private health insurance and out-of-pocket expenditures Público
2024/06/20 Coverage at Health News on my participation of “Innovation Talks” from Plataforma Saúde em Diálogo Health News
2024/05/13 Analysis at Público (printed edition, may 13th) on the impact of No Shows in NHS hospital appointments Público
2024/04/25 Analysis at Jornal de Notícias (printed edition, april 25th) on the evolution of the health sector 50 years after democracy in Portugal Jornal de Notícias
2024/03/18 Opinion article at Saúde Online on the sustainability of dialysis financing models Saúde Online
2024/02/22 Analysis at Expresso (printed edition, february 22) on dual practice in the portuguese NHS Expresso
2024/02/21 Coverage at Expresso on the conference about the Portuguese Bundled Price for Dialysis Expresso
2024/02/15 Coverage at Expresso on our paper on Physician's job preferences Expresso
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
2025/02/12 - Current "Fact Check" program Current health topics
2024/12/22 - Current Edição da Noite The waiting times at NHS Emergency Departments
2024/10/23 - Current "Fact Check" program Drugs market access and reimbursement
2024/07/12 - Current News 18/20 Population ageing and health expenditures
2024/07/12 - Current "Checkup" program Current health policy topics
2024/07/10 - Current Interview at NOW with Rui Rio and Pedro Escada Challenges faced by the NHS
2024/07/08 - Current Telejornal (National News) Private health insurance and out-of-pocket expenditures
2024/04/24 - Current Noticiário Nacional 11h The recent crisis in the NHS Executive Board
2024/03/07 - Current Edição das 8h The sustainability of dialysis financing models
2024/02/11 - Current "Checkup" program Current health policy topics
2023/12/24 - Current Noticiário Nacional 11h Analysis at Antena 1 on the evolution of financial arrears in the Portuguese NHS
2023/12/22 - Current Antena Aberta The number of hospital beds and the budget for the Health Sector in 2023
2023/12/04 - Current Jornal das 10h and Jornal da Noite The waiting times at NHS Emergency Departments
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

2022 Nova SBE Role to Play Award for the PhD Thesis category for the year of 2021
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
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

Other distinction

2023 Concurso Estímulo Emprego Científico (CEEC)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2017 Ph.D. 4-year Scholarship
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal