Today we announce Open Doors, Strained Health Systems: Lessons from International Experiences, a volume born from rigorous collaborative work by Master’s students at Nova School of Business and Economics.
In the face of growing challenges in emergency healthcare, this book explores how different countries are addressing overcrowded emergency rooms, fragmented access, and systemic inefficiencies.
From Brazil to the systems of the Netherlands and France, this collection brings together student-led research grounded in real-world policy, data, and international comparisons.
Each chapter looks into a specific country's emergency department issues, identifying critical bottlenecks and analysing solutions implemented in different health systems.
The project was developed within the Economics of Health and Health Care course (2025) at Nova SBE and edited by Pedro Pita Barros and A. Melissa Ferreira.
Pedro Pita Barros (PhD in Economics) is the BPI | Fundación “la Caixa” Professor of Health Economics at Nova School of Business and Economics, a partnership between Fundación “la Caixa”, Banco BPI, and Nova School of Business and Economics.
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*No funding was received for the preparation or publication of this volume. The analyses and conclusions in each chapter reflect the independent work of the contributing authors.