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PAPER | Is the NHS ready for a four day week? - <p>This article examines whether a four day working week could be a viable and cost-effective response to the NHS&rsquo;s persistent workforce challenges, including staff shortages, high turnover,...</p>
December 2025 | Access to Health Care 2025 - <p>This report, based on a representative sample of residents aged 15 or older in mainland Portugal, analyzes the evolution of access to healthcare in the country between 2013 and 2025.</p>
In Honour and in Memory of Alberto Holly - <p><em>A leading figure in Econometrics and Health Economics </em></p>
December 2025 | Self-medication in Portugal: Practices, Determinants, and Behavioral Profiles - <p>The report &ldquo;Self-medication in Portugal: Practices, Determinants, and Behavioral Profiles&rdquo; analyzes how residents in Portugal manage episodes of illness in their daily lives through...</p>
WORKING PAPER | Pricing Mechanisms for Multi-Indication Drugs - <p>Multi-indication drugs &ndash; the same drug used across different diseases, lines of therapy or treatment phases &ndash; create major challenges for pricing, access and incentives for...</p>
PAPER | Mapping Methodologies for Economic Evaluation of Digital Health Technologies: A Scoping Review. - <p>A new scoping review has just been published in <em>Value in Health</em>:<br /> <strong>&ldquo;Mapping Methodologies for Economic Evaluation of Digital Health Technologies: A Scoping Review.&rdquo;</strong></p>
Book Release | Open Doors, Strained Health Systems: Lessons from International Experiences - <p>This book is the product of collaborative work by Master&#39;s students at Nova School of Business and Economics. Each chapter looks into a specific country&#39;s emergency department issues,...</p>
10 | October 2025 | State Budget for Health: Ambition or Fiction? - <p>This policy brief examines the 2026 State Budget projections for the health sector.</p>
PUBLICATION | Building the Artificial Intelligence Strategy for the Portuguese National Health Service: Key Considerations - <p>The implementation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare systems &mdash; and particularly within the Portuguese National Health Service (SNS) &mdash; represents both a transformative...</p>
VOICES | from "Medica Ai The Conference, Champalimaud Foundation" by Inês Lopes - <p>Inês Margarida Lopes, MSc Student and Member of the Nova SBE Health Economics &amp; Management Knowledge Center, attended <em data-end="333" data-start="305">Medica AI &ndash; The Conference</em> at the Champalimaud Foundation. In her...</p>
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News . 04 February 2026 PAPER | Is the NHS ready for a four day week?

This article examines whether a four day working week could be a viable and cost-effective response to the NHS’s persistent workforce challenges, including staff shortages, high turnover,...

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