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Lack of knowledge on where people die and potential to do better
Silvia Lopes; Elizabeth Namukwaya; Barbara Gomes, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2025-224358 . 10.1136/jech-2025-224358 . Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
Sex differences in health-related quality of life among individuals at high risk of dementia
Ana Sofia Oliveira; Sílvia Lopes; Lara Noronha Ferreira; Vítor Tedim Cruz; Ana Rute Costa, European Geriatric Medicine. 2169 - 2180. 6. 16. 2025. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/6fc4c2ce-f45f-4ebc-b9c8-8ae0ae81a819 . 10.1007/s41999-025-01278-w . European Geriatric Medicine
Impact of a sustainability intervention on the carbon footprint and processing expenses of endoscopic waste.
Marta Dias Blanco; Sílvia Lopes; Susana Martins; João A. Cunha Neves, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gie.2025.10.044 . 10.1016/j.gie.2025.10.044 . Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Risk of stroke or myocardial infarction hospitalisation following hospitalisation for community-acquired pneumonia in Portugal: a self-controlled case series study
Joana Carneiro; Andreia Leite; Maria Lahuerta; Julie Catusse; Mohammad Ali; Rita Teixeira; Silvia Lopes, BMJ Open. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-101068 . 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-101068 . BMJ Open
Aggressiveness of Care at the End of Life of Children Dying with Cancer in Public Hospitals—A Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study
Cardoso, Ana Lúcia; Del Nero, Luis Guilherme; Martins-Branco, Diogo; Lacerda, Ana; Gomes, Barbara; Lopes, Sílvia, Journal of Palliative Medicine. 317 - 325. 3. 28. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2024.0179 . 10.1089/jpm.2024.0179 . Journal of Palliative Medicine
Dying in the emergency department cannot be ignored
Barbara Gomes; Beatriz Sanguedo; Sílvia Lopes, Annals of emergency medicine. 447 - 448. 4. 86. 2025. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/9576d6c9-09ca-43fd-8f95-c0070f70459d . 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2025.04.037 . Annals of emergency medicine
Characteristics and incidence trends of adults hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia in Portugal, pre-pandemic
Joana Carneiro; Rita Teixeira; Andreia Leite; Maria Lahuerta; Julie Catusse; Mohammad Ali; Sílvia Lopes, PLoS ONE. 5. 20. 2025. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/f613db0b-9f9d-4c77-bf81-f70c8741b024 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0322623 . PLoS ONE
Patient and Family Preferences About Place of End-of-Life Care and Death: An Umbrella Review
Pinto, Sara; Lopes, Sílvia; de Sousa, Andrea Bruno; Delalibera, Mayra; Gomes, Barbara, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.01.014 . 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.01.014 . Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Direct costs of heart failure in the Autonomous Region of Madeira
Luís Ramos dos Santos; Ana Patricia Marques; Sílvia Lopes, Medicina Interna . 172 - 80. 4. 31. 2024. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/80f295ec-2dc6-45d6-b925-388e776280c5 . Medicina Interna
EOLinPLACE
Elizabeth Namukwaya; Andrea Bruno de Sousa; Sílvia Lopes; Dorothea Petra Touwen; Jenny Theodora van der Steen; Emmanuelle Bélanger; Joanna Brooks; et al, Palliative Care and Social Practice. 18. 2024. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/81af9c3f-2e9a-4b97-9d23-f220b4f6af85 . 10.1177/26323524231222498 . Palliative Care and Social Practice
The rise of home death in the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based study of death certificate data for adults from 32 countries, 2012–2021
Lopes, Sílvia; Bruno de Sousa, Andrea; Delalibera, Mayra; Namukwaya, Elizabeth; Cohen, Joachim; Gomes, Barbara, eClinicalMedicine. 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102399 . 10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102399 . eClinicalMedicine
Severity of illness and risk of mortality from all patient refined-diagnosis related groups
João Vasco Santos; João Viana; Carla Pinto; Júlio Souza; Fernando Lopes; Alberto Freitas; Sílvia Lopes, International Journal of Health Planning and Management. 1860 - 1867. 6. 39. 2024. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/d082222d-defd-48e3-b797-400962478413 . 10.1002/hpm.3848 . International Journal of Health Planning and Management
Preferences about place of end-of-life care and death of patients with life-threatening illnesses and their families: a protocol for an umbrella review
Sara Pinto; Silvia Lopes; Andrea Bruno de Sousa; Barbara Gomes, BMJ Open. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066374 . 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066374 . BMJ Open
Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the frequency of emergency department visits in Portugal: An interrupted time series analysis until July 2021
Lopes, Sílvia; Soares, Patrícia; Santos Sousa, Joana; Rocha, João Victor; Boto, Paulo; Santana, Rui, Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open. 1. 4. 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12864 . 10.1002/emp2.12864 . Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open
The Pandemic-Related Factors Associated with Emergency Department Visits in Portugal throughout Two Years of the Pandemic: A Retrospective Population-Based Study
Kinaan, Walaa; Soares, Patrícia; Rocha, João Victor; Boto, Paulo; Santana, Rui; Lopes, Sílvia, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2. 20. 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021207 . 10.3390/ijerph20021207 . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
All Patient Refined-Diagnosis Related Groups’ (APR-DRGs) Severity of Illness and Risk of Mortality as predictors of in-hospital mortality
Santos, João Vasco; Viana, João; Pinto, Carla; Souza, Júlio; Lopes, Fernando; Freitas, Alberto; Lopes, Sílvia, Journal of Medical Systems. 6. 46. 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10916-022-01805-3 . 10.1007/s10916-022-01805-3 . Journal of Medical Systems
Frequency and patient attributes associated with emergency department visits after discharge: Retrospective cohort study
Rita Salgado; Jingjing Qian; Bruno Moita; Sílvia Lopes, PLOS ONE. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275215 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0275215 . PLOS ONE
Association between perception of COVID-19 risk, confidence in health services and avoidance of emergency department visits: results from a community-based survey in Portugal
Sílvia Lopes; Patrícia Soares; Ana Gama; Ana Rita Pedro; Marta Moniz; Pedro Laires; Ana Rita Goes; Carla Nunes; Sónia Dias, BMJ Open. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058600 . 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058600 . BMJ Open
Patients’ Perspectives on Determinants Avoidable Hospitalizations: Development and Validation of a Questionnaire
Sarmento, João; Siopa, Margarida; Feteira-Santos, Rodrigo; Lopes, Sílvia; Dias, Sónia; Guerreiro, António Sousa; Panarra, António; et al, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 5. 19. 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19053138 . 10.3390/ijerph19053138 . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Vasco Reis
Sílvia Lopes, Gestão Hospitalar. 37 - 37. 24. 2021. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/6e8825cd-87a8-447c-a25a-a1d35a525f78 . Gestão Hospitalar
Emergency department and hospital utilisation and expenditures in the last year of life: retrospective chronic diseases cohort study
Ana Antunes; Barbara Gomes; Luís Campos; Miguel Coelho; Sílvia Lopes; Antunes, Ana; Gomes, Barbara; et al, BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. bmjspcare - 2021. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2021-003103 . 10.1136/bmjspcare-2021-003103 . BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
Inpatient Hospitalizations during the First Wave of COVID-19 in Portugal
João Rocha; Patrícia Soares; Catarina Filipe; Sílvia Lopes; Mário Teixeira; Inês Fonseca; Joana Sousa; et al, Portuguese Journal of Public Health. 11 - 17. Suppl. 1. 38. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1159/000514163 . 10.1159/000514163 . Portuguese Journal of Public Health
Differences in Clinical Characteristics and Utilization of Emergency Department by High-Frequency Users
Afonso, Sandra; Lopes, Sílvia, The Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2020.03.012 . 10.1016/j.jemermed.2020.03.012 . The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Hospitalizations at the End of Life Among Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Lung Cancer Patients: A Nationwide Study
Costa, Ana Rute; Lunet, Nuno; Martins-Branco, Diogo; Gomes, Barbara; Lopes, Sílvia, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.11.015 . 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.11.015 . Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Factors associated with the aggressiveness of care at the end of life for patients with cancer dying in hospital: a nationwide retrospective cohort study in mainland Portugal
Diogo Martins-Branco; Silvia Lopes; Rita Canario; Joao Freire; Madalena Feio; Jose Ferraz-Goncalves; Gabriela Sousa; et al, ESMO Open. e000953 - e000953. 6. 5. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1136/esmoopen-2020-000953 . 10.1136/esmoopen-2020-000953 . ESMO Open
The Demand for Hospital Emergency Services: Trends during the First Month of COVID-19 Response
Santana, Rui; Sousa, Joana Santos; Soares, Patrícia; Lopes, Sílvia; Boto, Paulo; Rocha, João Victor, Portuguese Journal of Public Health. 1 - 7. 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000507764 . 10.1159/000507764 . Portuguese Journal of Public Health
Local Health Units in Portugal: The Influence of Chronic Conditions on Inpatient Readmissions
Brito Fernandes, Óscar; Lopes, Sílvia; Marques, Ana Patrícia; Moita, Bruno; Sarmento, João; Santana, Rui, Portuguese Journal of Public Health. 1 - 9. 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000506015 . 10.1159/000506015 . Portuguese Journal of Public Health
Hotelaria e avaliação do desempenho hospitalar
Sílvia Lopes; Teresa Magalhaes, Revista Hotelaria & Saúde. 46-- - 46--. 16. 2019. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/bcf56bd7-d48f-4f44-83c6-7254f984238f . Revista Hotelaria & Saúde
WCOD
Rui Santana; Sílvia Lopes, Gestão Hospitalar. 54 - 55. 16. 2019. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/63d1578a-4085-4e48-a73f-7718ceb7a166 . Gestão Hospitalar
Distribuição temporal das readmissões dos doentes com insuficiência cardíaca e fatores associados
Paula Cunha; Sílvia Lopes, Gestão Hospitalar. 38 - 41. 16. 2019. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/a25e3fc7-4a48-47a3-91ca-2f9521e812b9 . Gestão Hospitalar
Modelos de gestão e tipos de cultura organizacional
David Mateus; Sílvia Lopes; Rui Santana, Gestão Hospitalar. 10 - 15. 16. 2019. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/21564fb7-a62a-4752-b5a4-c87fbfed5dee . Gestão Hospitalar
Utilização do Internamento Hospitalar em Portugal Continental por Crianças com Doenças Crónicas Complexas (2011 – 2015)
Lacerda, Ana Forjaz; Oliveira, Graça; Cancelinha, Cândida; Lopes, Silvia, Acta Médica Portuguesa. 7-8. 32. 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.20344/amp.10437 . 10.20344/amp.10437 . Acta Médica Portuguesa
Perfil Epidemiológico dos Isolamentos dos Microrganismos ‘Problema’
Acta Médica Portuguesa. 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.20344/amp.10838 . 10.20344/amp.10838 . Acta Médica Portuguesa
Utilização do internamento hospitalar em Portugal continental por crianças com doenças crónicas complexas (2011 – 2015)
Ana Forjaz Lacerda; Graça Oliveira; Cândida Cancelinha; Sílvia Lopes, Acta Médica Portuguesa. 488 - 498. 7-8. 32. 2019. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/dd73b879-0558-4066-9e23-14c3f0b1637d . Acta Médica Portuguesa
Higher age, female gender, osteoarthritis and blood transfusion protect against periprosthetic joint infection in total hip or knee arthroplasties: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Resende, Vera Alice Correia; Neto, Artur Costa; Nunes, Carla; Andrade, Renato; Espregueira-Mendes, João; Lopes, Sílvia, Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy. 8 - 43. 1. 29. 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00167-018-5231-9 . 10.1007/s00167-018-5231-9 . Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
Reinternamento materno após parto
M Papança; Sílvia Lopes, Gestão Hospitalar. 52 - 57. 14. 2018. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/eb5b51b1-46a0-4706-b0a9-a2fd6840c784 . Gestão Hospitalar
ENSP-NOVA no 27th EAHM Congress
Rui Santana; Sílvia Lopes, Gestão Hospitalar. 50 - 51. out-dez. 15. 2018. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/1831f8f9-a420-4d5e-9ac0-2de8823af273 . Gestão Hospitalar
Prémio Coriolano Ferreira
Rui Santana; Sílvia Lopes, Gestão Hospitalar. 56 - 57. jan-mar. 12. 2018. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/32afae15-ff84-4983-9ed3-bb2205df43b0 . Gestão Hospitalar
Necessidades dos utilizadores muito frequentes de um serviço de urgência
Sandra Catarina Cardoso Afonso; Sílvia Lopes, Gestão Hospitalar. 44 - 48. out-dez. 15. 2018. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/7b098492-2955-433a-84a1-c640f7118c76 . Gestão Hospitalar
The internationalization process of ENSP-NOVA
Rui Santana; Sílvia Lopes, Gestão Hospitalar. 46 - 47. 14. 2018. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/bc2371d3-7138-4220-ac15-08bfe212ad90 . Gestão Hospitalar
Risk factors for hospital death in conditions needing palliative care: Nationwide population-based death certificate study.
Gomes B; Pinheiro MJ; Lopes S; de Brito M; Sarmento VP; Lopes Ferreira P; Barros H, Palliative medicine. 2017. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29235927 . 10.1177/0269216317743961 . Palliative medicine
A Influência das Características dos Prestadores e dos Utentes no Consumo de Recursos em Unidades de Cuidados Continuados
Santana, Rui; Marques, Ana Patrícia; Lopes, Sílvia; Boto, Paulo; Telles, José Luis; Félix, Sónia; Mestre, Ricardo; Matos, Rosa; Moita, Bruno, Portuguese Journal of Public Health. 114 - 125. 2. 35. 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000479756 . 10.1159/000479756 . Portuguese Journal of Public Health
50 anos da Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública
Rui Santana; Sílvia Lopes, Gestão Hospitalar. 50 - 51. julho-sete. 10. 2017. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/3a9c33c9-576b-40a7-b225-43ae5f7f82af . Gestão Hospitalar
De volta a Rennes… com os olhos no futuro
Rui Santana; Sílvia Lopes, Gestão Hospitalar. 58 - 59. out-dez. 11. 2017. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/0bf94816-7f09-46c7-9a13-9aefa7805748 . Gestão Hospitalar
Can Vertical Integration Reduce Hospital Readmissions? A Difference-in-Differences Approach
Lopes, S.; Fernandes, Ó.B.; Marques, A.P.; Moita, B.; Sarmento, J.; Santana, R., Medical Care. 506 - 513. 5. 55. 2017. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85017444136&partnerID=MN8TOARS . 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000704 . Medical Care
Codificação clínica e gestão hospitalar
Rui Santana; Sílvia Lopes, Gestão Hospitalar. 56 - 57. 1. 2016. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/e864519c-3b97-432e-aa13-81a2835301ec . Gestão Hospitalar
The Predictive Factors on Extended Hospital Length of Stay in Patients with AMI: Laboratory and Administrative Data
Magalhães, Teresa; Lopes, Sílvia; Gomes, João; Seixo, Filipe, Journal of Medical Systems. 1. 40. 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10916-015-0363-7 . 10.1007/s10916-015-0363-7 . Journal of Medical Systems
Causas prioritárias de internamentos evitáveis em Portugal
Rui Santana; Sílvia Lopes, Gestão Hospitalar. 44 - 46. 4. 2015. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/c2aace5f-531f-4ded-a36e-ad6ca0d74f66 . Gestão Hospitalar
Evidence based management e a gestão hospitalar
Rui Santana; Sílvia Lopes, Gestão Hospitalar. 34 - 36. 3. 2015. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/0f2a7955-28ec-41b8-b7dc-ef08e649f166 . Gestão Hospitalar
A formação e a prática de Administração Hospitalar
Rui Santana; Sílvia Lopes, Gestão Hospitalar. 38 - 39. 1. 2014. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/0c5c37f9-00c8-49dc-bbf7-66f63c8728fc . Gestão Hospitalar
A integração vertical de cuidados de saúde
Rui Santana; Sílvia Lopes, Gestão Hospitalar. 50 - 51. 2. 2014. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/da9af5bb-6825-418d-a89b-96322ccf7b88 . Gestão Hospitalar
The funding system and incentives in Portuguese hospitals
BMC Health Services Research. 2010. http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1472-6963-10-S2-A19.pdf . doi:10.1186/1472-6963-10-S2-A19 . BMC Health Services Research
Diagnosis Related Groups e Disease Staging
Carlos Costa; Sílvia Lopes; Rui Santana, Revista Portuguesa de Saúde Pública. 7 - 28. 7. Tem{\'a. 2008. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/6811660c-bc29-4548-885d-34e13e84c2d6 . Revista Portuguesa de Saúde Pública
A importância do apuramento de custos por doente
Carlos Costa; Rui Santana; Sílvia Lopes; N Barriga, Revista Portuguesa de Saúde Pública. 131 - 146. 7. Tem{\'a. 2008. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/11939f5f-a72f-4dde-b840-a21a3ff15901 . Revista Portuguesa de Saúde Pública
Variação na mortalidade e na demora média do internamento por dia de admissão e de alta
Sílvia Lopes; Carlos Costa; Paulo Boto, Revista Portuguesa de Saúde Pública. 117 - 129. 7. Tem{\'a. 2008. https://novaresearch.unl.pt/en/publications/637fe155-0205-4488-a13b-7c8f6cce8a26 . Revista Portuguesa de Saúde Pública
Acreditação, benchmarking e mortalidade
Boto, Paulo; Costa, Carlos; Lopes, Sílvia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/95001 .
Diagnosis Related Groups e Disease Staging : importância para a administração hospitalar
Costa, Carlos; Lopes, Sílvia; Santana, Rui, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/19697 .
A importância do apuramento de custos por doente : metodologias de estimação aplicadas ao internamento hospitalar português
Costa, Carlos; Santana, Rui; Lopes, Sílvia; Barriga, Nuno, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/19706 .
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2023
Trends in incidence and characteristics of hospitalized CAPs in Portugal, 2010-2019
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Principal investigator
2023
Trends in incidence and characteristics of hospitalized CAPs in Portugal, 2010-2019
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Principal investigator
2022/01/01 - 2026/12/31
EOLinPLACE - Choice of where we die: a classification reform to discern diversity in individual end of life pathways
Grant agreement ID: 948609
Researcher
Funders: European Research Council
2020/07/01 - 2020/09/01
Hospital production and financing in the post-pandemic period
RESEARCH 4 COVID-19 Nº 136
Researcher
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública
Funders: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2019 - 2019
Análise custo-benefício da construção do Novo Hospital Central do Alentejo
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Principal investigator
Funders: Administração Regional de Saúde do Alentejo IP
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