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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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Trends in incidence and characteristics of hospitalized CAPs in Portugal, 2010-2019

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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

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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

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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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Funders: Administração Regional de Saúde do Alentejo IP

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