Pedro Lopes Ferreira
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    Oliveira I, Delgado B, Mota C, Gomes I, Ferreira P
  
  
    Healthcare (Basel)
    . 2025 Feb;
          13(4).
    
    PMID: 39997252
  
  
          The common heart failure (HF) symptoms-dyspnea, fatigue, and edema-often prompt emergency visits. Dyspnea notably affects activities of daily living (ADLs), making its assessment crucial for evaluating therapeutic success. This study...
      
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    Tecirli G, Cakmak Barsbay M, Sheaf G, Oner N, Ganho-Avila A, Palau-Costafreda R, et al.
  
  
    Health Policy
    . 2025 Feb;
          154:105264.
    
    PMID: 39985857
  
  
          This scoping review provides a broad overview of the existing literature on economic evaluations of preventive, screening, and treatment programmes for peripartum depression (PPD). PPD is one of the leading...
      
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    da Luz Mendonca M, de Fatima Carvalho Alves M, Soares J, Santos S, Silva M, Lopes E, et al.
  
  
    BMC Health Serv Res
    . 2025 Feb;
          25(1):228.
    
    PMID: 39934758
  
  
          Background: The evaluation of health services and care is an important tool to define health policies. This study aimed at assessing user satisfaction with healthcare services, provided by public and...
      
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    Oliveira I, Gomes I, Ferreira P
  
  
    Pulmonology
    . 2025 Jan;
          31(1):2411812.
    
    PMID: 39883503
  
  
          No abstract available.
      
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    Oliveira I, Couto G, Santos R, Campolargo A, Lima C, Ferreira P
  
  
    Port J Public Health
    . 2024 Oct;
          39(3):145-162.
    
    PMID: 39469309
  
  
          Dysphagia is frequent after stroke, and it increases the risk of respiratory infection, dehydration and malnutrition, resulting in worse outcomes. Different clinical guidelines present recommendations for the assessment and management...
      
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    Machado S, Cruz A, Ferreira P, Morais C, Pimenta R
  
  
    Front Public Health
    . 2024 Mar;
          12:1263472.
    
    PMID: 38481843
  
  
          Introduction: While biosimilar medicines can contribute to the sustainability of healthcare systems, their utilization rate varies across European countries. This study aims to identify and systematize policy measures and instruments...
      
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    Salha L, de Menezes J, Dias D, Brasil V, Ferreira P, de Santana Filho J, et al.
  
  
    Health Qual Life Outcomes
    . 2023 Aug;
          21(1):87.
    
    PMID: 37568236
  
  
          Background: In Brazil, cancer patients and caregivers of cancer patients seek judicial intervention for free access to medications from the public health system. Indeed, the COVID-19 pandemic potentially affected the...
      
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    Tavares A, Ferreira P, Raposo V, Quintal C
  
  
    Int J Public Health
    . 2023 Aug;
          68:1606021.
    
    PMID: 37546350
  
  
           Portugal liberalised the over-the-counter drugs market in 2005 and provides universal healthcare coverage in a mainly Beveridge-type health system. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced healthcare to change how services...
      
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    Estrela M, Semedo G, Roque F, Ferreira P, Herdeiro M
  
  
    Int J Med Inform
    . 2023 Jun;
          177:105124.
    
    PMID: 37329766
  
  
          Introduction: Differences in digital health literacy levels are associated with a lack of access to digital tools, usage patterns, and the ability to effectively use digital technologies. Although some studies...
      
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    Daniel F, Espirito-Santo H, Lemos L, Guadalupe S, Barroso I, Gomes da Silva A, et al.
  
  
    Heliyon
    . 2023 May;
          9(5):e15948.
    
    PMID: 37215896
  
  
          Loneliness is a prevalent set of negative feelings associated with unsatisfactory and reduced social interactions, inadequate social support, poor satisfaction with life and health, negative emotions, and economic burden. Thus,...