Health Economics & Management Knowledge Center

New knowledge for the benefit of society

Nova SBE Health Economics & Management Knowledge Center is Nova SBE’s research unit and knowledge center for Health Economics, Health Management, Health Policy, and Public Health. We produce research to create and share rigorous knowledge, empowering well-informed and well-reasoned decisions in health issues, for society’s benefit.

Whats's happening

News

Presentation event: Public Health ImpACT
News | 28 February 2025 Presentation event: Public Health ImpACT

Summary of the event by Professor Pedro Pita Barros.

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News

PAPER | Low-cost and scalable machine learning model for identifying children and adolescents with poor oral health using survey data: An empirical study in Portugal
News | 13 February 2025 PAPER | Low-cost and scalable machine learning model for identifying children and adolescents with poor oral health using survey data: An empirical study in Portugal

Our NHEM members Eduardo Costa and Pedro Pita Barros have collaborated on an innovative paper that develops a machine-learning model to identify children and adolescents with poor oral health using...

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PAPER | Trajectories of Disability and Long-Term Care Utilization After Acute Health Events
News | 04 February 2025 PAPER | Trajectories of Disability and Long-Term Care Utilization After Acute Health Events

Our talented Alumni students and Nova SBE Health Economics & Management Knowledge Center members, Judite Gonçalves and Luís Filipe, along with their co-author Courtney Van Houtven, explore the...

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Events

Health Data Workshop
19 Mar '25
Seminars | Wednesday Health Data Workshop

On March 19th, from 2:00 PM, join the Health Data Workshop, organized by the Portuguese Association of Health Economics, Public Health Impact KC (National School of Public Health, Nova University...

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Events

NOVA SBE HEALTH ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT SEMINAR SERIES - FEBRUARY 2025
06 Feb '25
Seminars | Thursday NOVA SBE HEALTH ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT SEMINAR SERIES - FEBRUARY 2025

Flexible Work and the Four-Day Week

In this month’s edition of the NOVA SBE HEALTH ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT SEMINAR SERIES, Rita Fontinha, Associate Professor of Strategic Human Resource...

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Events

Launch Event for the Reports “Access to Healthcare 2023” and “Aging Report”
22 Jan '25
Events | Wednesday Launch Event for the Reports “Access to Healthcare 2023” and “Aging Report”

Launch Event for the Reports “Access to Healthcare 2023” and “Aging Report”

The BPI | Fundação “la Caixa” Chair in Health Economics, as part of the Initiative...

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Why join us at NHEM?

PhDs
10+
PhDs
Researchers
40+
Researchers
Publications in the past year
50+
Publications in the past year
Presentations in conferences in the past year
80+
Presentations in conferences in the past year

 

  • We are the Portuguese correspondent of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
  • The Nova SBE Health Economics & Management Knowledge Center works as an advisor for major players of the healthcare industry
  • Our Knowledge Center is supported by allowances sponsored by public and private organizations from all over the world
Who benefits from our research?
Scientific insights for multiple stakeholders

Who benefits from our research?

International organizations, European and national government agencies, local governments, hospitals, the pharmaceutical industry, associations of doctors, associations of nurses, associations of pharmacists, individual doctors, individual nurses, the specialized press, and the population in general.

Creating and sharing knowledge with the world
Our research

Creating and sharing knowledge with the world

We've been busy. Take a closer look at our broad and extensive publications: articles and books, working papers, theses, dissertations, and other publications.

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Who is behind our Knowledge Center
People

Who is behind our Knowledge Center

The right team makes all the difference. We have highly qualified and enthusiastic people working at the Nova SBE Health Economics & Management Knowledge Center.

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