Scientific Research Policy for Health in Portugal: II - Facts and Suggestions

• Autor(a) principal: Guerreiro, Cátia Sá
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Hartz, Zulmira, Sambo, Luís, Conceição, Cláudia, Dussault, Gilles, Russo, Giuliano, Viveiros, Miguel, Silveira, Henrique, Pita Barros, Pedro, Ferrinho, Paulo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/8012
• topic: Biomedical Research; Health Services Research; National Health Programs; Portugal; Public Health; Investigação Biomédica; Investigação para a Saúde; Investigação sobre Serviços de Saúde; Portugal; Programas Nacionais de Saúde; Saúde Pública

After more than 40 years of democracy and 30 years of European integration, Portugal has bridged the research gap it had previously. However, when compared to global and European research policies, Portugal still has a long way go regarding investment in research and development. Health Research in Portugal has been managed by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia and the National Health Institute Doctor Ricardo Jorge, and it has not been a political priority, emphasized by the absence of a national scientific research plan for health, resulting in a weak coordination of actors in the field. The strategic guidelines of the 2004 - 2010 National Health Plan are what comes closest to a health research policy, but these were not implemented by the institutions responsible for scientific research for the health sector. Trusting that adopting a strategy of incentives to stimulate health research is an added-value for the Portuguese health system, the authors present five strategic proposals for research in health in Portugal.