Executive summary

This report reviews the quality of health care in Portugal. It begins by providing an overview of policies and practices aimed at supporting quality of care in Portugal (Chapter 1). The report then focuses on three areas that are of particular importance for Portugal’s health system at present: the organisation of primary care (Chapter 2), hospital care (Chapter 3), and optimising quality and efficiency across the system as a whole (Chapter 4). In examining these areas, this report assesses the quality of care currently provided, seeks to highlight good practice, and provides a series of targeted assessments and recommendations for further improvements to quality of care.