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Older Europeans' experience of unmet health care during the COVID-19 pandemic (first wave) by Tavares, Aida Isabel

“…During the COVID-19 pandemic the utilization of health services has changed. People were living in a very different social, economic and epidemiological…”
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Treatable mortality and health care related factors across European countries by Tavares, Aida Isabel

“…Despite the improvements in European health systems, a large number of premature deaths are attributable to treatable mortality. Men make up the majority of…”
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Factors Contributing to Self-Medication and Consumption of Non-Prescribed Drugs in Portugal by Tavares, Aida Isabel, Ferreira, Pedro Lopes, Cavadas, Veronica

“…Objectives: This work sets out to find the relationship between taking non-prescribed drugs and predisposing, enabling and need factors. Specifically, our main…”
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Self-medication model and evidence from Portugal by Isabel Tavares, Aida

“…Purpose – The self-medication (SM) practice has been increasing in Europe, due to either an information policy for medicinal products or to highly educated…”
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EU health systems classification: a new proposal from EURO-HEALTHY by Ferreira, Pedro Lopes, Tavares, Aida Isabel, Quintal, Carlota, Santana, Paula

“…In accordance the WHO framework of health system functions and by using the indicators collected within the EURO-HEALTHY project, this work aims to contribute…”
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Consumption of Non-Prescribed Drugs in Portugal During the Pandemic in 2021 by Tavares, Aida Isabel, Ferreira, Pedro Lopes, Raposo, Vitor, Quintal, Carlota

“…Portugal liberalised the over-the-counter drugs market in 2005 and provides universal healthcare coverage in a mainly Beveridge-type health system. However,…”
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As causas sócio-culturais e político-económicas da corrupção: uma análise para vários países by Tavares, Aida

“…As causas sócio-culturais e político-económicas da corrupção: uma análise para vários países…”
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COVID-19, Policies, Socio-Economic and Health Effects in Southern European Countries by Tavares, Aida Isabel, Ferreira, Pedro Lopes

“…This essay aims to make a brief comparative analysis of the Southern European countries of Spain, Greece, Italy and Portugal with regard to the socio-economic…”
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Substitutes or complements? Diagnosis and treatment with non-conventional and conventional medicine by Tavares, Aida Isabel

“…Portugal has a strong tradition of conventional western healthcare. So it provides a natural case study for the relationship between Complementary/Alternative…”
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Leisure time activities of children: Inequalities, determinants, and inter-relations by Rodrigues, Daniela, Tavares, Aida Isabel, Machado-Rodrigues, Aristides M, Gama, Augusta, Nogueira, Helena, Silva, Maria-Raquel G, Padez, Cristina

“…More studies should adopt a combined approach to modifiable lifestyle behaviors because of their potential synergistic effects on health. This study aims to…”
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Self-assessed health among older people in Europe and internet use by Tavares, Aida Isabel

“…About ten years ago, an age-related digital divide was identified, where ‘the elderly’ denoted a group of people at risk of losing the benefits of a digital…”
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Health and life satisfaction factors of Portuguese older adults by Tavares, Aida Isabel

“…•Good self-assessed health fosters life satisfaction.•There is a general trend for life satisfaction to decrease as people age, but after controlling for…”
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The Challenge of Complementary and Alternative Medicine After Austerity: A Response to Recent Commentaries by Tavares, Aida Isabel

“…Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is frequently used in Portugal and it contributes to the improvement of people's health. CAM and Western Medicine…”
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Mapping of the determinants of satisfaction with life of portuguese seniors: proposal for preventive intervention at an organizational level by Pinto, Ana, Tavares, Aida Isabel, Carvalho, Carla, Santos Costa, Paulo, Parreira, Pedro

“…This study focuses on the impact of demographic, socioeconomic, geographic and health determinants on Portuguese seniors’ life satisfaction. The aim of this…”
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eHealth, ICT and its relationship with self-reported health outcomes in the EU countries by Tavares, Aida Isabel

“…•EU countries are grouped according to their performance on ICT and ehealth development.•In general, no relation exists between self-reported health and ICT…”
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Life expectancy at 65, associated factors for women and men in Europe by Tavares, Aida Isabel

“…In Europe, the epidemiological transition has already taken place, while the demographic transition continues. Life expectancy at 65 is expanding for both…”
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Voluntary private health insurance demand by Portuguese seniors before the COVID‐19 pandemic by Tavares, Aida Isabel

“…Aims The Portuguese health system is mainly described as a National Health Service (NHS), but it also has some Bismarckian features. On top of these two layers…”
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Life expectancy at 65, associated factors for women and men in Europe by Tavares, Aida Isabel

“…In Europe, the epidemiological transition has already taken place, while the demographic transition continues. Life expectancy at 65 is expanding for both…”
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Voluntary private health insurance demand determinants and risk preferences: Evidence from SHARE by Tavares, Aida Isabel

“…Summary The demand for voluntary private health insurance (VPHI) in universal coverage health systems in Europe raises some questions. The aim of this paper is…”
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Self-assessed health among older people in Europe and internet use by Isabel Tavares, Aida

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