Table 1 Typology of Primary Care Health Centres in Portugal
UCSP | USF-A | USF-B | |
|---|---|---|---|
Legislation | Decree-Law n.º 28/2008 | Decree-Law n.º 73/2017 | Decree-Law n.º 73/2017 |
Team constitution | Does not apply | Doctors, nurses and administrative staff | Doctors, nurses and administrative staff |
Recruitment | Public tender | Spontaneous and voluntary | Spontaneous and voluntary |
Standard Evaluation | Does not apply | Minimal Requirements (DiOr) | Strict Requirements (DiOr) |
Team size | Does not apply | Adjusted to assistance coverage | Adjusted to assistance coverage |
Team cooperation | Does not apply | Yes | Yes |
Technical Autonomy | No | Yes | Yes |
Organizational autonomy | No | Yes | Yes |
Payment | Monthly Salary | Monthly Salary | Pay for Performance over monthly salary |
Funding | Public | Public | Public |
Patients per doctor (2019) | 1487 ± 413 | 1655 ± 166 | 1795 ± 116 |