title: [Health system in the Health Region of Lisbon and Tagus Valley: beyond health centers and hospitals].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This article describes the economic health complex in the Health Region of Lisbon and the Tagus River.
  
  
  METHODS
  Databases for 2007, for enterprises, establishments and human resources, were made available by the Office of Strategy and Planning of the Ministry of Employment and Social Solidarity for the Health Region of Lisbon and the Tagus River. Also for the Health Region of Lisbon and the Tagus River, public sector hospital and health centre data was made available by the National, Statistics Office. The data were analyzed, with georeferentiation when relevant.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results allow a first glimpse of the economic health complex of the largest health region of Portugal. This economic complex includes 7180 enterprises and 8504 establishments with a staff establishment of 127 430.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There are four large areas of health related economic activities: healthcare provision (mostly in the public sector), social support, commercialization of medicines and health products and other activities. The three last categories are mostly in the private sector.
authors.affiliation: Unidade de Saúde Pública Internacional, Centro de Malária e Doenças Tropicais e Centro Colaborador da Organização Mundial de Saúde para Políticas e Planeamento da Força de Trabalho, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Paulo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ferrinho
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sousa
authors.forename: António
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tavares
authors.forename: Paulo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nogueira
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Portugal
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006268:Health Facilities; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D011174:Portugal; D017150:Public Sector; D012040:Regional Health Planning