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Alberto Freitas is an Associate Professor at the Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences (MEDCIDS) of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP). He graduated in Applied Mathematics - Computer Science in the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP), earned his Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering in the area of Industrial Informatics from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), and his Doctoral Degree in Business Sciences from the Faculty of Economics of the same university (FEP) with a thesis on the use of data mining techniques for the analysis of hospital inpatient databases. He is the Principal Investigator of the 2D4H research group (Secondary Data for Healthcare Research) in Thematic Line 3 (Health Data and Decision Sciences & Information Technologies) of CINTESIS research unit (cintesis.eu), Associated Laboratory RISE - Health Research Network (rise.med.up.pt). He has 201 publications in Web of Science Core Collection, (co)supervised 8 PhD thesis and 42 MSc dissertations. He participates and/or participated as Principal investigator in 10 funded projects and is researcher in 8 other projects. His major scientific & technological outputs are in the areas of health data science; digital health; health information systems; data quality; intelligent data analysis; data mining; performance and quality indicators; coding and audit; machine learning; and secondary data. He has lectured several disciplines on Biostatistics, Hospital Management, and Medical Informatics in pre and post-graduation courses. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2113-9653
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Personal identification

Full name
JOSÉ ALBERTO DA SILVA FREITAS

Citation names

  • Freitas, Alberto

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1A1D-0AD4-8697
ORCID iD
0000-0003-2113-9653

Email addresses

  • alberto@med.up.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Health Sciences
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Lobo, M.F.; Oliveira, M.; Oliveira, A.R.; Santos, J.V.; Alonso, V.; Lopes, F.; Ramalho, A.; et al. Protocol for Analysis of Root Causes of Problems Affecting the Quality of the Diagnosis Related Group-Based Hospital Data: A Rapid Review and Delphi Process. 2020.
    10.1007/978-3-030-45688-7_10
  2. Ramalho, A.; Vinci, A.; De Lima, I.B.; Castro, P.; Teixeira, J.; Gonçalves-Pinho, M.; Santos, J.V.; et al. Quality Indicators for Mental Health in Primary Care-A Comparison between Literature Review Methods. 2019.
    10.3233/SHTI190082
  3. Alonso, V.; Santos, J.V.; Pinto, M.; Ferreira, J.; Lema, I.; Lopes, F.; Freitas, A.. Problems and barriers in the transition to ICD-10-CM/PCS: A qualitative study of medical coders’ perceptions. 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-16187-3_8
  4. Vinci, A.L.T.; De Lima, I.B.; Miyoshi, N.S.B.; Ramalho, A.; Freitas, A.; Rijo, R.; Alves, D.. Using Mental Health Indicators to Improve Health Care Management: A Web-based. 2019.
    10.3233/SHTI190076
  5. Viana, J.; Santos, A.; Freitas, A.. The Importance of data quality and context information in indicator production: Proof of concept in a metropolitan paediatric emergency department. 2018.
    10.3233/978-1-61499-852-5-361
  6. Freitas, A.; Santos, J.V.; Lobo, M.; Santos, C.. Comparing comorbidity adjustment scores for predicting in-hospital mortality using administrative data. 2017.
    10.1007/978-3-319-56541-5_33
  7. Marques, B.; Sousa-Pinto, B.; Silva-Costa, T.; Lopes, F.; Freitas, A.. Detection of adverse events through hospital administrative data. 2017.
    10.1007/978-3-319-56538-5_83
  8. Freitas, A.; Lema, I.; da Costa-Pereira, A.D.. Comorbidity coding trends in hospital administrative databases. 2016.
    10.1007/978-3-319-31307-8_63
  9. Diz, J.; Marreiros, G.; Freitas, A.. Using data mining techniques to support breast cancer diagnosis. 2015.
    10.1007/978-3-319-16486-1_68
  10. Gaspar, Juliano; Lopes, Fernando; Freitas, Alberto; Rocha, A; Goncalves, R; Cota, MP; Reis, LP. Analysis of the encoding Hospital in Portugal: Profile of Episodes of Female Breast Cancer Detection of patterns, inconsistencies, errors and outliers. 2011.
  11. Freitas, A.; Costa, T.; Marques, B.; Gaspar, J.; Gomes, J.; Lopes, F.; Lema, I.. A framework for the production and analysis of hospital quality indicators. 2011.
    10.1007/978-3-642-23208-4_9
  12. Sato, Diogo; Freitas, Alberto; Rocha, A; Sexto, CF; Reis, LP; Cota, MP. Inferring quality from data diagnostics and hospital interventions. 2010.
  13. Freitas, A.; Brazdil, P.; Costa-Pereira, A.. Cost-sensitive learning in medicine. 2009.
  14. Freitas, A.; Costa-Pereira, A.; Brazdil, P.. Learning cost-sensitive decision trees to support medical diagnosis. 2009.
  15. Freitas, A.; Costa-Pereira, A.; Brazdil, P.. Cost-sensitive decision trees applied to medical data. 2007.
Book chapter
  1. A. Ramalho; J. Souza; A. Freitas. "The Use of Artificial Intelligence for Clinical Coding Automation: A Bibliometric Analysis". 274-283. Springer International Publishing, 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-53036-5_30
  2. J. Souza; I. Caballero; J. V. Santos; M. F. Lobo; A. Pinto; J. Viana; C. Saez; A. Freitas. "Measuring Variability in Acute Myocardial Infarction Coding Using a Statistical Process Control and Probabilistic Temporal Data Quality Control Approaches". 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-72651-5_19
  3. Ana Vieira; João Carneiro; Luís Conceição; Constantino Martins; Julio Souza; Alberto Freitas; Goreti Marreiros. "Defining an Architecture for a Remote Monitoring Platform to Support the Self-management of Vascular Diseases". 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-85710-3_14
  4. Diana Pimenta; Julio Souza; Ismael Caballero; Alberto Freitas. "Toward the Measure of Credibility of Hospital Administrative Datasets in the Context of DRG Classification". 289-296. Springer International Publishing, 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-29238-6_21
  5. João Viana; André Ramalho; José Valente; Alberto Freitas. "Ambient Assisted Living – A Bibliometric Analysis". 218-228. Springer International Publishing, 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-16181-1_21
  6. Julio Souza; João Vasco Santos; Fernando Lopes; João Viana; Alberto Freitas. "Miscoding Alerts Within Hospital Datasets: An Unsupervised Machine Learning Approach". 1198-1207. Springer International Publishing, 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-319-77712-2_115
  7. João Viana; Almeida Santos; Alberto Freitas. "Differences Between Urgent and Non Urgent Patients in the Paediatric Emergency Department: A 240,000 Visits’ Analysis". 150-160. Springer International Publishing, 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-319-77703-0_15
  8. Cruz-Correia, R.J.; Rodrigues, P.P.; Freitas, A.; Almeida, F.C.; Chen, R.; Costa-Pereira, A.. "Data quality and integration issues in electronic health records". 55-95. 2009.
Conference paper
  1. Duarte, L.; Lobo, M.; Viana, J.; Freitas, A.; Teodoro, A.C.. "A GIS open source application to perform the spatial distribution of prevention quality indicators (PQIs)". 2020.
  2. Alvarez-Mendoza, C.I.; Teodoro, A.; Ordonez, J.; Benitez, A.; Freitas, A.; Fonseca, J.. "Modeling the prevalence of respiratory chronic diseases risk using satellite images and environmental data". 2019.
    10.1117/12.2532508
  3. Almeida, R.; Teodoro, A.C.; Gonçalves, H.; Freitas, A.; Sá-Sousa, A.; Jácome, C.; Fonseca, J.. "Forecasting asthma hospital admissions from remotely sensed environmental data". 2017.
  4. Duarte, L.; Teodoro, A.C.M.; Freitas, A.. "GIS Open Source Application as a Support to a Hospital Morbidity Database Hospital GIS". 2017.
  5. Oliveira, M.; Teodoro, A.C.; Freitas, A.; Bernardes, J.; Gonçalves, H.. "Spatio-temporal analysis of preterm birth in Portugal and its relation with environmental variables". 2016.
    10.1117/12.2241082
  6. Carretero, A.G.; Freitas, A.; Correia, R.; Piattini, M.. "A case study on assessing the organizational maturity of data management, data quality management and data governance by means of MAMD". 2016.
  7. Esteves, C.; Rocha, N.; Catumbela, E.; Silva-Costa, T.; Bacelar-Silva, G.; Freitas, A.. "Development and implementation of an openEHR archetype for HIV/AIDS diagnosis". 2013.
  8. Rocha, N.; Esteves, C.; Catumbela, E.; Silva-Costa, T.; Freitas, A.. "Savecare - EHR HIV/AIDS system: Development of a prototype for data analisis and collection". 2013.
  9. Gaspar, J.; Lopes, F.; Freitas, A.. "Detection of inconsistencies in hospital data coding". 2012.
  10. Silva-Costa, T.; Rocha-Marques, B.; Garcia-Lema, I.; Freitas, A.. "Inconsistencies in Portuguese hospitals databases: Implications to hospital funding and production". 2012.
  11. Marques, B.; Sousa, E.; Silva-Costa, T.; Correia, R.; Freitas, A.. "Quality of data from central and departmental inpatient databases: A comparative study". 2012.
  12. Azevedo, J.; Oliveira, C.; Gaspar, J.; Freitas, A.. "Geographic information systems applied to patient distribution for family health teams in primary health care". 2012.
  13. Gaspar, J.; Rocha, N.; Freitas, A.. "Design of a prototype for performing hospital benchmarking: Production and management of hospital quality indicators". 2012.
  14. Ayres-Sampaio, D.; Teodoro, A.C.; Freitas, A.; Sillero, N.. "The use of remotely sensed environmental data in the study of asthma disease". 2012.
    10.1117/12.974539
  15. Marques, B.; Silva-Costa, T.; Freitas, A.. "Inconsistencies in hospital inpatient transfers". 2011.
  16. Gaspar, J.; Lopes, F.; Freitas, A.. "A prototype for the detection of inconsistencies in hospital databases". 2011.
  17. Gaspar, J.; Lopes, F.; Freitas, A.. "An analysis of hospital coding in Portugal: Detection of patterns, errors and outliers in female breast cancer episodes". 2011.
  18. Marques, B.; Silva-Costa, T.; Lopes, F.; Freitas, A.. "ObsCount - A new way of counting obstetric hospital episodes". 2011.
  19. Gaspar, J.; Catumbela, E.; Marques, B.; Freitas, A.. "A systematic review of outliers detection techniques in medical data: Preliminary study". 2011.
  20. Freitas, J.A.; Silva-Costa, T.; Marques, B.; Costa-Pereira, A.. "Implications of data quality problems within hospital administrative databases". 2010.
    10.1007/978-3-642-13039-7_208
  21. Silva-Costa, T.; Marques, B.; Freitas, A.. "Data quality problems in administrative inpatient databases". 2010.
  22. Sato, D.; Freitas, A.. "Understanding quality in data from hospital diagnosis and procedures: A statistical characterization". 2010.
  23. Silva-Costa, T.; Freitas, A.; Jácome, J.; Lopes, F.; Costa-Pereira, A.. "The effectiveness of a validation tool in improving the quality of hospital data,A eficácia de uma ferramenta de validação na melhoria da qualidade de dados hospitalares". 2007.
  24. Bernardes-Nunes, B.; Dias-Ferreira, P.; Cruz-Correia, R.; Freitas, J.A.; Cabral-Fonseca, T.. "Automatic information structuring of medical reports: A case study,Estruturação automática de informação de relatórios médicos: Um estudo de caso". 2006.
Journal article
  1. João Vasco Santos; Filipa Santos Martins; Fernando Lopes; Júlio Souza; Alberto Freitas. "Discharge status of the patient: evaluating hospital data quality with a focus on long-term and palliative care patient data". Health Information Management Journal (2021): https://doi.org/10.1177/18333583211054161.
    10.1177/18333583211054161
  2. Manuel Gonçalves-Pinho; Alberto Freitas; Orlando von Doellinger; João Pedro Ribeiro. "Bipolar Disorder Related Hospitalizations – a Descriptive Nationwide Study Using a Big Data Approach". Psychiatric Quarterly (2021): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-021-09951-6.
    10.1007/s11126-021-09951-6
  3. João Vasco Santos; Ricardo Novo; Júlio Souza; Fernando Lopes; Alberto Freitas. "Transition from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM/PCS in Portugal: An heterogeneous implementation with potential data implications". Health Information Management Journal (2021): https://doi.org/10.1177/18333583211027241.
    10.1177/18333583211027241
  4. Andre Ramalho; Julio Souza; Pedro Castro; Mariana Lobo; Paulo Santos; Alberto Freitas. "Portuguese Primary Healthcare and Prevention Quality Indicators for Diabetes Mellitus – A Data Envelopment Analysis". International Journal of Health Policy and Management (2021): https://doi.org/10.34172/ijhpm.2021.76.
    10.34172/ijhpm.2021.76
  5. J. Afonso Rocha; Chiara Lazzeri; José Carlos Cardoso; Alberto Freitas; Thomas G. Allison; Luís F. Azevedo. "Time-trends and predictors of interhospital transfers and 30-day rehospitalizations after acute coronary syndrome from 2000-2015". PLOS ONE (2021): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255134.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0255134
  6. Bernardo Sousa-Pinto; Jaana I Halonen; Aram Antó; Vesa Jormanainen; Wienczyslawa Czarlewski; Anna Bedbrook; Nikolaos G Papadopoulos; et al. "Prediction of Asthma Hospitalizations for the Common Cold Using Google Trends: Infodemiology Study". Journal of Medical Internet Research (2021): https://doi.org/10.2196/27044.
    10.2196/27044
  7. Hugo Teixeira; Alberto Freitas; António Sarmento; Paulo Nossa; Hernâni Gonçalves; Maria de Fátima Pina. "Spatial Patterns in Hospital-Acquired Infections in Portugal (2014–2017)". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18 9 (2021): 4703-4703. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094703.
    10.3390/ijerph18094703
  8. Lia Duarte; Ana Cláudia Teodoro; Mariana Lobo; João Viana; Vera Pinheiro; Alberto Freitas. "An Open Source GIS Application for Spatial Assessment of Health Care Quality Indicators". ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10040264.
    10.3390/ijgi10040264
  9. Diogo Abrantes; Soraia Teles; Rita Tavares de Sousa; Alberto Freitas; Pedro Vieira-Marques; Ana Ferreira. "A Multipurpose Platform for Ambient Assisted Living (ActiveAdvice): Usability Study". JMIR Aging (2021): https://doi.org/10.2196/18164.
    10.2196/18164
  10. Diogo Martinho; Alberto Freitas; Ana Sá-Sousa; Ana Vieira; Jorge Meira; Constantino Martins; Goreti Marreiros. "A Hybrid Model to Classify Patients with Chronic Obstructive Respiratory Diseases". Journal of Medical Systems 45 3 (2021): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-020-01704-5.
    10.1007/s10916-020-01704-5
  11. Bruno Filipe Coelho da Costa; André Ramalho; Manuel Gonçalves-Pinho; Alberto Freitas. "Suicide Mortality Rate as a Sustainable Development Goal (SDG): A Bibliometric Analysis". Psychiatric Quarterly (2020): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-020-09858-8.
    10.1007/s11126-020-09858-8
  12. Mariana Oliveira; André Padrão; André Ramalho; Mariana Lobo; Ana Cláudia Teodoro; Hernâni Gonçalves; Alberto Freitas. "Geospatial Analysis of Environmental Atmospheric Risk Factors in Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Systematic Review". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2020): https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228414.
    10.3390/ijerph17228414
  13. Andre Ramalho; Mariana Lobo; Lia Duarte; Julio Souza; Paulo Santos; Alberto Freitas. "Landscapes on Prevention Quality Indicators: A Spatial Analysis of Diabetes Preventable Hospitalizations in Portugal (2016–2017)". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17 22 (2020): 8387-8387. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17228387.
    10.3390/ijerph17228387
  14. Andreia Pinto; João Vasco Santos; Júlio Souza; João Viana; Cristina Costa Santos; Mariana Lobo; Alberto Freitas. "Comparison and Impact of Four Different Methodologies for Identification of Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17 21 (2020): 8121-8121. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17218121.
    10.3390/ijerph17218121
  15. Julio Souza; Diana Pimenta; Ismael Caballero; Alberto Freitas. "Measuring data credibility and medical coding: a case study using a nationwide Portuguese inpatient database". Software Quality Journal 28 3 (2020): 1043-1061. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11219-020-09504-3.
    10.1007/s11219-020-09504-3
  16. Manuel Gonçalves-Pinho; João Pedro Ribeiro; Alberto Freitas. "Schizophrenia Related Hospitalizations – a Big Data Analysis of a National Hospitalization Database". Psychiatric Quarterly (2020): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-020-09793-8.
    10.1007/s11126-020-09793-8
  17. Vera Alonso; João Vasco Santos; Marta Pinto; Joana Ferreira; Isabel Lema; Fernando Lopes; Alberto Freitas. "Problems and Barriers during the Process of Clinical Coding: a Focus Group Study of Coders’ Perceptions". Journal of Medical Systems 44 3 (2020): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-020-1532-x.
    10.1007/s10916-020-1532-x
  18. Marina Dias-Neto; Kevin Mani; Adelino Leite-Moreira; Alberto Freitas; Sérgio Sampaio. "Nationwide Analysis of Intact Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair in Portugal from 2000 to 2015". Annals of Vascular Surgery (2020): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2019.12.013.
    10.1016/j.avsg.2019.12.013
  19. Lobo, M.F.; Azzone, V.; Lopes, F.; Freitas, A.; Costa-Pereira, A.; Normand, S.-L.; Teixeira-Pinto, A.. "Understanding the large heterogeneity in hospital readmissions and mortality for acute myocardial infarction". Health Policy 124 7 (2020): 684-694. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85085756639&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.04.004
  20. Gonçalves-Pinho, M.; Mota, P.; Ribeiro, J.; Macedo, S.; Freitas, A.. "The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Psychiatric Emergency Department Visits – A Descriptive Study". Psychiatric Quarterly (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85089782076&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s11126-020-09837-z
  21. Ribeiro-Carvalho, F.; Gonçalves-Pinho, M.; Bergantim, R.; Freitas, A.; Fernandes, L.. "Trend of depression and its association with sociodemographic and clinical factors among multiple myeloma hospitalizations: A Portuguese nationwide study from 2000 to 2015". Psycho-Oncology 29 10 (2020): 1587-1594. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85089396107&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/pon.5469
  22. Dias-Neto, M.; Castro-Ferreira, R.; Mani, K.; Freitas, A.; Leite-Moreira, A.; Sampaio, S.M.. "Nationwide Analysis of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Portugal (2000–2015)". European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 60 1 (2020): 27-35. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85083289016&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ejvs.2020.02.024
  23. Santos, J.V.; Souza, J.; Valente, J.; Alonso, V.; Ramalho, A.; Viana, J.; Ricciardi, W.; Freitas, A.. "The state of health in the European Union (EU-28) in 2017: An analysis of the burden of diseases and injuries". European Journal of Public Health 30 3 (2020): 573-578. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85079712443&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/eurpub/ckz203
  24. Santos, J.V.; Lobo, M.; Neiva, R.M.; Viana, J.; Souza, J.; Dias, C.C.; Cylus, J.; Ricciardi, W.; Freitas, A.. "European Union state of health from 1990 to 2017: time trends and its enlargements’ effects". International Journal of Public Health 65 2 (2020): 175-186. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85079716223&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00038-020-01335-0
  25. Alvarez-Mendoza, C.I.; Teodoro, A.; Freitas, A.; Fonseca, J.. "Spatial estimation of chronic respiratory diseases based on machine learning procedures—an approach using remote sensing data and environmental variables in quito, Ecuador". Applied Geography 123 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85089180123&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.apgeog.2020.102273
  26. Gomes, C.; Fonseca, D.; Freitas, A.. "Seasonal variation of diabetes with hyperosmolarity hospitalizations and its characteristics in mainland Portugal". Primary Care Diabetes 14 5 (2020): 445-447. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85077720616&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.pcd.2019.12.011
  27. Gonçalves-Pinho, M.; Bragança, M.; Freitas, A.. "Psychotic disorders hospitalizations associated with cannabis abuse or dependence: A nationwide big data analysis". International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research 29 1 (2020): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85076311495&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/mpr.1813
  28. Julio Souza; João Vasco Santos; Fernando Lopes; Alberto Freitas. "Quality of coding within clinical datasets: A case-study using burn-related hospitalizations". Burns (2019): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2018.09.013.
    10.1016/j.burns.2018.09.013
  29. Ricardo Castro-Ferreira; Alberto Freitas; Sérgio M Sampaio; Paulo G Dias; Armando Mansilha; José F Teixeira; Adelino Leite-Moreira. "Early results of carotid endarterectomy versus carotid stenting: Outcomes from a Mediterranean country". Vascular 27 5 (2019): 468-474. https://doi.org/10.1177/1708538119841451.
    10.1177/1708538119841451
  30. José Fontoura-Matias; Diana Moreira-Sousa; Alberto Freitas; Inês Azevedo. "Management of bronchiolitis in Portugal, 2000-2015: Do guidelines have an impact?". Pediatric Pulmonology (2019): https://doi.org/10.1002/ppul.24486.
    10.1002/ppul.24486
  31. André Ramalho; Wisit Cheungpasitporn; Pedro Castro; Manuel Gonçalves-Pinho; Juliana Teixeira; João Vasco Santos; João Viana; et al. "Primary health care quality indicators: An umbrella review". PLOS ONE (2019): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220888.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0220888
  32. João Vasco Santos; João Viana; Andreia Oliveira; André Ramalho; Joana Sousa-Teixeira; Janine Duke; José Amarante; Alberto Freitas. "Hospitalisations with burns in children younger than five years in Portugal, 2011–2015". Burns (2019): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2019.01.003.
    10.1016/j.burns.2019.01.003
  33. Vera Alonso; João Vasco Santos; Marta Pinto; Joana Ferreira; Isabel Lema; Fernando Lopes; Alberto Freitas. "Health records as the basis of clinical coding: Is the quality adequate? A qualitative study of medical coders’ perceptions". Health Information Management Journal (2019): https://doi.org/10.1177/1833358319826351.
    10.1177/1833358319826351
  34. Mendes-da-Silva, A.; Gonçalves-Pinho, M.; Freitas, A.; Azevedo, I.. "Trends in hospitalization for acute bronchiolitis in Portugal: 2000–2015". Pulmonology 25 3 (2019): 154-161. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85050499949&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.pulmoe.2018.05.002
  35. Sá-Sousa, A.; Pereira, A.M.; Almeida, R.; Araújo, L.; Couto, M.; Jacinto, T.; Freitas, A.; Bousquet, J.; Fonseca, J.A.. "Adult Asthma Scores—Development and Validation of Multivariable Scores to Identify Asthma in Surveys". Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice 7 1 (2019): 183-190.e6. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85054184724&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jaip.2018.06.024
  36. Dias, C.C.; Santiago, M.; Correia, L.; Portela, F.; Ministro, P.; Lago, P.; Trindade, E.; Freitas, A.; Magro, F.. "Hospitalization trends of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease landscape: A nationwide overview of 16 years". Digestive and Liver Disease 51 7 (2019): 952-960. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85062094246&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.dld.2019.01.016
  37. Sá-Sousa, A.; Almeida, R.; Vicente, R.; Nascimento, N.; Martins, H.; Freitas, A.; Fonseca, J.A.. "High oral corticosteroid exposure and overuse of short-acting beta-2-agonists were associated with insufficient prescribing of controller medication: A nationwide electronic prescribing and dispensing database analysis". Clinical and Translational Allergy 9 1 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85072607141&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/s13601-019-0286-3
  38. Castro-Ferreira, R.; Lachat, M.; Schneider, P.A.; Freitas, A.; Leite-Moreira, A.; Sampaio, S.M.. "Disparities in Contemporary Treatment Rates of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Across Western Countries". European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 58 2 (2019): 200-205. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85067020416&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ejvs.2019.03.007
  39. Castro-Ferreira, R.; Barreira, R.; Mendes, P.; Couto, P.; Peixoto, F.; Aguiar, M.; Neto, M.; et al. "First Population-Based Screening of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Portugal". Annals of Vascular Surgery 59 (2019): 48-53. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85063463456&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.avsg.2018.12.091
  40. Duarte, F.F.; Santos, J.; Duarte, R.; Freitas, A.. "Burden of Tuberculosis Hospitalizations in Portugal From 2000 to 2015,Hospitalizaciones por tuberculosis en Portugal entre 2000 y 2015". Archivos de Bronconeumologia 55 2 (2019): 113-115. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85060764489&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.arbres.2018.06.019
  41. Castro-Ferreira, R.; Quelhas, M.J.; Freitas, A.; Vidoedo, J.; Silva, E.A.; Marinho, A.; Abreu, R.; et al. "Vascular training does matter in the outcomes of saphenous high ligation and stripping". Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders 7 5 (2019): 732-738. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85065026792&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jvsv.2019.01.060
  42. Souza, J.; Santos, J.V.; Canedo, V.B.; Betanzos, A.; Alves, D.; Freitas, A.. "Importance of coding co-morbidities for APR-DRG assignment: Focus on cardiovascular and respiratory diseases". Health Information Management Journal (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85065426145&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1177/1833358319840575
  43. Rocha, A.; Azevedo, L.F.; Silva Cardoso, J.C.; Allison, T.G.; Freitas, A.. "Internal deterministic record linkage using indirect identifiers for matching of same-patient hospital transfers and early readmissions after acute coronary syndrome in a nationwide hospital discharge database: A retrospective observational validation study". BMJ Open 9 12 (2019): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85077454261&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033486
  44. Galego, M.A.; Santos, J.V.; Viana, J.; Freitas, A.; Duarte, R.. "To be or not to be hospitalised with tuberculosis in Portugal". International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 23 9 (2019): 1029-1034. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85073452405&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.5588/ijtld.18.0617
  45. A.F. Duarte; B. Sousa-Pinto; A. Freitas; L. Delgado; A. Costa-Pereira; O. Correia. "Skin cancer healthcare impact: A nation-wide assessment of an administrative database". Cancer Epidemiology 56 (2018): 154-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2018.08.004.
    10.1016/j.canep.2018.08.004
  46. Oliveira, S.M.; Gonçalves-Pinho, M.; Freitas, A.; Guimarães, H.; Azevedo, I.. "Trends and costs of pertussis hospitalizations in Portugal, 2000 to 2015: from 0 to 95 years old". Infectious Diseases 50 8 (2018): 625-633. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85044968484&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/23744235.2018.1457796
  47. Bernardes, C.; Massano, J.; Freitas, A.. "Hospital admissions 2000–2014: A retrospective analysis of 288 096 events in patients with dementia". Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics 77 (2018): 150-157. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85047089342&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.archger.2018.05.006
  48. Costa-Santos, C.; Vieira-Marques, P.; Costa-Pereira, A.; Ferreira, M.A.; Freitas, A.. "Do students from public schools fare better in medical school than their colleagues from private schools? if so, what can we learn from this?". BMC Medical Education 18 1 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85044521403&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/s12909-018-1162-x
  49. Barbosa-Breda, J.; Gonçalves-Pinho, M.; Santos, J.V.; Rocha-Sousa, A.; Abegão-Pinto, L.; Stalmans, I.; Freitas, A.. "Trends in Glaucoma Surgical Procedures in Portugal: A 16-Year Nationwide Study (2000-2015)". Journal of Glaucoma 27 8 (2018): 682-686. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85049173663&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1097/IJG.0000000000001011
  50. Sousa-Pinto, B.; Araújo, L.; Freitas, A.; Correia, O.; Delgado, L.. "Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis and erythema multiforme drug-related hospitalisations in a national administrative database". Clinical and Translational Allergy 8 1 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85040987863&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/s13601-017-0188-1
  51. Cruz, A.M.; Gonçalves-Pinho, M.; Santos, J.V.; Coutinho, F.; Brandão, I.; Freitas, A.. "Eating disorders—Related hospitalizations in Portugal: A nationwide study from 2000 to 2014". International Journal of Eating Disorders (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85054100428&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/eat.22955
  52. Sousa-Pinto, B.; Marques, B.; Lopes, F.; Freitas, A.. "Frequency and Impact of Adverse Events in Inpatients: A Nationwide Analysis of Episodes between 2000 and 2015". Journal of Medical Systems 42 3 (2018): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85041010902&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10916-018-0898-5
  53. Sousa-Pinto, B.; Cardoso-Fernandes, A.; Araújo, L.; Fonseca, J.A.; Freitas, A.; Delgado, L.. "Clinical and economic burden of hospitalizations with registration of penicillin allergy". Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology 120 2 (2018): 190-194.e2. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85044007336&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.anai.2017.11.022
  54. Sousa-Pinto, B.; Araújo, L.; Freitas, A.; Delgado, L.. "Hospitalizations in Children with a Penicillin Allergy Label: An Assessment of Healthcare Impact". International Archives of Allergy and Immunology 176 3-4 (2018): 234-238. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85047385089&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1159/000488857
  55. Brandão, D.; Freitas, A.; Paúl, C.; Ribeiro, O.. "Psychiatric disorders as main discharge diagnosis by the Portuguese oldest old from 2000 to 2014: Exploring national acute inpatient admissions". International Psychogeriatrics 30 5 (2018): 685-694. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85030845749&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1017/S1041610217002034
  56. Couto, M.; Almeida, R.; Jácome, C.; Conceição, L.; Ferreira, A.; Marques, P.; Almeida, A.; et al. "FRASIS - Respiratory function monitoring in asthma using embedded smartphone sensors,FRASIS - Monitorização da função respiratória na asma utilizando os sensores integrados do smartphone". Revista Portuguesa de Imunoalergologia 26 4 (2018): 273-283. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85064509311&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  57. João Viana; João Santos; Rui Neiva; Júlio Souza; Lia Duarte; Ana Teodoro; Alberto Freitas. "Remote Sensing in Human Health: A 10-Year Bibliometric Analysis". Remote Sensing 9 12 (2017): 1225-1225. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9121225.
    10.3390/rs9121225
  58. Santos, J.V.; Souza, J.; Amarante, J.; Freitas, A.. "Burden of Burns in Brazil from 2000 to 2014: A Nationwide Hospital-Based Study". World Journal of Surgery 41 8 (2017): 2006-2012. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85016112899&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00268-017-3988-5
  59. Sousa-Pinto, B.; Freitas, A.; Araújo, L.. "Hospitalizations in children with registry of penicillin allergy,Internamentos em crianças com registo de alergia às penicilinas". Revista Portuguesa de Imunoalergologia 25 3 (2017): 165-171. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85037379118&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  60. Brandão, D.; Ribeiro, O.; Freitas, A.; Paúl, C.. "Hospital admissions by the oldest old: Past trends in one of the most ageing countries in the world". Geriatrics and Gerontology International 17 11 (2017): 2255-2265. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85014748471&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/ggi.13006
  61. Santos, J.V.; Lisboa, C.; Lanna, C.; Costa-Pereira, A.; Freitas, A.. "Hospitalisations with Hidradenitis Suppurativa: An increasing problem that deserves closer attention". Dermatology 232 5 (2017): 613-618. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84990173856&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1159/000448515
  62. Brandão, D.; Freitas, A.; Ribeiro, O.; Paúl, C.. "Pathways after inpatient admission in very advanced age: A Portuguese nationwide study". Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics 73 (2017): 89-94. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85026833581&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.archger.2017.07.020
  63. Lobo, M.F.; Azzone, V.; Resnic, F.S.; Melica, B.; Teixeira-Pinto, A.; Azevedo, L.F.; Freitas, A.; et al. "The Atlantic divide in coronary heart disease: Epidemiology and patient care in the US and Portugal,A divisão atlântica na doença coronária: epidemiologia e cuidados de saúde nos Estados Unidos e Portugal". Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia 36 9 (2017): 583-593. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85028819519&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.repc.2016.09.021
  64. Santos, J.V.; Pereira, J.; Pinto, R.; Castro, P.M.; Azevedo, E.; Freitas, A.. "Atrial Fibrillation as an Ischemic Stroke Clinical and Economic Burden Modifier: A 15-Year Nationwide Study". Value in Health 20 8 (2017): 1083-1091. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85021173805&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jval.2017.04.018
  65. Santos, J.V.; Lisboa, C.; Lanna, C.; Costa-Pereira, A.; Freitas, A.. "Is the prevalence of hidradenitis suppurativa being overestimated in Europe? Or is the disease underdiagnosed? Evidence from a nationwide study across Portuguese public hospitals". International Journal of Dermatology 56 12 (2017): 1491-1492. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85026504970&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1111/ijd.13703
  66. Lobo, M.F.; Azzone, V.; Azevedo, L.F.; Melica, B.; Freitas, A.; Bacelar-Nicolau, L.; Rocha-Gonçalves, F.N.; et al. "A comparison of in-hospital acute myocardial infarction management between Portugal and the United States: 2000-2010". International Journal for Quality in Health Care 29 5 (2017): 669-678. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85031752141&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/intqhc/mzx092
  67. Santos, J.V.; Viana, J.; Amarante, J.; Freitas, A.. "Paediatric burn unit in Portugal: Beds needed using a bed-day approach". Burns 43 2 (2017): 403-410. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84994750596&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.burns.2016.08.014
  68. Santos, J.V.; Oliveira, A.; Costa-Pereira, A.; Amarante, J.; Freitas, A.. "Corrigendum to “Burden of burns in Portugal, 2000–2013: A clinical and economic analysis of 26,447 hospitalisations” (Burns (2016) 42(4) (891–900) (S0305417916000395) (10.1016/j.burns.2016.01.017))". Burns 42 8 (2016): 1886-1886. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85005921792&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.burns.2016.09.032
  69. Gonçalves-Pinho, M.; Santos, J.V.; Costa, A.; Costa-Pereira, A.; Freitas, A.. "The impact of a liberalisation law on legally induced abortion hospitalisations". European Journal of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 203 (2016): 142-146. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84973650192&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ejogrb.2016.05.037
  70. Santos, J.V.; Oliveira, A.; Costa-Pereira, A.; Amarante, J.; Freitas, A.. "Burden of burns in Portugal, 2000-2013: A clinical and economic analysis of 26,447 hospitalisations". Burns 42 4 (2016): 891-900. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84964666675&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.burns.2016.01.017
  71. Vieira, R.; Fonseca, J.A.; Lopes, F.; Freitas, A.. "Trends in hospital admissions for obstructive lung disease from 2000 to 2010 in Portugal". Respiratory Medicine 116 (2016): 63-69. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84971280681&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.rmed.2016.05.018
  72. Catumbela, E.; Santos, C.; Freitas, A.; Costa, C.; Sarmento, A.; da Costa Pereira, A.. "HIV/AIDS indicators for clinical care quality assessment: Relevance and utility assessed by health professionals,Indicadores de qualidade para avaliar os cuidados clínicos prestados a doentes com infeção por VIH/SIDA: Relevância e utilidade avaliadas por profissionais de saúde". Acta Medica Portuguesa 29 6 (2016): 389-400. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84977558292&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.20344/amp.6360
  73. Diz, J.; Marreiros, G.; Freitas, A.. "Applying Data Mining Techniques to Improve Breast Cancer Diagnosis". Journal of Medical Systems 40 9 (2016): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84981240020&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10916-016-0561-y
  74. Sousa-Pinto, B.; Freitas, A.; Lisboa, C.. "Syphilis hospitalisations in Portugal over the last decade". European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 35 2 (2016): 169-174. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84955692916&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s10096-015-2524-5
  75. Catumbela, E.; Freitas, A.; Lopes, F.; Mendoza, M.D.C.T.; Costa, C.; Sarmento, A.; Da Costa-Pereira, A.. "HIV disease burden, cost, and length of stay in Portuguese hospitals from 2000 to 2010: A cross-sectional study". BMC Health Services Research 15 1 (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84928012541&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1186/s12913-015-0801-8
  76. Pinho, I.; Santos, J.V.; Dinis-Ribeiro, M.; Freitas, A.. "Burden of digestive diseases in Portugal: Trends in hospitalizations between 2000 and 2010". European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 27 3 (2015): 279-289. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84922327265&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1097/MEG.0000000000000266
  77. Duarte, I.; Santos, C.C.; Freitas, A.; Rego, G.; Nunes, R.. "Ethics, equity, and human dignity in access to health services: the case of cochlear implants in children and adolescents". European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology 272 4 (2015): 1011-1019. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84925236424&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00405-014-3340-8
  78. Ayres-Sampaio, D.; Teodoro, A.C.; Sillero, N.; Santos, C.; Fonseca, J.; Freitas, A.. "An investigation of the environmental determinants of asthma hospitalizations: An applied spatial approach". Applied Geography 47 (2014): 10-19. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84890275948&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.11.011
  79. Mascarenhas, T.; Mascarenhas-Saraiva, M.; Ricon-Ferraz, A.; Nogueira, P.; Lopes, F.; Freitas, A.. "Pelvic organ prolapse surgical management in Portugal and FDA safety communication have an impact on vaginal mesh". International Urogynecology Journal and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction 26 1 (2014): 113-122. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84939881177&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1007/s00192-014-2480-0
  80. Alves, D.; Freitas, A.S.; Jacinto, T.; Vaz, M.S.; Lopes, F.O.; Fonseca, J.A.. "Increasing use of non-invasive ventilation in asthma: A long-term analysis of the Portuguese national hospitalization database". Journal of Asthma 51 10 (2014): 1068-1075. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84910648160&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3109/02770903.2014.939280
  81. Santos, J.V.; Correia, C.; Cabral, F.; Bernardes, J.; Freitas, A.; Costa-Pereira, A.. "How can we achieve consensual indicators to be better accepted and more widely used?". European Journal of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 173 1 (2014): 123-124. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84893640505&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.ejogrb.2013.11.013
  82. Dias-Neto, M.; Ramos, J.F.; Dias, P.G.; Sampaio, S.; Rocha E Silva, A.; Freitas, A.; Teixeira, J.F.. "TEVAR: a strategy for the diversity of thoracic aorta disease. Series of cases and national prospect,Tevar: uma solução para a diversidade de patologias da aorta torácica: revisão institucional e panorama nacional". Revista portuguesa de cirurgia cardio-torácica e vascular : órgão oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia Cardio-Torácica e Vascular 21 1 (2014): 43-54. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84931032784&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  83. Sousa-Pinto, B.; Gomes, A.R.; Oliveira, A.; Ivo, C.; Costa, G.; Ramos, J.; Silva, J.; et al. "Hospital readmissions in Portugal over the last decade,Reinternamentos hospitalares em Portugal na última década". Acta Medica Portuguesa 26 6 (2013): 711-720. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84891504492&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  84. Miguel, Ana; Azevedo, Luis Filipe; Lopes, Fernando; Freitas, Alberto; Pereira, Altamiro Costa. "Methodologies for the detection of adverse drug reactions: comparison of hospital databases, chart review and spontaneous reporting". Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 22 1 (2013): 98-102.
    10.1002/pds.3348
  85. Santos, Joao V.; Correia, Claudia; Cabral, Filipe; Bernardes, Joao; Costa-Pereira, Altamiro; Freitas, Alberto. "Should European perinatal indicators be revisited?". European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 170 1 (2013): 85-89.
    10.1016/j.ejogrb.2013.05.017
  86. Cruz-Correia, Ricardo; Boldt, Isabel; Lapao, Luis; Santos-Pereira, Catia; Rodrigues, Pedro Pereira; Ferreira, Ana Margarida; Freitas, Alberto. "Analysis of the quality of hospital information systems audit trails". Bmc Medical Informatics and Decision Making 13 (2013):
    10.1186/1472-6947-13-84
  87. Catumbela, Emanuel; Certal, Victor; Freitas, Alberto; Costa, Carlos; Sarmento, Antonio; Pereira, Altamiro da Costa. "Definition of a core set of quality indicators for the assessment of HIV/AIDS clinical care: a systematic review". Bmc Health Services Research 13 (2013):
    10.1186/1472-6963-13-236
  88. Miguel, Ana; Marques, Bernardo; Freitas, Alberto; Lopes, Fernando; Azevedo, Luis; Pereira, Altamiro Costa. "Detection of adverse drug reactions using hospital databasesa nationwide study in Portugal". Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 22 8 (2013): 907-913.
    10.1002/pds.3468
  89. Caballero, I.; Sánchez, L.E.; Freitas, A.; Fernández-Medina, E.. "HC+: Towards a framework for improving processes in health organizations by means of security and data quality management". Journal of Universal Computer Science 18 12 (2012): 1703-1720. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84866243834&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  90. Ferreira, Duarte; Oliveira, Abilio; Freitas, Alberto. "Applying data mining techniques to improve diagnosis in neonatal jaundice". Bmc Medical Informatics and Decision Making 12 (2012):
    10.1186/1472-6947-12-143
  91. Freitas, Alberto; Silva-Costa, Tiago; Lopes, Fernando; Garcia-Lema, Isabel; Teixeira-Pinto, Armando; Brazdil, Pavel; Costa-Pereira, Altamiro. "Factors influencing hospital high length of stay outliers". Bmc Health Services Research 12 (2012):
    10.1186/1472-6963-12-265
  92. Reis, Z.S.N.; Pereira, A.C.; Correia, R.J.C.; Freitas, J.A.S.; Cabral, A.C.V.; Bernardes, J.. "Analysis of maternal and child health indicators: The parallel between portugal and brazil,Análise de indicadores da saúde materno-infantil: Paralelos entre portugal e brasil". Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetricia 33 9 (2011): 234-239. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84455209445&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  93. Freitas, Alberto; Freitas, A.. "Building cost-sensitive decision trees for medical applications". Ai Communications 24 3 (2011): 285-287. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80955140434&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3233/aic-2011-0490

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