Health Economics & Outcome Research: Open Access

Álvaro Almeida is Associate Professor at Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Economia; Professor of Economics and Health Systems at Porto Business School; Deputado à Assembleia da República (Member of the Portuguese Parliament) and Vereador da Câmara Municipal do Porto (Porto City Councilor). Previously he was President of the Health Regional Administration of the North, Portugal; President of the Economics Faculty Group at Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Economia; Consultant for the Health Minister, Government of Portugal; President of the Healthcare Regulatory Authority, Portugal; Economist at the International Monetary Fund, Washington DC.