Institutional strategies as a mechanism to rationalize the negative effects of the judicialization of access to medicine in Brazil

Abstract Background Recently, the Executive Branch and Judiciary in Brazil increased spending due to larger numbers of lawsuits that forced the State to provide health goods and services. This phenomenon, known as health judicialization, has created challenges and required the Executive Branch and J...

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Main Authors: Virginia Oliveira Chagas, Mércia Pandolfo Provin, Pedro Augusto Prado Mota, Rafael Alves Guimarães, Rita Goreti Amaral
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-4929-9