Gasto privado em saúde no Brasil

Obstáculos à universalização do SUS: gastos tributários, demandas sindicais e subsídio estatal de planos privados

“…Comentou-se sobre um processo de americanização do sistema de saúde brasileiro 22 (p.1351). No início dos anos 1990 havia uma nítida aproximação paradigmática do caso brasileiro ao norte-americano 23 (p.153); a ação do Estado parecia não incluir a totalidade da população, como no modelo inglês, mas atender os setores sociais de menor poder aquisitivo 23 (p.155-156).…”

Os três poderes do Estado e o financiamento do SUS: o ano de 2015

“…Health financing is anticyclical, since it not only guarantees the functioning of the SUS but is also capable of mitigating the effects of the economic crisis on employment 3 . It is anti-inflationary because it acts to reduce families' and employers' spending on private health services 3 .…”

“…It is anti-inflationary because it acts to reduce families' and employers' spending on private health services 3 .…”

National health surveys are too important to depend on the mood of politics

“…Private expenditure on health in Brazil is high – about 53.0% of the total 2 . And among the poor, most of this expenditure (almost 80%) is aimed at the purchasing of medicines 2 .…”

“…And among the poor, most of this expenditure (almost 80%) is aimed at the purchasing of medicines 2 . Large investments have been made in the field, from the edition of the National Medicines Policy in 1998, which aimed at ensuring the safety, effectiveness and quality of essential medicines.…”