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0235/2019 - Austeridade fiscal e o setor saúde: O preço do ajuste.
Fiscal austerity and the health sector: The cost of adjustments.

Author:

• Romulo Paes de Sousa - Paes-Sousa, R. - <romulo.paes@fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3384-6657

Co-author(s):

• Joyce Mendes de Andrade Schramm - Schramm, Joyce Mendes de Andrade - <joyce.mendes.andrade@gmail.com>
• Luiz Villarinho Pereira Mendes - Villarinho, L.P.M - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - <luizvillarinho@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9027-0287


Abstract:

Fiscal austerity policies have been used as responses to economic crises and fiscal deficits in both developed and developing countries. While they vary in regard to their content, intensity and implementation time line, such models recommend reducing public expenses and social investments, retracting the public service and substituting the private sector in lieu of the State to provide certain services tied to social policies. The present article discusses the main effects of the recent economic crisis on public health based on an updated review with consideration for three dimensions: health risks, epidemiological profiles of different populations, and health policies. In Brazil, the combination of economic crisis and fiscal austerity policies is capable of producing a direr situation than those experienced in developed countries. The country is characterized by historically high levels of social inequality, an under-financed health sector, highly prevalent chronic degenerative diseases and persisting preventable infectious diseases. It is imperative to develop alternatives to mitigate the effects of the economic crisis taking into consideration not only the sustainability of public finance but also public well-being.

Keywords:

Economic recession, economic policy, public policy, health systems, health care.

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Paes-Sousa, R., Schramm, Joyce Mendes de Andrade, Villarinho, L.P.M. Austeridade fiscal e o setor saúde: O preço do ajuste.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2019/Aug). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/austeridade-fiscal-e-o-setor-saude-o-preco-do-ajuste/17309?id=17309



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