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0057/2021 - Controversial aspects of the concept of health needs and their impact on the accessibility of medicines and health services
Aspectos controversos do conceito de necessidades de saúde e seus reflexos sobre a acessibilidade de medicamentos e serviços de saúde

Author:

• Lia Hasenclever - Hasenclever, L. - <lia@ie.ufrj.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1384-6323

Co-author(s):

• Caroline Miranda Alves de Souza - de Souza, C. M. A. - <carol_miranda91@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7126-2348
• Gabriela Costa Chaves - Chaves, G. C. - <gabicostachaves@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8347-6164
• André Luís Almeida Peixoto - Peixoto, A. L. A. - <alap.arq@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4349-2108
• Leonardo Vidal Mattos - Mattos, L. V. - <leovmattos@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4800-0010
• Juliana de Souza Viana - Viana, J. de S. - <julianajuviana@bol.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3358-4762


Abstract:

The objective of the article is to show the problems related to the accessibility of health services by re-reading four case studies that illustrate the different dimensions of the definition of health needs and their reflexes on the accessibility of medicines and health services. The theoretical model of Vargas-Peláez et al.1, which allows a better understanding of the complexity of the definition of health needs and their reflexes on the demand for medicines and services, was adopted to re-read the case studies on the prices of patented medicines, the models of public provision, hemodynamic services and prescription of anxiolytics. The results allow to illuminate the complexity of the challenges to obtain health rights in a peripheral capitalist society the production and distribution of goods and services are organizedthe perspective of the market even though public policies seek to regulate them. In this sense, it seems essential that the State has a preponderant role in guaranteeing equity for the achievement of social rights, not only stimulating the industry to reduce the prices of medicines and improve its supply, but also guaranteeing access to medicines and health services.

Keywords:

health policy; industrial policy; pharmaceutical services; health needs; accessibility

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Hasenclever, L., de Souza, C. M. A., Chaves, G. C., Peixoto, A. L. A., Mattos, L. V., Viana, J. de S.. Controversial aspects of the concept of health needs and their impact on the accessibility of medicines and health services. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2021/Feb). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/controversial-aspects-of-the-concept-of-health-needs-and-their-impact-on-the-accessibility-of-medicines-and-health-services/17956?id=17956



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