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0198/2018 - Decentralization and regionalization of health policy: A historical-comparative approach between Brazil and Spain.
Descentralização e regionalização da política de saúde: Abordagem histórico-comparada entre o Brasil e a Espanha.

Author:

• Adelyne Maria Mendes Pereira - Pereira, A.M.M. - <adelynep@ensp.fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2497-9861

Co-author(s):

• Luciana Dias de Lima - Lima, L.D - Rio de Janeiro, - <luciana@ensp.fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0640-8387
• Cristiani Vieira Machado - Machado, C. V. - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - <cristiani@ensp.fiocruz.br, cristiani.vieira.machado@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9577-0301


Abstract:

This article discusses the processes of decentralization and regionalization of health policy in Brazil and Spain between 1980 and 2015. The study was developed with contributions of the historical institutionalism and of the historical-comparative method, by means of three dimensions of analysis: State’s context; trajectory and institutionality of the decentralization and regionalization of health; and constraints. The study showed that, in both countries, the more general context of redemocratization and decentralization of the State conditioned the reforms of health systems and their political-administrative organization. In addition, historical, institutional and political factors have had a specific impact in each case, influencing the regional organization of services, the balance of power and the division of responsibilities between the governmental spheres in the management, financing and coordination of health policy. The study suggests that the way these factors interrelated over time is important for understanding the decentralization and regionalization of health systems in different contexts.

Keywords:

Health’s Decentralization; Regional Health Planning; Health Systems; Comparative Health Policy; Brazil and Spain.

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Pereira, A.M.M., Lima, L.D, Machado, C. V.. Decentralization and regionalization of health policy: A historical-comparative approach between Brazil and Spain.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2018/Apr). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/decentralization-and-regionalization-of-health-policy-a-historicalcomparative-approach-between-brazil-and-spain/16731?id=16731&id=16731



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