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0168/2018 - Fiscal sustainability of Brazilian health system and the tax expenditures on healthcare.
Sustentabilidade do SUS e renúncia de arrecadação fiscal em saúde .

Author:

• Carlos Octávio Ocké-Reis - Ocké-Reis, CO - <carlos.ocke@ipea.gov.br>


Abstract:

This article estimated the tax expenditures on health based on the official data of the Receita Federal of Brazil between 2003 and 2015. Thus, the Ministry of Health will be able to evaluate the role of such subsidies in the context of the underfunding of the Brazilian Unified Health System. In order to analyse the database, two theoretical issues were articulated: studies related to the political economy of healthcare and public finances. Alongside the empirical dimension of this paper, this research emphasizes the investigation of some features of the healthcare financing. The results show that the subsidy associated with private health plans reached R$12.5 billion reais in 2015, which could increase the allocation of financial resources in primary care and in the medium-complexity technological goods and services.

Keywords:

Health Systems; Public Health; Budgets; Financing, Government; Equity.

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Ocké-Reis, CO. Fiscal sustainability of Brazilian health system and the tax expenditures on healthcare.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2018/Apr). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/fiscal-sustainability-of-brazilian-health-system-and-the-tax-expenditures-on-healthcare/16701?id=16701&id=16701



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