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0313/2019 - Regionalized networks and guarantee of specialized health care: The experience of Ceará.
Redes regionalizadas e garantia de atenção especializada em saúde: A experiência do Ceará.

Author:

• Patty Fidelis de Almeida - Almeida, P. F. - <patty.fidelis@hotmail.com; pattyfidelis@id.uff.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1676-3574

Co-author(s):

• Ligia Giovanella - Giovanella, L - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - <nupes@ensp.fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6522-545X
• Moacir Tavares Martins Filho - Filho, M.T.M - <moacirtavares@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3305-8036
• Luciana Dias de Lima - Lima, L.D - Rio de Janeiro, - <luciana@ensp.fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0640-8387


Abstract:

The deepening of the political and economic crisis in Brazil reinforces the need for progress in the regionalization process, guided by the principles of public and universal health systems. The article analyzes policies and management tools aimed at the regional organization of specialized care in Ceará. A case study was developed in a health region based on 18 interviews with managers and visits to health units. There were several factors that enabled advances in the organization of specialized care: the preponderant role of the State Health Department in the regional health coordination of actions and services, providing infrastructure, financing with redistribution of resources and technical support to municipalities; implantation of regional Polyclinic and Specialized Dental Care Centers via the Public Health Consortium; and logistics support of transport system. The institutional framework of Municipal Health Secretaries Council and the participatory functioning of the Regional Intergovernmental Commission provided an effective space for the regional governance. Challenges remain for the integration of the network, qualification of care regulation and provision of hospital care in the region. The results reinforce the importance of public and universal arrangements for the provision of comprehensive health care that can reduce inequities.

Keywords:

regional health planning; comprehensive health care; health care; Unified Health System; health management.

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Almeida, P. F., Giovanella, L, Filho, M.T.M, Lima, L.D. Regionalized networks and guarantee of specialized health care: The experience of Ceará.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2019/Oct). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/regionalized-networks-and-guarantee-of-specialized-health-care-the-experience-of-ceara/17387?id=17387&id=17387



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