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1530/2011 - The thesis of judicialization of healthcare by the elites: the medicine for mucopolysaccharidosis
A tese da judicialização da saúde pelas elites: os medicamentos para mucopolissacaridose

Author:

• Marcelo Medeiros - Medeiros, M. - Brasilia – - UnB, Departamento de Sociologia - <Medeiros@igualdade.org.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7152-5996

Co-author(s):

• Ida Schwartz - Schwartz, I - UFRGS - <idaschwartz@gmail.com>
• Debora Diniz - Diniz, D. - UnB, Programa de Pós-graduação em Política Social - <anis@anis.org.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6987-2569

Thematic Area:

Epidemiologia

Abstract:

We test the hypothesis that the judicialization of medicine for mucopolysaccharidosis in Brazil occurs among economic elites. By doing so we discussprevious studies defending the thesis of judicialization by elites in the case of other types of medicines. We conduct the analysis of all 196 processes containing information about judicial processes brought to court between February 2006 and December 2010 that were concluded by determining the State to provide such medication for free to the patients. There is evidence that in the litigation some stakeholders could be covering attorney fees for the patients, who may be migrating for diagnosis and treatment, and that the use of public health services is related to their higher technical and scientific capacity. Therefore, the resort to private lawyers, georeferenced indexes of social exclusion based on the address of patients and the use of public health services, are not adequate indicators to corroborate or refute the thesis of judicialization by elites.

Keywords:

Litigation Health Policy Mucopolysaccharidosis Rare Genetic Diseases

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Medeiros, M., Schwartz, I, Diniz, D.. The thesis of judicialization of healthcare by the elites: the medicine for mucopolysaccharidosis. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2011/Dec). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/the-thesis-of-judicialization-of-healthcare-by-the-elites-the-medicine-for-mucopolysaccharidosis/9268?id=9268



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