O papel da gestão em saúde na atenção às pessoas com deficiência

Abstract

Disability is defined as any loss or abnormality of a psychological, physiological or anatomical structure or function. PWDs are among the most marginalized populations, financially less favored and with lower levels of education, which makes access to health care for this population an emerging agenda for discussion. Identify the role of health management in guaranteeing the rights of people with disabilities, with regard to access and accessibility to health services. This work is a narrative study of literature, developed through an analysis of the literature published in books, printed and/or electronic magazine articles in the interpretation and personal critical analysis of the author. Health care for PWDs was initially performed as a secondary demand, so that the managing bodies signed partnerships so that private initiatives could offer rehabilitation services to this population, without necessarily allocating these public services. Over the last few years, with the National Health Policy for Persons with Disabilities and the new model of the Care Network for Persons with Disabilities, the assistance scheme for this group of SUS users has become better organized by including this population to the agendas for other levels of care besides secondary. Thus, these new policies ensured comprehensive health care for this population at all hierarchical levels of care, as well as organized the functioning of care services and the instrumentalization of health professionals. From this narrative review, it is possible to conclude that the struggle to guarantee health rights for PWDs in Brazil started in the last century, when this population started to obtain some achievements, but we still have a way to go to guarantee access, accessibility and the right to health.