A judicialização da saúde: o caso sobre o fornecimento de medicamentos na comarca de Getúlio Vargas (RS)

Abstract

This work presents a case study about the phenomenon of judicialization of health, in particular the demands involving medicinal products within the framework of the Judicial District of Getúlio Vargas/RS. The research has the purpose of assisting the municipal managers in their decisions when the provision of drugs to patients/citiresidents, so as to provide the economy of public resources and reduce the time that patients expect by medication. The bibliographic research was developed documentary/through an initial survey of the theoretical reference for, after, through consultations to the data base of the Court of Justice of Rio Grande do Sul, compare and analyze qualitatively 213 processes in the period of January distributed 2013 to September 2015 involving the supply of medicines in order to check that the supply of medicines by administrative means was more advantageous to municipalities in detriment of the judicial process. You can identify which in 20% of cases the alternative by administrative means would represent savings of resources. Still, it was identified that in cases in which the judicial process cannot be avoided, the ready and immediate delivery of medication required can lead the municipalities to economize public resources. At the end, in 50% of the analyzed cases could have been saved resources. It was concluded that the supply of medicines by administrative means can promote the economy of public resources, however, it is necessary to the combined efforts of all involved for the actions of medicinal products should no longer be the preferred option and are used only in exceptional cases.