Governança pública e judicialização da saúde: o caso do município de Uberaba

Abstract

This study aimed to describe the public policy strategies implemented in the city of Uberaba regarding aspects of the judicialization of health and the provision of services. Faced with the scarcity of resources, aggravated by the progressive increase in expenses arising from the judicialization of health, the Administration has to constantly develop public governance strategies, aiming at a more efficient and effective provision of services for the benefit of the citizen. With the effective provision of public health services, the need to file lawsuits is removed or mitigated. To achieve this goal, the lawsuits filed against the municipality of Uberaba-MG, between 2016 and 2020, were analyzed in order to determine the most demanded objects. In addition, public policy strategies developed by the Municipal Health Department were analyzed in order to optimize the provision of services offered to citizens. In the end, these strategies were discussed in view of their potential consequences in the judicialization of health and in the provision of services. The present research sought to bring contributions to the municipal Public Administration, so that, based on evidence, it can evaluate the public policies currently implemented, and also, take such experiences to other municipalities.