THE JUDICIALIZATION OF HEALTH IN BRAZIL AND GOIÁS: A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF SPENDING AND GOVERNANCE

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article used electronic databases, which are knowledge tools and enabled greater scientific development, in relation to the theme presented, on the judicialization of health and spending in Brazil and the State of Goiás, more specifically. It is a topic that has not yet been explored much, but despite this, it was possible to explore five scientific articles, prepared between 2017 and 2023, and two reports, one from the National Council of Justice, and the other from a large circulation newspaper, O Popular, with headquarters in Goiânia. From the selection of publications, the main points discussed were presented, including the excessive number of judicializations, the medically required ones, which are not part, in most cases, of the list of the National Health Surveillance Agency – ANVISA and the expenses by Public Power for the mandatory acquisition of these inputs. In the discussion of the results, each article was presented separately, and the main points of convergence and divergence were extracted from them, including the presentation of graphs and tables, for real sampling of numbers of actions, and the amount spent by the Public Administration. The results showed a great procedural demand, in which doctors, managers and the Public Prosecutor's Office are involved, waiting for a valid sentence, but forgetting that the expenses are directed to a small portion of the population, which can generate consequences for the maintenance of health as a whole.