Judicialization of the right to health and institutional changes in Brazil
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2013
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This chapter provides a description of the centers for technical advisement of judges and shows the still preliminary attempts to institutionalize extrajudicial forms of settling healthcare litigation. The financial burden of direct provision of healthcare goods and services is largely carried by Brazilian states and municipalities. In an attempt to recover control over budgetary spending and management of pharmaceutical care assistance, there have been accounts of a wide variety of innovations, such as the judge technical advisement centers which focus on healthcare litigation. The paper discusses the advisement centres and some experiences with healthcare extrajudicial settlement.
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BRAZIL, HEALTH CARE DELIVERY, RIGHT TO HEALTH, JUDICIAL SYSTEM, COURTS, SOUTH AMERICA, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
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Molhano Ribeiro, L., & Hartmann, I. (2013). Judicialization of the right to health and institutional changes in Brazil. In Mariana Mota Prado (Ed.), Courts And ‘The Regulatory State of the South’: The Case of Brazil (chapter 9).