Judicialization of the Right to Health and Institutional Changes in Brazil

• Published in: Revista de Investigações Constitucionais Vol. 3; no. 3; pp. 35 - 52
• Main Authors: Ribeiro, Leandro Molhano, Hartmann, Ivar Alberto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 01.09.2016
• Subjects: Brazil; Center for Technical Support in Healthcare Lawsuits; Direito Constitucional; Direito à Saúde; extrajudicial chambers; institucional changes; Judicialization of healthcare

The judicialization of the right to health in Brazil may be generating institutional innovations in the system. This judicialization has had unexpected effects, such as disrupting budgetary allocations of public healthcare resources. To deal with such effects, many public authorities directly or ind...