Positioning of user representatives in the State Health Council of Bahia in view of the worsening of SUS sub-financing in 2016-2018

The objective of this study is to analyze the orientation of user representatives in the Health Council of the Bahia (CES-BA) in face of the decisions of the Federal Government finance the Unified Health System (SUS) in the period 2016-2018. The theoretical reference is based on the notion of participation incorporated in the SUS legal code, which instituted Health Councils and the holding of Health Conferences as spaces for formulating, supervising and evaluating health policies at the various organizational levels of the system. Data were collected via document review and interviews with representatives of the segment “ users ” at CES-BA. The results include the characterization of the political-associative profile of the entities represented in the State Health Council and the orientation of the counselors on changes in SUS financing in the 2016-2018 period. It discusses the low representativeness of some population groups at CES-BA and the perception of councilors about Constitutional Amendment 95 and the influence of political parties on the dynamics of councils. The conclusion shows the relative importance of technical qualification in the face of the experience accumulated by the councilors and the need to articulate them with the social bases they intend to represent, especially in the current political situation of the country.
Source: Saude e Sociedade - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research