As we rebuild the history of the facilities that constitute Rio de Janeiro’s city health system from 1916 to 2015, we are also putting together a hundred years of the country’s public health system as a hole. Due to its relevant role as the capit...
A case study conducted in the city of Rio de Janeiro about management by Social Organizations in the Family Health Strategy (FHS) is presented in this paper. The objectives were to characterize and to analyze some aspects of the governance system ado...
In this article, we outline the discussions about mechanisms of governance and public administration and its position as to main economic and policy schools that affect elected government leaders decision making and the action of relevant actors and ...
The paper analyses the mental health network of the city of Rio de Janeiro, aiming to make an assessment on the current situation of the Psychiatric Reform implementation and point advances, limitations and challenges. It was performed a documental r...
The form of remuneration of health professionals may have implications in how they perform their activities. Fixed remuneration can be performed by means of salary, fee-for-service or capitation. In addition to fixed remuneration, pay for performance...
In the 1st half of 2014, 6,675 adult users and family caregivers of children using the Primary Care Services Health Care (PHC) in Rio de Janeiro were interviewed through the APS Assessment Tool, Primary Care Assessment Tool, the PCATool-Brazil. The g...
Social media have been used in different contexts as a way to streamline the flow of data and information for decision making, contributing to the issue of knowledge production networks and expansion of communication channels to access to health serv...
This article aims to analyze the development of pharmaceutical services in the context of the PHC in the period 2008- 2014, focusing on selection, procurement and financing of medicines. A retrospective study was undertaken, using as data sources adm...
