Análise do impacto das ações judiciais em um setor de referência de um hospital de grande porte de Juiz de Fora

Abstract

Health became the right of all and the duty of the State after milestones in the sector, such as the Sanitary Reform, in the 1970s; the 8th National Health Conference, in 1986; and finally the 1988 Constitution. In 1990, the Organic Health Law No. 8,080 was created, which established the Unified Health System (SUS), which guarantees health in a universal and egalitarian way. Since the right to health is a fundamental right and can not be disregarded, it is the intervention of the Judiciary when this right is denied, a phenomenon called judicialization of health. The lawsuits have generated great costs and several consequences for the health system. The present study aims to evaluate the impact of legal actions in the orthopedic sector of Santa Casa de Juiz de Fora/MG. An analysis was carried out of the medical records of patients who underwent surgery in the orthopedic sector of Santa Casa de Juiz de Fora in the year 2016. Soon afterwards, patients from a judicial action were identified, thus dividing the sample into two groups. The analyzed variables were: sex and age of the patient; time of hospitalization, outcome and costs, which were broken down into: daily, fees, procedures and materials and medicines. The results showed that patients who underwent surgeries by judicial means are mostly elderly, with a slight predominance of males. The largest of the demands is to guarantee osteomuscular lower limb surgeries, accounting for 65.9% of surgeries performed by lawsuit in 2016, which are also the most commonly performed surgeries. The direct cost of surgeries for legal proceedings was estimated at R$ 2,340,301.68. The daily were those that presented the highest cost, accounting for 90.7%. The judicialization in this study exposes deficiencies of the SUS regarding the offer of services, once all the surgeries demanded by lawsuit are already contemplated by the public health system. Thus, the aspects, such as: individuality and deadlines for compliance prevail over the collective and those waiting in the queues.