ABSTRACT Introduction: Technical Support Centers of the Judiciary (NATJUST), provide health technology assessments to judges in health-related litigations against both public and private healthcare systems. These centers provide technical notes, that can assist Brazilian Courts in making provisional rulings and determining patient access to health services during legal proceedings. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of NATJUS technical notes on preliminary injunctions in lawsuits against the Brazilian Unified Health System. Specifically, we analyzed the alignment between judicial decisions […]

Highlights ■ Men with metastatic prostate cancer in the public system have access to fewer treatment lines. ■ Survival in the public system was 3 years shorter than that in the private setting (78 versus 115 months). ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the impact of assistance from public and private health systems on the overall survival of patients with metastatic prostate cancer. Methods: A total of 213 patients with metastatic prostate cancer treated at the A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, either in […]

ABSTRACT Objective Lupus nephritis is one of the most severe complications of systemic lupus erythematosus and it has been estimated that can occur in up to 60% of patients. Direct costs of lupus nephritis have not been studied in developing countries. This study aimed to describe lupus nephritis direct costs in Colombia. Methods Administrative data from two Colombian health maintenance organizations for 2014 and 2015 was obtained. An algorithm based on the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health […]

Objetivo Analisar a opinião dos trabalhadores de enfermagem sobre o programa de melhoria contínua da qualidade em um Hospital Universitário. Métodos Estudo descritivo delineado como estudo de caso, cujo objeto de análise foi o programa de qualidade de um Hospital Universitário, com levantamento da opinião de amostra estratificada por categoria da equipe de enfermagem, por meio de questionário autoaplicável, no período de maio a julho de 2012. As respostas foram submetidas à análise fatorial, tendo por referencial teórico-metodológico o materialismo […]