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PNAUM: integrated approach to Pharmaceutical Services, Science, Technology and Innovation

Rev. saúde pública; 50 (supl.2), 2016
ABSTRACT This paper describes the development process of the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos (PNAUM – National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use of Medicines) based on an integrated approach to pharmaceutical services, scie...

El consumo de drogas en el debate de la salud pública

Resumen: Este texto sitúa el consumo de drogas ilegales en el debate actual entre la salud pública tradicional, frente a las propuestas latinoamericanas, y propone la necesidad de abordar el tema desde de una salud pública alternativa, centrada en la vida y el protagonismo de los sujetos, los grupos y...

Improvement Science: conceptual and theoretical foundations for its application to healthcare quality improvement

Cad. saúde pública (Online); 32 (supl.2), 2016
Abstract: The development and study of healthcare quality improvement interventions have been reshaped, moving from more intuitive approaches, dominated by biomedical vision and premised on easy transferability, to gradually acknowledge the need for more planning and systematization, with greater incorpo...

Health and innovation: economic dynamics and Welfare State in Brazil

Cad. saúde pública (Online); 32 (supl.2), 2016
Abstract: The effective enforcement of the access to healthcare as fundamental right requires an important theoretical and political effort at linking the often contradictory economic and social dimensions of development. This study suggests the need for a systemic view of policies related to the industr...

Health, development and innovation: a contribution of the critical theory of technology to the discussion

Cad. saúde pública (Online); 32 (supl.2), 2016
Abstract: The relationships between health and socioeconomic development are diverse. These relationships find in the health economic complex a privileged ground for expression. The importance of health technologies increased exponentially since the middle of the 20th century, affecting health systems in...

Development policy for the Brazilian health industry and qualification of national public laboratories

Cad. saúde pública (Online); 32 (supl.2), 2016
Abstract: Technological innovations play a decisive role in societies' development by contributing to economic growth and the population's welfare. The state has a key role in this process by inducing innovative behavior, strategies, and decisions. This study addresses Brazil's current policy for develop...

Innovation in healthcare services: notes on the limits of field research

Cad. saúde pública (Online); 32 (supl.2), 2016
Abstract: The contemporary context of population aging, itsthe population's different health and disease characteristics, and the growing incorporation of technologies by healthcare systems have highlighted the need to adjust the healthcare structure as a whole. The defense of a democratic and sustainabl...

Development, health, and international policy: the research and innovation dimension

Cad. saúde pública (Online); 32 (supl.2), 2016
Abstract: This text main objective is to discuss development and health from the perspective of the influence of global health governance, using as the tracer the dimension of research, development, and innovation policies in health, which relate to both important inputs for the health system, like drugs...

Health technology assessment (HTA) organizations: dimensions of the institutional and political framework

Cad. saúde pública (Online); 32 (supl.2), 2016
Abstract: Health technology assessment (HTA) is consolidated as a scientific and technological practice. The aim of this study is to identify HTA organizations from different settings and analyze their relevant dimensions in terms of effectiveness/impact, in order to address the challenges they face in B...

Healthcare systems, the State, and innovation in the pharmaceutical industry

Cad. saúde pública (Online); 32 (supl.2), 2016
Abstract: This article discusses the relations between healthcare systems and the pharmaceutical industry, focusing on state support for pharmaceutical innovation. The study highlights the experiences of the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany, developed countries and paradigms of modern health sy...