The new profile of local managers in the decentralized health system in Brazil
This article analyzes the impact of decentralization on the recruiting standards for the position of municipal health secretary, aiming to understand the extent to which local power has been democratized, as a consequence of the Unified Health System (SUS) implementation. Municipal health secretarie...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Centro Brasileiro de Estudos de Saude |
| Repositorio: | Saude em Debate |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.saudeemdebate.emnuvens.com.br:article/413 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://www.saudeemdebate.org.br/sed/article/view/413 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Sistema Único de Saúde, Descentralização, Governo local Unified Health System, Decentralization, Local government |
| Resumo: | This article analyzes the impact of decentralization on the recruiting standards for the position of municipal health secretary, aiming to understand the extent to which local power has been democratized, as a consequence of the Unified Health System (SUS) implementation. Municipal health secretaries all over the country answered a questionnaire at two different times in the decentralization process – 1996 and 2006 – achieving representative results. The goal was to collect data about their socioeconomic, professional profile, political trajectory and public life. Results show that there are more women, mulattos and low-income people holding the position, and that the qualification of municipal health secretary improved in the period between the two surveys. However, this does not apply to the larger cities and more developed regions, where competition for this position has led to a recruiting standard that combines high levels of professionalism with restricted access for disadvantaged groups. We also found that municipal health secretary are now more politically engaged in manager’s associations than in their previous insertion in civil society networks. |
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