History of the health economy in Brazil/Trajetoria da economia da saude no Brasil

• Published in: Revista de gestão em sistemas de saúde 2017-01, Vol.6 (1), p.1
• Main Author: Campino, Antonio Carlos Coelho
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• ISSN: 2316-3712; 2316-3712
• DOI: 10.5585/rgss.v6i1.325

This article presents an overview of Health Economics in Brazil with the description of the beginning of its history and the interference of the international economic studies on health services. International organizations exert influence on the way and proposals of economic analysis in Brazil with publications that guide methodologies, besides the development banks that integrate the network in this area with concern not only about financing but also the allocation of resources and evaluation of health programmes. The theme arouses interest of the academic community and in this context the courses along with a reflection on the scientific production on health economics and the consideration of this information in the proposal of a research agenda on the subject. Keywords: Health Economics; Health in Brazil; Health Services Management O presente artigo apresenta um panorama da Economia da Saude no Brasil com a descricao do inicio de sua trajetoria e interferencia dos estudos economicos internacionais nos servicos de saude. As organizacoes internacionais exercem influencia no caminho e propostas de analises economicas no Brasil com publicacoes que norteiam metodologias, alem dos bancos de desenvolvimento que integram a rede nessa area com a preocupacao nao somente do financiamento, mas tambem da alocacao de recursos e avaliacao de programas de saude. O tema desperta interesse da comunidade academica e nesse contexto sao apresentados os cursos e uma reflexao sobre a producao cientifica sobre economia da saude e a consideracao dessas informacoes na proposta de uma agenda de pesquisa no assunto. Palavras-chave: Economia da Saude; Saude no Brasil; Gestao de Servicos de Saude.