Social Organizations of Health: Potentials and limits of public management

Authors

  • Clarita Terra Rodrigues Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
  • Regina Stella Spagnuolo Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/ree.v16i3.22319

Keywords:

Social Organization, Health Management, Models, Organizational

Abstract

The present study had the aim to become familiar with the Social Organization of Health (OSS, as per its acronym in Portuguese) from a municipality of the state of São Paulo from the managers’ viewpoint. It is a qualitative single-subject study, with seven participants from the Council of Healers. Data were collected through a non-directive interview, resulting in four thematic categories: 1. The historical process, social transformations and the local OSS. 2. The OSS management contract: agility and new learning. 3. OSS: A new management possibility. 4. Limits of local OSS management and its control mechanisms. The study shed light on the OSS’s management potentials, with emphasis on the service’s agility and the objectivity of the management contract. As limitations, we point out its control mechanisms and the very low level of social participation.

doi: 10.5216/ree.v16i3.22319.

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Author Biographies

Clarita Terra Rodrigues, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho

Enfermeira. Discente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, nível Mestrado, da Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP). Botucatu, SP, Brasil. E-mail: cla.terra@gmail.com.

Regina Stella Spagnuolo, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho

Enfermeira, Doutor em Saúde Coletiva. Professora Doutora da UNESP. Botucatu, SP, Brasil. E-mail: rstella@fmb.unesp.br.

Published

2014-09-30

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