Health litigation and cancer survival in patients treated in the public health system in a large Brazilian city, 2014-2019

• Main Authors: Mônica Silva Monteiro de Castro (Author), Gabriela Drummond Marques da Silva (Author), Iara Veloso Oliveira Figueiredo (Author), Wanessa Debôrtoli de Miranda (Author), Helvécio Miranda Magalhães Júnior (Author), Fausto Pereira dos Santos (Author), Rômulo Paes de Sousa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Litigation for health care, also known as health judicialization, is frequent in Brazil. It involves recourse to the court system to access health services. The study aimed to evaluate whether cancer patients in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, increased their overall surviv...