(Un)Equitable distribution of health resources and the judicialization of healthcare: 10 years of experience in Brazil

• Main Authors: Luciana de Melo Nunes Lopes (Author), Francisco de Assis Acurcio (Author), Semíramis Domingues Diniz (Author), Tiago Lopes Coelho (Author), Eli Iola Gurgel Andrade (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Equity has been acknowledged as a required principle for the fulfilment of the universal right to health once it seeks to tackle avoidable and unfair inequalities among individuals. In Brazil, a country marked by iniquities, this principle was adopted in the Brazilian National He...