Judicialization of health: profile of demands for oncological medicines in a state in the central region of Brazil

• Main Authors: Leila Abou Salha (Author), Flávia Costa Reis (Author), Roberta Moreira Gonçalves (Author), Jordão Horácio da Silva Lima (Author), Nádia Abou Salha (Author), Roney Pereira Pinto (Author), José Elmo de Menezes (Author), Eduardo Perez Oliveira (Author), Pedro Lopes Ferreira (Author), Maria Alves Barbosa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The significant increase in access to oncological medicines through court cases suggests that constitutional guarantees of integral and universal care in the Brazilian public health system are uncertain. Methods A retrospective observational study was conducted to analyze data fr...