Estratégias individuais de proteção à saúde: um estudo da adesão ao sistema de saúde suplementar

Ciência & Saúde Coletiva

Luís Otávio Farias¹ 

[1] ,Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Departamento de Ciências SociaisRio de Janeiro RJ

关键词: Private health insurance;    Public health system;    Social representations;    Planos de saúde;    Saúde suplementar;    SUS;    Representações sociais;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1413-81232001000200010

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This article discusses low-income users' adhesion to private health insurance companies. This article considers the macro-structural analysis insufficient for the understanding of this phenomenon and takes into account the existence of a "field of possibilities" in which people make choice and decisions. Ten users of health insurance companies were interviewed. People's representations about health systems were analyzed through three dimensions-quality, access, and safety. In this sense, the analysis aimed to understand the choices logic in relation to the acquisition of a private health insurance. Finally, it is observed that the representations about the vulnerability of one's own health condition guides the protection's strategy -- to use public health system or buy private health insurance -- practiced by subjects.

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