Single waiting list for hospital beds during the COVID-19 pandemic: performance of the Federal Legislative Branch in 2020

Ciencia e Saude Coletiva

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Rodrigues, Ana Paula Nogueira¹  Alves, Sandra Mara Campos¹  Delduque, Maria Célia² 

[1] Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Brasília;Universidade de Brasília

关键词: Legislative Branch;    Hospital bed capacity;    Health law;    COVID-19 pandemic;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1413-81232023283.13822022EN

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Associacao Brasileira de Pos - Graduacao em Saude Coletiva

【 摘 要 】

This study investigated legislative proposals on the single waiting list for hospitalizations and ICU beds within the scope of the Federal Legislative Branch in the first year of the pandemic (2020). This was an exploratory, qualitative, and document- based study, which analyzed bills analyzed in the Brazilian National Congress on the subject. The results were organized according to the authors’ profile and qualitative content of the bills. There was a predominance of male parliamentarians, affiliated with left-wing parties and professional training in areas other than health. Most bills dealt with a general single waiting list, specifying hospital beds, the mixed management of hospital beds, and indemnity through the Brazilian Unified Health System’s (SUS, in Portuguese) price table. The House of Representatives presented more bills, but no progress was made in their processing. Among the analyzed bills, only one was prioritized in the External Commission to Combat COVID-19. It was concluded that the Federal Legislative Branch once again missed the chance to legislate for the future and prepare the country with a normative framework capable of confronting health emergencies, which will demand much from health managers and SUS itself.

【 授权许可】

CC BY