| Autor | Castro, Mônica Silva Monteiro de | |
| Autor | Silva, Gabriela Drummond Marques da | |
| Autor | Figueiredo, Iara Veloso Oliveira | |
| Autor | Miranda, Wanessa Debôrtoli de | |
| Autor | Magalhães Júnior, Helvécio Miranda | |
| Autor | Santos, Fausto Pereira dos | |
| Autor | Sousa, Rômulo Paes de | |
| Data de acesso | 2023-04-24T13:57:56Z | |
| Data de disponibilização | 2023-04-24T13:57:56Z | |
| Data do publicação | 2023 | |
| Citação | CASTRO, Mônica Silva Monteiro de et al. Health litigation and cancer survival in patients treated in the public health system in a large Brazilian city, 2014–2019. BMC Public Health, v. 23, n. 1, p. 1-17, 2023. | en_US |
| ISSN | 1471-2458 | en_US |
| URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/57930 | |
| Idioma | eng | en_US |
| Editor | BioMed Central | en_US |
| Direito Autoral | open access | en_US |
| Título | Health litigation and cancer survival in patients treated in the public health system in a large Brazilian city, 2014–2019 | en_US |
| Tipo do documento | Article | en_US |
| DOI | 10.1186/s12889-023-15415-2 | |
| Resumo em Inglês | 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 survival by increasing access to certain drugs or treatments through litigation, controlling for the effect of demographic and disease-related variables.
Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted. Patients with breast, prostate, brain, lung, or colon cancers from 2014 to 2019 were included. Survival analysis was performed using the Cox proportional hazards model. Results: In the multivariate analysis, litigation was significantly associated with increased survival in cancers of breast (HR = 0.51, 95%CI 0.33-0.80), prostate (HR = 0.50, 95%CI 0.30-0.85), colon (HR = 0.59, 95%CI 0.38-0.93), and lung (HR = 0.36, 95%CI 0.22-0.60). Five-year survival rates of patients who sued for treatment were 97.8%, 88.7%, 59.3%, and 26.0%, compared to median survival of 95.7%, 78.7%, 41.2%, and 2.4%, respectively, among patient that did not resort to court action. The study suggests that litigation for access to cancer treatment may represent a step forward in obtaining more effective treatment. This study´s main limitations are the lack of patients´ clinical information for use as control variables and the lack of variables to assess patients´ quality of life. The study also found that many cases involved claims that could have been solved by administrative rather than legal action. Some claims thus reflect the lack of adequate administrative procedures. Conclusion: When based on scientific evidence, access to new therapies, combined with other technologies already available, can favor patient survival. Access to new therapies through litigation may increase health inequalities since low-income patients have limited access to legal recourse against the State to meet their needs. The timely approval of new effective therapies can mitigate the judicialization of cancer treatment. | en_US |
| Afiliação | Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. René Rachou Institute. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. | en_US |
| Afiliação | Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. René Rachou Institute. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. | en_US |
| Afiliação | Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. René Rachou Institute. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. | en_US |
| Afiliação | Federal University of Minas Gerais. Nursing School. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. | en_US |
| Afiliação | Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. René Rachou Institute. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. | en_US |
| Afiliação | Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. René Rachou Institute. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. | en_US |
| Afiliação | Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. René Rachou Institute. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. | en_US |
| Palavras-chave em inglês | Brazil | en_US |
| Palavras-chave em inglês | Cancer | en_US |
| Palavras-chave em inglês | Cancer drugs | en_US |
| Palavras-chave em inglês | Judicial actions | en_US |
| Palavras-chave em inglês | Public health | en_US |
| Palavras-chave em inglês | Survival analyses | en_US |
| xmlui.metadata.dc.subject.ods | 03 Saúde e Bem-Estar | |
