Health system regionalization: evolutive aspects of the concept

Authors

  • Célia Regina Rodrigues Gil Universidade Estadual de Londrina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0367.1995v16n2p204

Keywords:

Rationalization, Sanitary District, Area of influence, Territory.

Abstract

This article aims to discuss the concept of health rationalization and its evolutive aspects, as well as its incorporation by the health system Initially, a review of some authors is presented, followed by a review about the organization of health services in Brazil since the beginning of this century. It describes the establishment of rationalization as a new proposal to reorientate the Brazilian National Health Policy. The article, ends by discussing the various dimensions involved within the present process of transition from centralized to a regionalized system which aims to reorganize the services with priority to quality, equidity and humanization of health assistance.


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Author Biography

Célia Regina Rodrigues Gil, Universidade Estadual de Londrina

Enfermeira Sanitaista, mestranda em Saúde Coleitva. Departamento Materno-Infantil do Centro de Ciências da Saúde – Universidade Estadual de Londrina. – CCS/UEL

Published

2004-12-15

How to Cite

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Gil CRR. Health system regionalization: evolutive aspects of the concept. Semin. Cienc. Biol. Saude [Internet]. 2004 Dec. 15 [cited 2025 Feb. 17];16(2):204-7. Available from: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/seminabio/article/view/7033

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