Complexo econômico industrial de saúde: uma análise da situação brasileira

Abstract

Health is a component of the welfare state and needs to be understood as an institution to generate all the benefits that development provides. The Health System requires the strengthening of a national productive base in such a way as to enable the universal provision of health services, as well as increasing the competitiveness of national products and the generation of knowledge and innovation. The analysis of the Health Industrial Economic Complex allows the understanding of the potential that the segment has and that is not being used and, thus, is lost in the quality of some services and products available. Observing the productive, technological and social interests is essential to understand how relations in health direct the public policies employed, and allow the broadening of the vision about the sector. Looking at the national environment and comparing it with other countries in the world, shows how Brazil is positioned in this segment and raises an important strategy to gain market through international insertion. Thus, observing the complex structure of the National Health System contributes to open paths for the development of science and technology that will favor the individual as an end user of products and services, as well as providing the basis for expanding Brazilian competitiveness.