Organizações Sociais de Saúde: potencialidades e limites na gestão pública

Abstract

The present study had the aim to become familiar with the Social Organization of Health (OSS, as per its acronym in Portuguese) from a municipality of the state of São Paulo from the managers’ viewpoint. It is a qualitative single-subject study, with seven participants from the Council of Healers. Data were collected through a non-directive interview, resulting in four thematic categories: 1. The historical process, social transformations and the local OSS. 2. The OSS management contract: agility and new learning. 3. OSS: A new management possibility. 4. Limits of local OSS management and its control mechanisms. The study shed light on the OSS’s management potentials, with emphasis on the service’s agility and the objectivity of the management contract. As limitations, we point out its control mechanisms and the very low level of social participation.doi: 10.5216/ree.v16i3.22319.