Characteristics of health judicializations in home care

The judicialization of health has gained strength in recent years, a theme that has generated several actions in the judiciary for characterizing the beneficiaries and the processes of judicialization of health in home care in a state agreement. Study based on a documentary of the patient's clinical condition and the reasons that led to the judicialization process of 80 injunctions evaluated were analyzed with quantitative approach conducted in Recife, Pernambuco from January 2010 to August 2018. It was observed that (62.5%) of the patients were females aged 80 years or older (43.7%). Regarding education, 48.7% had high school, 60% were married. The most frequent clinical diagnoses were stroke sequelae (38.8%) and Alzheimer's (17.5%). The clinical complexity of 33.8% of the patients, according to the parameters established by the Brazilian Association of Home Care Companies, was classified as medium complexity, but the court injunctions granted the classification was of high complexity to 87.5%. It was possible to know the characteristics of the beneficiaries analyzed and to perceive the discrepancy in the complexity of the patients given by the criteria defined by pre-established clinical parameters and the clinical complexity of the granted injunction.