Judicialización sanitaria y acción de la Defensoría Pública en un caso de insumo no incorporado: la demanda de Cannabidiol en la Defensoría Pública Federal de Salvador/Ba em la última década

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the performance of the Federal Public Defender's Office and the effectiveness of the juridification of health, as an instrument to guarantee access to the right, in the case of a non-standardized input (Cannabidiol), in the Salvador/Bahia unit. Methodology: a descriptive study with application of retrospective longitudinal method was carried out on the number of Cannabidiol claims that have reached the unit since the index case admitted in Brazil in 2014, its annual evolution and destination in the institution and in the court, until 2023. Results and discussion: there was a systematic growth in the number of cases, which doubled annually, especially from 2018 onwards, except in 2021. The percentage of judicialized lawsuits was about 59%, and, among those, more than half obtained a favorable decision in some instance, reaching 76% from the merit sentences. The time between the arrival of the applicant, the gathering of documents and the filing of the action was, on average, 2.4 months, and the average interval between the filing of the initial petition and the intimation of the anticipation decision, in the cases where it was granted, was 2 months. On the other hand, the interval between the intimation of the anticipatory decision and the effective compliance oscillated around 9.2 months, only being obtained through judicial blocking in almost 70% of the cases. Conclusion: it was found that the defense was swift, as soon as the necessary documents were gathered, as well as the injunctions granted. On the other hand, the time of compliance after the concession decision showed an alarmingly long interval, resulting in a new form of ineffectiveness of the social right to health, which the judicialization aimed precisely to combat. Submission: 11/30/23| Review: 01/29/24| Approval: 01/30/24