Abstract
Resumo A reforma administrativa no Brasil, iniciada com a Constituição de 1988, permitiu a efetivação de políticas públicas descentralizadas, incluindo a municipalização do setor saúde e participação popular. Objetivando apreender como essas mudanças democráticas ecoaram na literatura internacional, o artigo analisou a produção científica da administração pública da saúde no Brasil, adotando o estudo de redes sociais. A pesquisa foi feita na base do Web of Science, utilizando termos relacionados com administração, delimitada por “Brazil” e “health”, e softwares auxiliares BibExcel e Ucinet. A rede de publicações da administração se mostrou coesa, com práticas de democracia deliberativa e participação social. Ao incluir o termo “saúde”, houve maior variação de temas, com destaque para a Reforma Sanitária e descentralização do Sistema Único de Saúde, de forma crítica e reflexiva, e notada ausência do controle social.
Highlights
The field of study of this bibliometric analysis article addresses the science of public administration
Social network analysis presents advantages compared to traditional methodologies which evaluate only the individual attributes of authors (Scott, 2000)
The increase in the number of graduate programs in Brazil in the last 10 years can explain the increase in the number of publications, since one of the criteria for the evaluation of the institutionalized programs is the number of articles published per year (Falavigna et al, 2012)
Summary
The field of study of this bibliometric analysis article addresses the science of public administration ( in healthcare). The starting point is the theoretical presupposition that authors form social networks, analogously to the current concept of a group of social contacts or ties between individuals, in which there are interactions among them. The analysis of social networks in bibliometry is a methodological tool that allows researchers to graphically formalize, in a quantitative manner, concepts abstracted from properties and processes characteristic of the social reality (Souza and Quandt, 2008). This makes it possible to identify groupings of authors, their relationships and connections, patterns and changes that occur in a given time period. Social network analysis presents advantages compared to traditional methodologies which evaluate only the individual attributes of authors (Scott, 2000)
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