Abstract

RODRIGUEZ TEJADA, Claudia Milena; MOLINA MARIN, Gloria  and  JIMENEZ, Santiago Alejandro. Features of the protective actions related to health processed in Medellin, Colombia. Invest. educ. enferm [online]. 2010, vol.28, n.1, pp.92-100. ISSN 0120-5307.

Objective: to describe the health right infringement features, as reflected in the protective actions processed in the city of Medellin (Colombia). Methodology: retrospective descriptive study, in which the protective actions processed in the Antioquia’s sectional direction court during the years 2001-2007 were analyzed. A randomized sampling was taken, stratified by defendant entity and years of protective actions rulings. Results: 79% of the people who filed protective actions were affiliated to the contributive tax regime, 88% of them required health services, medicines, or medical supplies included in the Mandatory Health Plan. From the affiliates to the subsidy regimen 57% required attention and services included in the benefit plan. 62% of the people asked for integral attention. The circulatory and osteomuscular system diseases took a bigger number of people to file a protective action (19% and 15%) respectively. Conclusion: Most of the people regardless the type of affiliation to the General Social Security System, ask for health attention and services included in their benefit plan through the protective action.

Keywords : health systems; right to health; health systems plans; legislation & jurisprudence.

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