Conceitos de regula？？o em saúde no Brasil

the healthcare regulatory concepts used in brazilian scientific publications on healthcare management were reviewed. a typo-logical classification for regulatory concepts was developed from the most current ideas in five disciplines: life sciences, law, economics, sociology and political science. four ideas stood out: control, balance, adaptation and direction, with greatest emphasis on the technical nature of regulation. the political nature of regulation was secondary. it was considered that dis-cussion of healthcare regulatory concepts was connected with comprehension of the role that the state plays in this sector. de-finition of the forms of state intervention is the key convergence point between the different ways of conceptualizing healthcare regulation.