Keywords
Right to health
Power of attorney
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Abstract
Objective: to analyze the judicialization of the fundamental right to health, to carry out an analysis of the remedies of protection related to medications, resolved by the Constitutional Chamber of Costa Rica between the years 2009 to 2018. Methods: the method used was content analysis through the specific review of all the judgments issued by the Constitutional Chamber of Costa Rica from 2009 to 2018. Results: 1,831 judgments that were issued by the Constitutional Chamber during 2009 to 2018, 61.1% were declared with place, 32.6 without place, 4.4% were partially declared with place, in 1.0% of cases the appeal for protection was withdrawn and 0.9% of cases they were rejected outright. Conclusion: the discussion regarding the belonging to provide a medicine focus mainly on scientific aspects and on a specific review of the evidence that supports the use of a medicine.
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