Abstract
This article aims to analyze the perception of the members of the internal and external control organs of public management, about the role of the State Health Council in the accountability of the Social Organizations in Health. This is an analytical study with a qualitative approach, based on semi-structured interviews, with intentional sample. Ten key actors responsible for the internal and external control mechanisms of the Unified Health System [SUS] were selected. Data revealed the role of the State Health Council in relation to the Social Organizations, which is to oversee the management of these organizations as a representative of society. The need to act in a transparent manner and to enable the provision of Social Organizations in Health’s records with adequate language for the members of the Council, besides political independence and freedom to supervise health actions are premises that must be met in order for the monitoring process to be more effective and proactive in the eyes of these institutional actors.
Keywords:
Health Council; social control policies; health regulation and surveillance; health organizations