ABSTRACT
The current phase of capitalism is marked by a crisis that deeply affects the economy in a global perspective. The solutions chosen to mitigate their effects involve the adoption, by austere policies, of strong reductions in public spending, especially in the spending related to social policies, impacting health and, consequently, the health evaluation process. Immersed in this phase of crisis of capitalism with a predominance of financial capital, health evaluation tends to be permeated by utilitarian logic, reflecting the ideology of productivism, being is ruled by market laws, where the health of a population is measured by means of the consumption of services and medical-hospital products, which does not necessarily mean an improvement in the health conditions of that population. In that scenario, the construction of a critique of the productivist process has become essential. In order to do so, we are in dialogue with the critical literature, through a Marxist interpretation of the current process, in order to rethink the health evaluation policy within the Unified Health System (SUS). We believe that health evaluation should be a social practice, not just complying with rules and standards, but being a tool for consolidating democracy, affirming rights and empowering citizens.
KEYWORDS:
Capitalism; Health policy; Health evaluation; Unified Health System