Panorama dos complexos econômico-industriais da saúde no mundo: uma análise a partir da proposição de Carlos G. Gadelha

Ricardo Mendes Antas Jr.; Caroline Corrêa Fernandes; Clara de Lima e Silva Penz

doi:10.1590/SciELOPreprints.16922

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Ricardo Mendes Antas Jr. University of São Paulo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8393-0964
- Conceptualization
- Methodology
- Investigation
- Data Curation
- Writing – Original Draft Preparation
- Writing – Review & Editing
Caroline Corrêa Fernandes University of São Paulo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0762-3537
- Data Curation
- Formal Analysis
- Investigation
- Writing – Review & Editing
Clara de Lima e Silva Penz University of São Paulo https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2838-8371
- Conceptualization
- Resources
- Writing – Review & Editing
- Data Curation

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.16922

Keywords:

global health industrial economic complex, productive inputs, productive spatial circuits of health

Abstract

The article proposes to identify the distribution of industrial health complexes around the world based on Carlos Gadelha's formulation. The scope is limited to the technical-productive structure, without fully covering national health systems. To this end, it articulates three main axes: the flows of productive inputs that make up the complex, the corporate topology of large pharmaceutical and medtech companies, and innovation indicators, such as technology parks, clusters, and patents. Finally, a relationship between industrial health economic complexes and spatial health production circuits is established. The result is an analytical framework that allows for the identification of different degrees of consolidation of complexes in different territories, without attempting to constitute a ranking or exhaustive classification.