Abstract

 

This paper analyzes health labor market in comparison with Brazilian labor market in general. It first presents a theoretical study on the subject, to support debate. The characteristics of the labor market in general are discussed, in an effort to evince if the current stage of lack of structuring measures and of regulation can, in part, be reflected on the configuration of the health sector. It evinces a migratory movement of public jobs from the federal sphere to the municipal one, and shows that, in the 1990s, the health public sector made use of more flexible modalities to recruit health professionals.

 

Key words: labor market; health labor market; human resources in health.

 

¹ Nurse. Ph.D in Collective Health. Associate Professor at the Nursing School of Rio de Janeiro State University. Associate Researcher at the Social Medicine Institute of Rio de Janeiro State University (IMS/UERJ). Research Coordinator of the Human Resources for Health Observatory - Work Station of IMS/UERJ.varella@ims.uerj.br

² M.D. Ph.D in Collective Health. Associate Professor at the Social Medicine Institute of Rio de Janeiro State University (IMS/UERJ). Coordinator of the Human Resources for Health Observatory - Work Station of IMS/UERJ. Director of the Collaborator Center of the Pan-American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) for Planning and Information of Workforce in Health cpierantoni@gmail.com