Limitations on public health procurement information access in Brazil under the Information Access Law a literature integrative review

ABSTRACT

Introduction:

Investigate the limitations of public procurement information health access in Brazil, from 1990 to 2018, according to Access to Information Law criteria.

Method:

Integrative review was carried out on published scientific production in indexed journals, with analysis of the limitations reported in the search for public procurement information health access, considering the criteria provided for in that Law to guarantee access: primacy, integrity, updating, availability and authenticity.

Results:

35 articles were included in the review, with a predominance of studies on the external phase of the public health procurement process, complexity of the object of contracting goods and having the federal and municipal spheres as contractor. 64 information sources were identified, the majority being secondary sources, in the format of banks and databases, and 43.75% of these sources reported limitations regarding access to the information obtained.

Conclusion:

Public procurement information health access has important limitations in relation to the criterias of Access to Information Law, and has repercussions on the production of scientific knowledge. Information Science can contribute to future studies to qualify the search and retrieval processes for that information.

KEYWORDS:
Information access; Public information; Information sources; Health expenditure; Literature reviews