University autonomy and the Brazilian Company of Hospital Services:

Aspects of the unconstitutionality of Law n. 12.550/2011 and the case of the University Hospital of the Federal University of Alagoas

Abstract

This text discuss on the experience of management conducted by the Brazilian Company of Hospital Services of a university hospital in 2016 and 2017, with focus on the observance of the principles of university autonomy, the inseparableness between teaching, research and further education courses and the democratic management of universities. The method was the analysis of some aspects of management: the decision-making process, the participation of the university in such management and the forms of conflict resolution in light of narrative review of literature on the subject, and some pieces that comprise the Direct Unconstitutionality Action 4.895 against Brazilian Law no. 12.550/2011, which created the Brazilian Company of Hospital Services. The case confirmed the predictions contained in the action regarding the university’s withdrawal from decisions on investment priorities and university hospital operation, as well as on the management of human resources, with important consequences for the university support tripod. Further research should be carried out to evaluate this process at the national level.