Social Impact Assessment in Healthcare

The health sector in Brazil is going through a difficult situation in terms of financing and meeting social demands. The budget bottleneck in the public sector has increased the challenges faced in the health area. In this sense, the development of initiatives that have positive socio-economic impacts, i.e. that co-operate in meeting the basic health demands of the Brazilian population, are important for society. However, financing such initiatives is also a challenge for their implementation. Thus, social businesses or impact investments, which combine investment opportunities with social impact, represent an alternative way to increase the fulfilment of social demands, making it possible to provide more health care, even taking into account short-term public budget restrictions.