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Healthcare gaps and inequities following hospitalisation for Covid-19 in Brazil’s universal healthcare system

A patient-engaged survey of Long Covid healthcare needs, use and barriers

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ID15396759
AuthorsMargareth Crisóstomo Portela (0000-0002-9858-9276, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, corresponding author), Claudia Caminha Escosteguy (0000-0003-0273-6911, Hospital Federal dos Servidores do Estado), Sebastião Matheus Lourenço Lima (0000-0003-1450-0498, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública), Michelle Bernardino (0000-0001-6494-755X, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública), Bárbara do Nascimento Caldas (0000-0001-7174-6393, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública), Letícia Soares (0000-0002-6933-8048, Patient-Led Research Collaborative), Mauricio Teixeira Leite De Vasconcellos (0000-0003-1658-2589, Fundo Brasil), Mayã Martins (0000-0002-9962-0618, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública), Carla L Tavares De Andrade (0000-0003-3232-0917, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública), Natalie Perez Baginski (0009-0006-7341-9189, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública), Gabriela Góes (0000-0001-7878-5336, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública), Brenda Sabaine (0009-0009-5409-6638, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública), Marta Guimarães Cavalcanti (0000-0001-8308-9853, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho), Danielle Furtado de Oliveira (0000-0002-1103-3815, Secretaria Municipal de Saúde), Elisabeth A Stelson (0000-0001-5176-2652, Harvard University), F Cornish (0000-0002-3404-9385, London School of Economics and Political Science), Emma-Louise Aveling (0000-0002-1259-9132, Harvard University)
Year2025
Volume24
Issue1
Pages275-275
Publication date2025-10-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal for Equity in Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1475-9276 • E-ISSN: 1475-9276
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12939-025-02635-8
PMID41088275
OpenAlexW4415165945
LanguageEN
References cited66

The SUS is not meeting the high need for LC healthcare, raising concerns about deepening health inequities. In Brazil, as elsewhere, LC joins other IACCs in becoming an invisibilised epidemic, with LC patients, especially those unable to pay for care, neglected amid general healthcare backlogs. A comprehensive pandemic response must include dedicated efforts to surveil and treat the long-term impacts of infection

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Health care · Health services research · Healthcare policy · Pandemic · Public health · Social policy · COVID-19 and healthcare impacts · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 · Health Policy

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