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
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.
Authors
- Letícia Soares (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6933-8048)
- Flora Cornish (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3404-9385)
- Elisabeth Stelson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5176-2652)
- Sheyla Maria Lemos Lima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1450-0498)
- Emma‐Louise Aveling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1259-9132)
- Marta Guimarães Cavalcanti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8308-9853)
- Mônica Martins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9962-0618)
- Danielle Furtado de Oliveira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1103-3815)
- Michelle Bernardino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6494-755X)
- Maurício Teixeira Leite de Vasconcellos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1658-2589)
- Bárbara do Nascimento Caldas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7174-6393)
- Cláudia Caminha Escosteguy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0273-6911)
- Gabriela Góes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7878-5336)
- Carla Lourenço Tavares de Andrade (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3232-0917)
- Margareth Crisóstomo Portela (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9858-9276)
- Brenda Sabaine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5409-6638)
- Natalie Perez Baginski
Institutions
- Harvard University (US)
- Hospital Federal dos Servidores do Estado (BR)
- Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública (BR)
- Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho (BR)
- Fundo Brasil (BR)
- Secretaria Municipal de Saúde (BR)
- Patient-Led Research Collaborative
- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (BR)
- London School of Economics and Political Science (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal for Equity in Health
- Published
- 2025-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-025-02635-8
- Primary Topic
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00