Legal action for access to resources inefficiently made available in health care systems in Brazil: a case study on obstructive sleep apnea.

Daniela Vianna Pachito Beny Finkelstein Claudia Albertini Antonio Gaspar Carolina Pereira Paulo Vaz Allan Luiz Eckeli Luciano Ferreira Drager

Published in: Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia (2023)

Legal action as a strategy for accessing diagnostic and therapeutic resources related to OSA is a recurrent practice, resulting in inefficiency and inequity. The reduction in the number of lawsuits between 2017 and 2019 might be explained by the expansion of local health care policies or by barriers in the journey of patients with OSA, such as difficulties in being referred to specialized health care and low availability of diagnostic resources.

Keyphrases

healthcare
obstructive sleep apnea
positive airway pressure
public health
primary care
sleep apnea
health information
social media