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Table 1 Description of lawsuit, São Paulo, 2010 and 2014

From: Legal access to medications: a threat to Brazil’s public health system?

Variable

n

Prevalence % (IC 95%)

Responsibility to care of lawsuit (n = 56.345)

 State of São Paulo

34,952

62,0 (61,6–62,4)

 State shared

21,207

37.6 (37,2–38,0)

 Other

186

0,3 (0,2–0,3)

Categories of the items claimed (n = 148,236)

 Medications

91,931

62.0 (61,7–62,2)

 Medical and hospital supplies

40,121

27.0 (26,8–27,2)

 Nutritional products

8296

5,5 (5,4–5,7)

 Medical and hospital procedures

6857

4,6 (4,5–4,7)

 Other items

1031

0,6 (0,6–0,7)

Identify of the person who filed the lawsuit (n = 56,345)

 Lawyer

36,170

64.2 (63,7–64,5)

 Public defender

7789

13.8 (13,5–14,1)

 Prosecutor

5132

9.1 (8,8–9,3)

 Uninformed

7254

12.8 (12,5–13,1)

Type of lawsuit (n = 56,345)

 Normal proceeding

34,649

61.4 (61,0–61,8)

 Injunction

14,783

26.2 (25,8–26,6)

 Civil action

4786

8,4 (8,2–8,7)

 Other

2127

3,7 (3,3–3,9)

Category of the prescriber (n = 56,345)

 Medical

55,697

98,8 (98,7–98,9)

 Otherwise

548

1,1 (1,0–1,2)

Type of service that the medical prescription was drawn up (n = 56,345)

 Private clinic

26,957

47,8 (47,4–48,2)

 PHCU

10,673

18,9 (18,6–19,2)

 Teaching hospital

7124

12.7 (12,3–12,9)

 General hospital

4334

7.7 (7,6–7,7)

 Specialized clinic/outpatient clinic/Outpatient clinic uninformed/Polyclinic

2378

4,2 (4,0–4,3)

 Unspecified hospital

646

1.1 (1,0–1,2)

 Specialist hospital

538

1.0 (0,8–1,0)

 Uninformed

3695

6,5 (6,3–6,7)

Item claimed of medication included of components of the PA program (n = 91.931)

 Basic

15,265

16,6 (16,3–16,8)

 Specialized

11,104

12,0 (11,8–12,2)

 Strategic

346

0,3 (0,3–0,4)

 No one

65,216

70,9 (70,6–71,2)

  1. Source: S-Codes