Scarce Resource Allocation for Critically ill Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Public Health Emergency in São Paulo Brazil

摘要

As granted by the Federal Constitution, in article 196, Sistema Único de Saúde-SUS (Brazilian Unified National Health System) is an in-depth public health system with universal coverage in Brazil. The Constitution declares health as a fundamental right of all citizens and every person who is inside Brazilian national borders, and that it is an obligation of the State to ensure that everyone has access to the public health system (1).