Table 1 List the differences / similarities of lawsuits vs. administrative cases

Avenue of appeal

Citizen appeals to the Judiciary Branch

Citizen appeals to the Executive Branch

Cost to citizens

It has cost to open a request

It has no cost to open a request

Limitations

No requirement of the type of service that issued the prescription (prescribed by a SUS clinician or private system clinician)

Requirement prescriptions prescribed by a SUS clinician

Evaluation process and criteria

The requests are evaluated by a judge, who consider the plaintiff’s personal documents, the medical prescription containing the description of the medicines requested.

The requests are evaluated by a commission of pharmacists, who consider both medical criteria, health record and compatibility with public health policies.