Table 2 Overview themes and subthemes

A) Effects of scarcity for the clinical context

 A1) Different dimensions of resource scarcity between LMICs and HICs

 A2) Prioritization of COVID-19 patients

B) Health literacy

C) Inequality and vulnerable groups

 C1) Poverty as a specific challenge for LMICs

 C2) Children and women as a specific vulnerable group in LMICs

 C3) Older people as a specific vulnerable group in HICS

D) Conflicts surrounding health-care professionals

 D1) Frontline burdens

 D2) Psychological and moral distress