O transporte eletivo de pacientes no Sistema Único de Saúde: aspectos jurídicos e o papel da Seguridade Social

Abstract

The elective transportation of patients within the Brazilian Unified Health System was analyzed as a fundamental instrument to enforce the right to health and strengthen social security in Brazil. A qualitative, legal-doctrinal, and documentary method was employed, integrating the analysis of constitutional, infra-legal, and regulatory norms, as well as official documents from the State Health Secretariat of Goiás and of the municipality of Goiânia. As a result, gaps were identified in the implementation of service, along with budgetary and administrative challenges that limit equitable access to elective sanitary transportation, especially in peripheral areas. It was concluded that the effectiveness of elective transportation depends on integrated public policies and efficient normative instruments, being essential to the constitutional fundamental right to health, with the potential to reduce regional inequalities and strengthen inter-federative governance practices aimed at comprehensive care delivery.