Hospitalizations of the Elderly due to Primary Care-Sensitive Conditions in the South-Central Region of the State of Paraná
| Autor: | Gracieli Martinazzo, Sirlei Favero Cetolin, Vilma Beltrame, Antuani Rafael Baptistela, Jovani Antonio Steffani |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | O Mundo da Saúde, Vol 45, Pp 444-451 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0104-7809 1980-3990 |
| Popis: | Hospitalizations due to Primary Care-Sensitive Conditions (HPCSC) are caused by diseases whose care must be carried out at the first level of care and when not carried out lead to hospitalization, such as bacterial pneumonia, complications of diabetes mellitus, systemic arterial hypertension, asthma, among others. In order to analyze the main groups of diseases that cause HPCSC in elderly people in the South-Central region of the state of Paraná, a descriptive, exploratory, and ecological study of elderly people aged 60 to 74 years was carried out from 2008 to 2018 using the Hospital Information System of the Unified Health System (HIS/UHS), available on the website of the UHS Department of Informatics (DATASUS). In the analyzed period, there were 19,948 hospitalizations of elderly people aged 60 to 74 years due to PCSC. 10,007 (50.16%) cases were of men and 9,941 (49.84%) of women; the group of causes with the highest incidence of hospitalization were pulmonary diseases at 23.86%, followed by bacterial pneumonia at 20.47%, and heart failure at 12.59%; and these three groups accounted for more than 50% of all hospitalizations. The findings demonstrate a higher male incidence of HPCSC, with lung diseases, pneumonia, and heart failure being the main pathologies that affect the elderly population in the studied region. This reinforces the idea that promotion and prevention actions can help to reduce the number of hospitalizations and improved quality of life. |
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