Perfil das hospitalizações e fatores associados em idosos usuários do SUS
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2013
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This article seeks to establish the causes
of hospitalizations among the elderly and identi-
fy the prevalence and associated factors. It is a
cross-sectional study with 418 elderly users of SUS
selected by multistage proportional sampling in
the nine Sanitary Districts of Goiânia. Hospital-
ization was defined as a positive response to the
question: “Were you hospitalized in the past
year?” The independent variables were collected
on a standardized questionnaire. Associations
were explored through the prevalence ratio and
the respective 95% CI. Multivariate analysis was
conducted using hierarchical Poisson regression.
The prevalence of hospitalizations was 24.4% and
the major causes were circulatory (28.4%), res-
piratory (9.8%) and infectious and parasitic dis-
eases (9.8%). In multivariate analysis, the fol-
lowing variables continued to be associated with
hospitalizations: A/B economic class, reports of
five or more diseases and weight loss. The results
revealed a high prevalence of hospitalizations and
that factors involved are mainly related to socio-
economic issues and health status, which dem-
onstrates that it is necessary to monitor these cases
in primary health care to prevent unnecessary
hospitalization.
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Hospitalization, Weight loss, Unified Health System, Elderly, Socioeconomic factors, Hospitalização, Idoso, Perda de peso, Sistema Único de Saúde, Fatores socioeconômicos
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PAGOTTO, Valéria; SILVEIRA, Erika Aparecida; VELASCO, Wisley Donizetti. Perfil das hospitalizações e fatores associados em idosos usuários do SUS. Ciência e Saúde Coletiva, Rio de Janeiro, v. 18, n. 10, p. 3061-3070, out. 2013.