2019-02-082019-02-082013PAGOTTO, 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. 1413-8123e- 1678-4561http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/handle/ri/16998This 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.porAcesso AbertoHospitalizationWeight lossUnified Health SystemElderlySocioeconomic factorsHospitalizaçãoIdosoPerda de pesoSistema Único de SaúdeFatores socioeconômicosArtigo