Hospital admissions for sensitive conditions to primary health care

• Autor(a) principal: dos Santos Sales, Karina Gama
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: de Abreu, Luiz Carlos, Ramos, José Lucas Souza, Bezerra, Italla Maria Pinheiro
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde
• DOI: 10.5020/18061230.2019.9664
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.unifor.br/RBPS/article/view/9664
• topic: Primary Health Care; Hospitalization; Delivery of Health Care; Atención Primaria de Salud; Hospitalización; Prestación de Atención de Salud; Atenção Primária à Saúde; Hospitalização; Assistência à Saúde.

Objective: To analyze hospital admissions for conditions sensitive to Primary Health Care in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Methods: It is an ecological study with population-based time-series design in the state of Minas Gerais, concerning the hospital admissions and the main causes of them for conditions sensitive to primary care. The analysis was performed based on the Hospitalization Authorization according to the costs, year, gender, and age group based on data from the Hospital Information System (SIH). The micro data were extracted from the file transfer service at the Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System (DATASUS) in June 2018. The records analyzed refer to the period from January 2008 to December 2017, including all hospitalizations for conditions sensitive to primary health care. Results: It was evident that from 2008 to 2017, hospitalizations sensitive to primary care accounted for 21.21% (2,506,782) of the total hospitalizations in the state of Minas Gerais, with Jequitinhonha Region followed by the Northeast and Center South contributing to the higher percentages. Regarding causes, the highest prevalence is concentrated in circulatory system diseases 54.22% (816,617), followed by respiratory system diseases 43.48% (586,809), endocrine diseases 85.70% (325,082), genitourinary diseases 37 , 13% (309,281) and infectious and parasitic diseases 38.37% (266,294). Conclusion: hospital admissions due to conditions sensitive to Primary Health Care in the state of Minas Gerais follow a national pattern, but although hospitalizations are decreasing, it still represents more than 20% of all hospitalizations.