Open AccessHOSPITAL INSTITUTIONS OF ELDERLY PERSONS IN THE PUBLIC SYSTEM IN THE STATE OF PIAUÍ IN 2017
Author(s) -
Sandra Beatriz Pedra Branca Dourado,
Ionara Raquel Alves Carvalho de Sousa,
Géssica Feitosa de Sá Santos,
Juliana Maria Lima Craveiro,
Tereza Cristina Araújo da Silva,
Andreia Karla de Carvalho Barbosa Cavalcante
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
revista prevenção de infecção e saúde
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2446-7901
DOI - 10.26694/repis.v5i0.8158
Subject(s) - christian ministry , limiting , elderly people , medicine , retrospective cohort study , medical emergency , gerontology , environmental health , emergency medicine , political science , surgery , engineering , mechanical engineering , law
Objective : to characterize the profile of hospital admissions of the elderly in the public system of Piaui in the year 2017. Methodology : cross-sectional and retrospective study, based on the data available in the Information System on Morbidity of the Ministry of Health in the page of the Department of Information Technology of SUS (DATASUS). Results : The elderly were in the age group of 80 years or older, were male and 24.7% had diseases of the circulatory system. The main cause of mortality was diseases of the respiratory system, with 12 (25%) deaths. Floriano's macroregion was where 45% of cases of hospitalization occurred. Conclusion : Educational and preventive actions should be implemented through health care policies, with the aim of limiting the social inequalities of care coverage to the populations of macro regions, in order to interrupt the cycle of gravity of the causes of the circulatory and respiratory system in the elderly
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