Open AccessHospital admissions in the first year of life: inequalities over three decades in a southern Brazilian city
Author(s) -
Fernando C. Wehrmeister,
Cesar G Victora,
Bernardo Lessa Horta,
Iná da Silva dos Santos,
Andréa Dâmaso Bertoldi,
Bruna G C da Silva,
Fernando C. Barros
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyy228
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , pediatrics , population , fell , environmental health , geography , cartography , sociology
Hospital admissions in infancy are declining in several countries. We describe admissions to neonatal intensive care units (NICU) and other hospitalizations over a 33-year period in the Brazilian city of Pelotas.