Open AccessIncidence of intra-hospital care related to pressure ulcers and the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic in the city of São Paulo, from March to December 2020
Author(s) -
M Noronha,
Dov Charles Goldenberg,
Marina Vilela Chagas Ferreira,
Rafael Ferreira Zatz,
Francisco Tustumi
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international archives of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1755-7682
DOI - 10.3823/2636
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , incidence (geometry) , pandemic , emergency medicine , health care , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , pediatrics , environmental health , disease , virology , outbreak , physics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , optics , economics , economic growth
In Brazil, there is no published article that measures the expense of this condition for the health system. There are international studies that show that treating a pressure ulcer is significantly more expensive than preventing it. The purpose of this article is to describe the incidence of patients with hospitalization related to pressure ulcers, in the city of São Paulo, in the period of the 1st increase in cases of COVID - 19 (March 2020 to December 2020), as well as the related expense with these hospitalizations.