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Overview of hospitalizations by ambulatory care sensitive conditions in the municipality of Cotia, Brazil* * Extracted from the study "Panorama das Internações por Condições Sensíveis à Atenção Primária no município de Cotia" 1st Exhibition of Studies of the Graduate Program in Nursing, School of Nursing, University of São Paulo, 2013

Panorama de las hospitalizaciones por condiciones sensibles de la atención primaria en la ciudad de cotia

Objective

To describe the profile of Hospitalizations by Amulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (HACSC), in the Municipality of Cotia, from 2008 to 2012.

Method

ecological, exploratory, longitudinal study with a quantitative approach. Data on HACSC, by age group and sex, were obtained from the Department of the Unified Health System. For data analysis descriptive statistics were used.

Results

During the period, there were 46,676 admissions, excluding deliveries, 7,753 (16.61%) by HACSC. The main causes were cerebrovascular diseases, 16.96%, heart failure, 15.50%, hypertension, 10.80% and infection of the kidney and urinary tract, 10.51%. Regarding gender, HACSC occurred predominantly in males. There was a greater number of HACSC at extreme age ranges, especially in the elderly.

Conclusion

Chronic diseases predominate among the leading causes of HACSC and there was no significant difference between sex.





Hospitalization; Primary Health Care; Quality of Health Care; Health evaluation; Public health nursing


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