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Multimorbidity and use of health services in a population diagnosed with COVID-19 in a municipality in the Southern Region of Brazil, 2020-2021: a cross-sectional study

Multimorbilidad y uso de servicios de salud en una población diagnosticada con covid-19 en un municipio de la región sur de Brasil, 2020-2021: estudio transversal

Abstract

Objective:

To assess association between multimorbidity and use of health services in a population diagnosed with COVID-19, in southern Brazil.

Methods:

This was a cross-sectional study with data from a longitudinal study carried out in the city of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in 2021 with all adult individuals diagnosed with COVID-19; descriptive analyses were performed and presented as proportions with 95% confidence intervals (95%CI); Poisson regression was performed and reported as prevalence ratios (PR) in order to assess association between multimorbidity (3 or more diseases) and healthcare service use.

Results:

In total, 2,919 participants were included, of which 40.4% had multimorbidity (≥ 2 diseases); the adjusted results showed that individuals with multimorbidity were more likely to use most of the services assessed, PR = 3.21 (95%CI 1.40;7.37), for Emergency Rooms.

Conclusion:

Multimorbidity was associated with using different types of health services.

Keywords:
Health Services; COVID-19; Cross-Sectional Studies; Multimorbidity

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