This research aimed to describe the profile of patients between 30 and 59 years hospitalized with diabetes mellitus and its complications, health-related aspects and care received, to list the main causes of hospitalization and to verify the adherence of patients to treatment. A cross-sectional study was conducted by means of SUS Hospital Information System and by interviews. A hospitalization index of 1.77 per 10 thousand cases was found and fifty patients were interviewed, predominantly males with several comorbidities. Most of them were assisted at primary care level and reported difficulties in accessing the service. The underreporting of hospitalization cases by diabetes and its complications restricts the use of this indicator.
Diabetes mellitus; Primary health care; Hospitalization; Quality assurance; Health care; Program evaluation