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- Title
Idosos na unidade de saúde da família: morbidade e utilização de serviços de saúde.
- Authors
Cabrelli, Renata; Silva Sousa, Cristina; Turrini, Ruth Natalia Teresa; Iwanow Cianciarullo, Tamara
- Abstract
This cross-sectional study aimed to identify the profile of morbidity and use of health services by the elderly in the Family Health Program Antonio Estevão de Carvalho, from São Paulo, Brazil. The information of 92 seniors from the database of the project "Family Health - assessment of the new assistance strategy in the setting of public policies" were used. A descriptive data analysis showed the elderly with an average age of 70.6 years old; 64.1%, females; 93.5% reported any kind of health problems, especially hypertension (67.4%) and diabetes mellitus (19.6%), 77.3% looked for health care; public hospitals (42.4%) were the most sought after services. The reasons for the choice of services were ease of access (18.5%) and need of care (7.6%). The main reason of satisfaction was the interpersonal care and of dissatisfaction the lack of medicines and the long wait to set appointments.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; MEDICAL care for older people; CHI-squared test; DATABASES; DIABETES; DISEASES; DRUGS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research; FISHER exact test; HEALTH; HYPERTENSION; JOINT diseases; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL care use; PATIENT satisfaction; STATISTICAL sampling; SEX distribution; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; CROSS-sectional method; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Rev Rene, 2014, Vol 15, Issue 1, p89
- ISSN
1517-3852
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15253/2175-6783.2014000100012