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- Title
Características sociodemográficas e custo de hospitalizações por fratura de fêmur em idosos na Bahia.
- Authors
Oliveira Porto, Alana; de Matos Leal, Carla Bianca; Andrade Rios, Marcela; Soares Fernandes, Talitha Sonally; Fraga Fernandes, Emanuella Soares; Santos Ferreira, Ricardo Bruno
- Abstract
Objective: to describe the cases of hospitalization for femur fracture in the elderly in Bahia between 2012 and 2017, regarding sociodemographic characteristics and the cost of hospitalizations. Method: this is an ecological and descriptive study, performed with data on hospital morbidity and mortality due to femur fracture in the elderly in Bahia. Data were collected through the Hospital Information System, made available by the Information System Department of the Unified Health System. Relative frequency and lethality coefficient calculations were performed. Results: there were 11,941 hospitalizations for femur fracture in the elderly, corresponding to 0.31% of general hospitalizations during this period, excluding deliveries. Most of the hospitalizations and deaths observed were prevalent among women, 80 years and over and of unknown skin color, with a lethality rate of 4.4%. Conclusion: based on the rise in the hospitalization rate for femur fracture in Bahia, the need to reinforce public policies aimed at the elderly in order to ensure greater access to health, better quality of life and lower social impairment is suggested.
- Subjects
BAHIA (Brazil : State); HOSPITALS; HOSPITAL mortality; HUMAN skin color; INFORMATION storage &; retrieval systems; GOVERNMENT policy; FEMUR; FEMUR neck
- Publication
Journal Health NPEPS, 2019, Vol 4, Issue 2, p297
- ISSN
2526-1010
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.30681/2526101038233823