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- Title
Hospital expenses and liver disease in Brazil.
- Authors
Hepp Schwambach, Karin; Becker, Matheus William; Aparecida Paz, Adriana; da Costa Linch, Graciele Fernanda; Weis, Alísia Helena; Blatt, Carine Raquel
- Abstract
Objective: This study aims at describing the values and morbimortality of hospital admissions for liver disease in the Brazilian public health system. Methods: The study was carried out in the DATASUS, for a period of five years. The number, causes, time, mortality rate and values of hospitalizations in the period were investigated. Results: In five years, there were 67,561,584 hospitalizations, of which 461,431 were due to liver diseases. The value of hospitalizations in the period was US$ 23 billion, and liver diseases accounted for US$ 384 million, which corresponds to 76 million per year. In liver diseases, the mean length of hospital stay was 8 days whereas for other hospitalizations the mean time was 5 days. The mortality rate from liver diseases was 14% while the general mortality rate was 4%. The average cost of hospitalizations was US$ 531 for liver diseases and US$ 84 for other causes of hospitalization. Conclusion: In the Brazilian public health system, liver diseases have a higher average value, a longer average hospital stay, and a higher mortality rate when compared to all causes of hospitalization.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; LIVER diseases; LENGTH of stay in hospitals; MEDICAL care costs; HOSPITALS; COST
- Publication
JBES: Brazilian Journal of Health Economics / Jornal Brasileiro de Economia da Saúde, 2020, Vol 12, Issue 2, p128
- ISSN
2175-2095
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.21115/JBES.v12.n2.p128-34