Objectives: to investigate the sociodemographic profile and the process of hospitalization of elderly assisted in an emergency hospital. Methods: descriptive epidemiological study conducted at an emergency hospital with 300 elderly patients using a form with hospitalization process and sociodemographic variables. Results: there was a predominance of females (56.0%), between 80 and 89 years old (45.4%), illitera...
Objetivos: investigar o perfil sociodemográfico e o processo de hospitalização de idosos atendidos em um hospital de emergência. Métodos: estudo epidemiológico descritivo, realizado em um hospital de emergência com 300 pacientes idosos utilizando um formulário com variáveis sociodemográficas e do processo de hospitalização. Resultados: observou-se predominância do sexo feminino (56,0%), entre 80 e 89 anos (45,4...
Objectives: to investigate the sociodemographic profile and the process of hospitalization of elderly assisted in an emergency hospital. Methods: descriptive epidemiological study conducted at an emergency hospital with 300 elderly patients using a form with hospitalization process and sociodemographic variables. Results: there was a predominance of females (56.0%), between 80 and 89 years old (45.4%), illitera...