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Analysis of the trend of hospitalizations for asthma in children and adolescent...
Magalhães,Larissa Silva; Policena,Gabriela Moreira; Carneiro,Viviane Santos Mendes; Costa,Lusmaia Damaceno Camargo; Costa,Maria Selma Neves daAbstract Objective To analyze the trend of hospitalizations for asthma in children and adolescents by region and age group in Brazil, from 2008 to 2017. Method This is a time-series study with secondary data regarding hospitalizations for asthma in children and adolescents, according to age, region, and gender. Descriptive statistics procedures were used with measures of central tendency to calculate the variat...
Trend of fall-related mortality among the elderly
Monteiro,Yara Cristina Martins; Vieira,Maria Aparecida da Silva; Vitorino,Priscila Valverde de Oliveira; Queiroz,Silvio José deABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the temporal trend of fall-related mortality in elderly in Brazil from 2008 to 2016. Method: Study of time series of rates of fall-related mortality according to CID-10 from 2008 to 2016. Data from the Mortality Information System on death registers of people ≥ 60 living in Brazil were used. The specific rates of fall-related mortality among the elderly were calculated through the...
Profile of female deaths by homicide in the city of Goiânia
David,Luana Muzzi Vaz; Minamisava,Ruth; Vitorino,Priscila Valverde de Oliveira; Rocha,Maria José Pereira; Carneiro,Viviane Santos MendesABSTRACT Objectives: to identify the female homicide profile in the city of Goiânia. Methods: a cross-sectional, descriptive study that characterized female deaths by homicide from 2008 to 2015. They occurred in Goiânia, and registered in the Mortality Information System. Cases of homicide of women aged ≥ 10 years were eligible. Other causes of death were excluded. Descriptive statistical analysis with frequenc...
Hospitalization costs of severe bacterial pneumonia in children: comparative an...
Nunes,Sheila Elke Araujo; Minamisava,Ruth; Vieira,Maria Aparecida da Silva; Itria,Alexander; Pessoa Junior,Vicente PorfirioABSTRACT Objective To determine and compare hospitalization costs of bacterial community-acquired pneumonia cases via different costing methods under the Brazilian Public Unified Health System perspective. Methods Cost-of-illness study based on primary data collected from a sample of 59 children aged between 28 days and 35 months and hospitalized due to bacterial pneumonia. Direct medical and non-medical costs ...