Hospitalizations due to primary care sensitive conditions after family health strategy implementation on Petrópolis/RJ

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Objective: To quantify and to compare the hospitalizations sensible to primary care (HSPC) with the brute rate of hospitalizations analyzing its frequency with the family health program (FHP) in Petrópolis/RJ. Methods: After analyzing the national health system data, we extracted the rate of HSPC between 1999-2013. Then we have established the ratio of the hospitalizations and city residents multiplied by a thousand. The Pearson correlation coefficient was applied to obtain the the variables correlation. Results: The data presented a reduction of 54.4% in the number of HSPC for the investigated period. Total hospitalizations related to primary care conditions went from 19.9% to 16.5%. The rate of HSPC decreased as the coverage of the FHP increased its coverage. Conclusion: The changes observed are significant and stimulate further investigations regarding the FHP strategy and its potential as an effective way of reducing the HSPC in other regions.

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• Alternative title: Internações por condições sensíveis à atenção primária após a implantação da estratégia saúde da família no município de Petrópolis/RJ ; Hospitalizaciones por enfermedades sensibles a la atención primaria después de la implementación del programa de salud de la familia en município de Petrópolis/RJ
• ISSN: 2175-5361
• Extent: Seite(n): 811-817
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 9(3)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie ; Gesundheitspolitik ; Gesundheitsvorsorge ; Krankenhaus ; Public Health ; Familie ; Gesundheitsversorgung ; Gesundheitspolitik ; Südamerika ; Brasilien ; stationäre Versorgung

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Zarlotti, Camilla ; Scudese, Estêvão ; Senna, Gilmar W. ; Tonini, Teresa ; Lopes, Taís de S. ; Pestana, Carlos L. S.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2017

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2017.v9i3.811-817
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-53486-3
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln