Abstract

ABRANTES, Marcelo M et al. Causas de internações de crianças e adolescentes nos hospitais do SUS em Minas Gerais entre 1994 e 1995. Inf. Epidemiol. Sus [online]. 1998, vol.7, n.1, pp.95-104. ISSN 0104-1673.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S0104-16731998000100006.

The objective of this study was to determine the most frequent causes of hospital admissions of children and adolescents in the Public Health Care System in the State of Minas Gerais in 1994 and 1995. Information about hospital admissions was obtained from the Hospital Admission Authorization forms (AIHs) filled by the hospitals for reimbursement, which are available through the BBS network and a CD-ROM distributed by the Ministry of Health. The studied variables were: age, sex and cause of admission. In 1994, 1,397,265 admissions ocurred and 1995, there were 1,465,389 admissions. During the period considered, 18,6% of the admissions corresponded to children and 9,5% to adolescents. Male admissions predominated except in individuals with ages between 15 and years. The main causes of admissions for both sex and all ages, corresponded to diseases and infections of the respiratory system except for the 15 to 19 year interval, in which female admissions predominated, pregnacy being the most frequent admission cause (60%). The second most frequent cause was gastrointestinal disease. It is concluded that the information of this study contributes to elucidate the main causes of admission of children and adolescents in hospital of the Public Health Care System, information that should allow the implementation of preventive actions of public health.

Keywords : Hospital Admission; Admission Causes; Hospital Statistics.

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