Title |
Internações por doenças relacionadas ao saneamento ambiental inadequado na rede pública de saúde da região metropolitana de Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 2010-2014
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Published in |
Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde, November 2017
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DOI | 10.5123/s1679-49742017000400011 |
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Authors |
Mariana Santiago Siqueira, Roger dos Santos Rosa, Ronaldo Bordin, Rita de Cássia Nugem, Mariana Santiago Siqueira, Roger dos Santos Rosa, Ronaldo Bordin, Rita de Cássia Nugem |
Abstract |
to describe the occurrence, characteristics and expenditures of hospitalizations due to diseases associated with poor sanitation funded by the Brazilian National Health System (SUS) among residents of the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil, from 2010 to 2014. descriptive study with data from SUS Hospital Information System (SIH/SUS). out of 13,929 hospitalizations for diseases associated with poor sanitation, 93.7% were related to fecal-oral transmission diseases and 20.4% were children from 1 to 4 years of age (28.1 hospitalizations/10,000 inhabitants/year); hospital fatality rate was of 2.2%, fecal-oral transmission diseases were the main causes of death; intensive care unit (ICU) was used in 2.0% of hospitalizations; total expenditures on hospitalizations was around BRL6.1 million. diseases associated with poor sanitation are still an important issue in the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre-RS, although this region presents good development indicators. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 93 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Bachelor | 18 | 19% |
Student > Master | 15 | 16% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 10% |
Professor | 5 | 5% |
Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 4% |
Other | 8 | 9% |
Unknown | 34 | 37% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Engineering | 12 | 13% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 10% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 8% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 6% |
Environmental Science | 5 | 5% |
Other | 18 | 19% |
Unknown | 36 | 39% |