1. Trends in pediatric hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive respiratory diseases in Brazil
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Maria Aparecida Vieira, Viviane Santos Mendes Carneiro, and Vanessa Carvalho da Silva Vila
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Respiratory Tract Diseases ,Primary health care ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Ambulatory care ,Throat ,medicine ,Ambulatory Care ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Respiratory system ,Socioeconomic status ,General Nursing ,Nose ,Asthma ,030504 nursing ,Under-five ,business.industry ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,medicine.disease ,Hospitalization ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Child, Preschool ,0305 other medical science ,business ,Brazil ,Demography - Abstract
OBJECTIVE To analyze the trend in hospitalization rates for ambulatory care sensitive respiratory diseases (ACSRD) of children under five years of age in Brazil. DESIGN Time series study of hospitalization rates using secondary information from the Hospital Information System of the Brazil's Unified Health System. SAMPLE Hospitalizations of children under five years of age living in Brazilian regions. Hospitalizations were separated according to cause: nose and throat infections, asthma, bacterial pneumonias, and lung diseases. MEASUREMENTS Rates were calculated for total hospitalizations for ACSRD, and by cause, age group, and region. Trends were analyzed by using means of simple linear regression and were classified into stationary (p ≥ .05), ascending (β positive and p
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- 2020