COVID-19 as the leading cause of hospital deaths in the Brazilian public health system in 2020
Objectives: To describe the profile of hospital deaths in Brazil according to cause of admission during the pre-pandemic (2019) and pandemic periods (2020). Methods: Descriptive study based on individual-level records of all hospital admissions with death outcomes reimbursed by the Brazilian Nation...
Main Authors: | Zimmermann, Ivan Ricardo, Sanchez, Mauro Niskier, Alves, Layana Costa, Frio, Gustavo Saraiva, Cavalcante, Fabrício Vieira, Escalante, Juan José Cortez, Silva, Everton Nunes da, Santos, Leonor Maria Pacheco |
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ir-10482-423272021-11-08T20:24:27Z COVID-19 as the leading cause of hospital deaths in the Brazilian public health system in 2020 Zimmermann, Ivan Ricardo Sanchez, Mauro Niskier Alves, Layana Costa Frio, Gustavo Saraiva Cavalcante, Fabrício Vieira Escalante, Juan José Cortez Silva, Everton Nunes da Santos, Leonor Maria Pacheco Covid-19 SARS-CoV-2 Mortalidade - hospitais Sistema Único de Saúde (Brasil) Objectives: To describe the profile of hospital deaths in Brazil according to cause of admission during the pre-pandemic (2019) and pandemic periods (2020). Methods: Descriptive study based on individual-level records of all hospital admissions with death outcomes reimbursed by the Brazilian National Health System in 2019 and 2020. Results: The number of hospital deaths increased by 16.7% in 2020 compared with 2019 (522,686 vs 609,755). Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was associated with 19.5% (118,879) of all hospital deaths in 2020, surpassing diseases of the circulatory system (15.4%, 93,735) and diseases of the respiratory system (14.9%, 91,035). Conclusions: COVID-19 was the main cause of death in public hospitals in Brazil in 2020. 2021-11-08T20:24:27Z 2021-11-08T20:24:27Z 2021 Artigo ZIMMERMANN, Ivan Ricardo et al. COVID-19 as a leading cause of hospitalizations with death in the Brazilian Public Health System in 2020. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, v. 113, p. 162-165, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.09.077. Disponível em: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221007852#abs0002. Acesso em: 08 nov. 2021. https://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/42327 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.09.077 Inglês Acesso Aberto This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). application/pdf Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases |
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Covid-19 SARS-CoV-2 Mortalidade - hospitais Sistema Único de Saúde (Brasil) Zimmermann, Ivan Ricardo Sanchez, Mauro Niskier Alves, Layana Costa Frio, Gustavo Saraiva Cavalcante, Fabrício Vieira Escalante, Juan José Cortez Silva, Everton Nunes da Santos, Leonor Maria Pacheco COVID-19 as the leading cause of hospital deaths in the Brazilian public health system in 2020 |
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Objectives: To describe the profile of hospital deaths in Brazil according to cause of admission during the pre-pandemic (2019) and pandemic periods (2020).
Methods: Descriptive study based on individual-level records of all hospital admissions with death outcomes reimbursed by the Brazilian National Health System in 2019 and 2020.
Results: The number of hospital deaths increased by 16.7% in 2020 compared with 2019 (522,686 vs 609,755). Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was associated with 19.5% (118,879) of all hospital deaths in 2020, surpassing diseases of the circulatory system (15.4%, 93,735) and diseases of the respiratory system (14.9%, 91,035).
Conclusions: COVID-19 was the main cause of death in public hospitals in Brazil in 2020. |
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COVID-19 as the leading cause of hospital deaths in the Brazilian public health system in 2020 |
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