Trends in Hospital Admission Rates and Associated Direct Healthcare Costs in Brazil: a Nationwide Retrospective Study between 2000 and 2015
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● Hospital admission rate and length of hospital stay have declined since 2000.
● Healthcare costs of hospital admissions have increased since 2000.
● Infants and the elderly had the highest admission rate, especially due to pneumonia.
● Injury and maternal conditions were the primary causes in adult males and females Greatest healthcare burden occurred in the south of Brazil.
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Zhao, Q., Coelho, M.S.Z.S., Li, S., Saldiva, P.H.N., Abramson, M.J., Huxley, R.R. and Guo, Y. Trends in Hospital Admission Rates and Associated Direct Healthcare Costs in Brazil: A Nationwide Retrospective Study between 2000 and 2015. The Innovation 1 (1), 100013 (2020). doi: 10.1016/j.xinn.2020.04.013
