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.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:113

Enthalten in:

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 113(2021) vom: 15. Dez., Seite 162-165

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zimmermann, Ivan Ricardo [VerfasserIn]
Sanchez, Mauro Niskier [VerfasserIn]
Alves, Layana Costa [VerfasserIn]
Frio, Gustavo Saraiva [VerfasserIn]
Cavalcante, Fabrício Vieira [VerfasserIn]
Cortez-Escalante, Juan José [VerfasserIn]
da Silva, Everton Nunes [VerfasserIn]
Santos, Leonor Maria Pacheco [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Brazil
COVID-19
Cause of death
Hospital mortality
Journal Article
SARS-CoV-2l
Unified health system

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 08.12.2021

Date Revised 14.12.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijid.2021.09.077

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM331482738