Morbidade hospitalar em crianças de 0 a 9 anos no brasil, Paraná, Maringá e região metropolitana

Abstract

The article’s purpose was identifying causes of hospital admissions in children from 0 to 9 years old in Brazil, Paraná, Maringá and its metropolitan region, following the course, the impact for SUS and analyzing how the public health system actions carried out to improve the indicators. It is a cross-sectional and retrospective study project, using secondary data from the Informatics Department of the Unified Health System (DATASUS), mainly from the Hospital Information System (SIH). Data from Brazil, Paraná, the city of Maringá and its metropolitan region published from 2008 to 2018 were analyzed. With the information obtained from this period, it is possible to affirm that the main causes of hospitalization in this age group come from respiratory system disorders, infectious and parasitic diseases and poisoning injuries and some other consequences from external causes. Although each region has its own situations, in the state of Paraná, as well as in the metropolitan region of Maringá and in the city of Maringá, the results are similar, maintaining the relevance of respiratory system disorders and infectious and parasitic diseases as the reasons of hospitalization . Beyond that, the declining pattern in the number of hospitalizations for the mentioned causes is seen both at the national, state and municipal levels. It is possible to conclude that the number of hospitalizations in children in the studied group has been decreasing due to the performance of public health professionals in the scope of primary care and the accomplishment of public policies that focus on reducing child morbidity and mortality.