Hospitalizations for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions in Pinheiro - Maranhão

Abstract

Objective: to describe hospitalizations for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSC) in the municipality of Pinheiro -MA. Methods: a descriptive study whose data source was provided by the Unified Health System Hospital Information System (SIH / SUS) from 2008 to 2018. Results: the rate of ACSC in this municipality was 26.1%, corresponding to 14.104 hospitalizations; the five most common diagnoses were bacterial pneumonia, infectious gastroenteritis, inflammatory disease of female organs, kidney and urinary tract infection, and heart failure; there were 698 deaths from ACSC, representing 50.2% of all deaths from hospitalizations; ACSCs consumed R$7.976.062,43, corresponding to 24.0% of total hospitalization expenses in the municipality. Conclusion: the high occurrence of ACSC in Pinheiro -MA points to the need for further investigations on possible factors that are influencing the high rates of these hospitalizations in the studied region.