Pneumonia hospitalization in Brazil from 2003 to 2007

Abstract

As expected, the highest HDTP rates were observed in the very young and the elderly. Regional differences in hospitalization incidence rates and in-hospital CFRs were observed.

Trends in Hospitalization of Children with Bacterial Pneumonia in Poland

“…Some studies indicated that the hospitalization rate of children for pneumonia decreases with age, and a similar trend is observed in studies conducted in other areas (1,5,14). Babies from the youngest age group are at the highest risk of contracting invasive and non-invasive pneumococcal disease, due to immaturity of the immune system and favourable anatomical conditions.…”

“…According to the research of Blain et al, the risk of hospitalization of children caused by pneumonia is connected with material deprivation, Child Wellbeing Index (CWI) health domain score, the number of children requiring local authority support, and the distance to the hospital (27). Also high regional variation in relation to the hospitalization rate is reported in some other studies (1,27).…”

“…The inflammations of the lower respiratory tract are regarded as the main cause of morbidity and mortality of children (1)(2)(3). Community-acquired pneumonia is the leading cause of hospitalization in children's wards both in developed and developing countries (4,5).…”

Effect of 10-Valent Pneumococcal Vaccine on Pneumonia among Children, Brazil

“…Marked regional differences had already been documented ( 32 ). Possible reasons, other than differences in health care provision, are variations in epidemiology, demographics, socioeconomic status, and climate.…”

Appropriateness of administrative data for vaccine impact evaluation: the case of pneumonia hospitalizations and pneumococcal vaccine in Brazil

“…The reason why CAP diagnoses were preferred in SIH-SUS may be related to the fact that information on diagnosis-related groups in SIH-SUS records are used to determine the amount to be reimbursed by the government to the hospitals for the services provided. Studies on reliability of administrative data, especially the SIH-SUS database, have showed that diagnostics that allow higher payment are favoured in the database as opposed to other diagnosis-related groups which are reimbursed at a lower level [26,[29][30][31][32]. Thus, since pneumonia is the most well paid respiratory event per admission by SUS [16,33], we cannot rule out over-reporting for CAP diagnosis.…”