Predictors of 10-year hospital use in a community-dwelling population of Brazilian elderly: the Bambuí cohort study of aging

Abstract

We use data from a population-based cohort of elderly Brazilians to assess predictors of hospitalizations during ten years of follow-up. Participants were 1,448 persons aged 60 years and over at baseline (1997)

Inequalities in multimorbidity among elderly: a population-based study in a city in Southern Brazil

“…However, these diseases rarely occur in an isolated or individual manner, and the clustering of health conditions seems to share a causal relationship with NCD prevalence, involving diseases, treatments, and the interaction of risk factors 3,4 . Multimorbidity, the coexistence of multiple health conditions in the same individual, is common mainly in elderly 5 , increasing hospitalization risk 6 , worsening quality of life 7 and increasing health system costs 8 .…”

Avaliação de efetividade da atenção domiciliar de uma cooperativa médica de Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil

“…As principais causas de internação da população idosa observadas neste e em outros estudos 15,16 apontam para a possibilidade de prevenção se houver ambiente adequado e intervenção oportuna sobre seus fatores de risco, como é o caso das pneumonias 17 , fraturas de fêmur 18 e depleção de volume. O menor tempo livre de internação entre idosos de idade avançada, dependentes para atividades básicas da vida diária, cronicamente doentes e com uma internação hospitalar ou mais no trimestre anterior, é compatível com o observado em outros estudos 19,20 . Ressalte-se que o custo, o tempo de permanência e as consequências deletérias da internação hospitalar costumam ser expressivamente maiores nos idosos frágeis, indicando a necessidade de intensificação dos cuidados hospitalares destes.…”

Hospital morbidity among elderly in the region of Sfax, Tunisia: Epidemiological profile and chronological trends between 2003 and 2015

“…Nevertheless, because of the epidemiological and cultural transition that has our country faced since few years, 15 this situation is going to be reversed in the future and we would probably join the results reported by other studies. In fact, in India 16 and in Brazil, 17 a feminine predominance was revealed. The feminization of aged people, a concept which depicts the demographic reality that is almost universally the case that women live longer than men, although in various parts of the world this difference is now decreasing.…”