Background: The cholelithiasis is disease of surgical resolution with about 60,000
hospitalizations per year in the Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS - Brazilian National
Health System) of the Rio Grande do Sul state. Aim: To describe the profile of hospitalizations for cholecystitis and cholelithiasis
performed by the SUS of Rio Grande do Sul state, 2011-2013. Methods: Hospital Information System data from the National Health System through
morbidity list for cholelithiasis and cholecystitis (ICD-10 K80-K81). Variables
studied were sex, age, number of hospitalizations and approved Hospitalization
Authorizations (AIH), total amount and value of hospital services generated, days
and average length of stay, mortality, mortality and case fatality ratio, from
health regions of the Rio Grande do Sul. Results: During 2011-2013 there were 60,517 hospitalizations for cholecystitis and
cholelithiasis, representing 18.86 hospitalizations per 10,000 inhabitants/year,
most often in the age group from 60 to 69 years (41.34 admissions per 10,000
inhabitants/year) and female (27.72 hospitalizations per 10,000 inhabitants/year).
The fatality rate presented an inverse characteristic: 13.52 deaths per 1,000
admissions/year for males, compared with 7.12 deaths per 1,000 admissions/year in
females. The state had an average total amount spent and value of hospital
services of R$ 16,244,050.60 and R$ 10,890,461.31, respectively. The health region
"Capital/Gravataí Valley" exhibit the highest total expenditure and hospital
services, and the largest number of deaths, and average length of stay. Conclusion: The hospitalization and lethality coefficients, the deaths, the length of stay
and spending related to admissions increased from 50 years old. Females had a
higher frequency and higher values spent on hospitalization, while the male
higher coefficient of mortality and mean hospital stay.