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Child psychiatric hospitalizations in the Brazilian public health system: an exploratory study

OBJECTIVE: To describe the characteristics and rates of child psychiatric hospitalizations in the Brazilian public health system, as well as their variation according to the country’s macro-regions. METHODS: This was a descriptive study focusing on year 2017, having as main source the Brazilian Mini...

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Autores principales: de Souza, Maximiliano Loiola Ponte, Lima, Rossano Cabral
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Associação de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7879076/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33084804
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2237-6089-2019-0064
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description OBJECTIVE: To describe the characteristics and rates of child psychiatric hospitalizations in the Brazilian public health system, as well as their variation according to the country’s macro-regions. METHODS: This was a descriptive study focusing on year 2017, having as main source the Brazilian Ministry of Health’s hospital information system. Child hospitalizations were considered to encompass those of individuals under 13 years of age whose main diagnosis was included in Chapter V of the International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition (ICD-10). RESULTS: The most prevalent diagnostic group was F10-F19, with 24.1% (21.8-26.3), followed by groups F30-39, F80-F89, F90-F99, F20-F29, with no statistical difference among them. Hospitalizations occurred more frequently in non-psychiatric hospitals, with 93.1% (91.7-94.4); most hospitalizations lasted for up to one week – 75.5% (73.2-77.8). The national hospitalization rate was 4.3 (4.1-4.5)/100,000, showing variations according to macro-regions. The highest rate was found in the South macro-region and the lowest in the Northeast, with values of 10.9 (9.9-12.0)/100,000 and 1.9 (1.6-2.2)/100,000, respectively. Intermediate values were found in the other macro-regions. CONCLUSION: Some specificities of the characteristics of hospitalizations for psychiatric reasons in this age group could be attested, as well as important variations in their occurrence among the different macro-regions of the country.
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spelling pubmed-78790762021-03-02 Child psychiatric hospitalizations in the Brazilian public health system: an exploratory study de Souza, Maximiliano Loiola Ponte Lima, Rossano Cabral Trends Psychiatry Psychother Brief Communication OBJECTIVE: To describe the characteristics and rates of child psychiatric hospitalizations in the Brazilian public health system, as well as their variation according to the country’s macro-regions. METHODS: This was a descriptive study focusing on year 2017, having as main source the Brazilian Ministry of Health’s hospital information system. Child hospitalizations were considered to encompass those of individuals under 13 years of age whose main diagnosis was included in Chapter V of the International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition (ICD-10). RESULTS: The most prevalent diagnostic group was F10-F19, with 24.1% (21.8-26.3), followed by groups F30-39, F80-F89, F90-F99, F20-F29, with no statistical difference among them. Hospitalizations occurred more frequently in non-psychiatric hospitals, with 93.1% (91.7-94.4); most hospitalizations lasted for up to one week – 75.5% (73.2-77.8). The national hospitalization rate was 4.3 (4.1-4.5)/100,000, showing variations according to macro-regions. The highest rate was found in the South macro-region and the lowest in the Northeast, with values of 10.9 (9.9-12.0)/100,000 and 1.9 (1.6-2.2)/100,000, respectively. Intermediate values were found in the other macro-regions. CONCLUSION: Some specificities of the characteristics of hospitalizations for psychiatric reasons in this age group could be attested, as well as important variations in their occurrence among the different macro-regions of the country. Associação de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul 2020-10-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7879076/ /pubmed/33084804 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2237-6089-2019-0064 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Child psychiatric hospitalizations in the Brazilian public health system: an exploratory study
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title_fullStr Child psychiatric hospitalizations in the Brazilian public health system: an exploratory study
title_full_unstemmed Child psychiatric hospitalizations in the Brazilian public health system: an exploratory study
title_short Child psychiatric hospitalizations in the Brazilian public health system: an exploratory study
title_sort child psychiatric hospitalizations in the brazilian public health system: an exploratory study
topic Brief Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7879076/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33084804
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2237-6089-2019-0064
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