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Did the Family Health Strategy have an impact on indicators of hospitalizations for stroke and heart failure? Longitudinal study in Brazil: 1998-2013

The objective was to analyze whether socioeconomic factors related to the context and those related to the model of care-specifically the coverage of primary care by the Family Health Strategy (ESF)-had an impact on hospitalizations due to heart failure (HF) and stroke, in the State of São Paulo/Bra...

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Published in:PloS one 2018-06, Vol.13 (6), p.e0198428-e0198428
Main Authors: Cavalcante, Denise de Fátima Barros, Brizon, Valéria Silva Cândido, Probst, Livia Fernandes, Meneghim, Marcelo de Castro, Pereira, Antonio Carlos, Ambrosano, Gláucia Maria Bovi
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Summary:The objective was to analyze whether socioeconomic factors related to the context and those related to the model of care-specifically the coverage of primary care by the Family Health Strategy (ESF)-had an impact on hospitalizations due to heart failure (HF) and stroke, in the State of São Paulo/Brazil between 1998 and 2013. A longitudinal ecological study involving 645 municipalities was conducted in the state of São Paulo/Brazil from 1998 to 2013, using the Hospital Information System (SIH-DataSUS database). The hospitalizations for primary care sensitive conditions: Stroke and heart failure (HF) that correspond to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD 10): I50, I63 to I67; I69, G45 to G46 were analyzed longitudinally during the period indicated regarding the percentage of people covered by the Family Health Program (PSF) adjusted for confounders (population size, gross domestic product -GDP and human development index- HDI). There was a significant decrease in the number of hospitalizations for heart failure and stroke per 10000 (inhabitants) in the period (p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0198428