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ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Cost evaluation is a key tool in monitoring expenditure for budget management. It increases the efficiency of possible changes through identifying potential savings and estimating the resources required to make such changes. However, there is a lack of knowledge of the total cost of hospitalization up to the clinical outcome, regarding patients admitted for kidney transplantation. Likewise, there is a lack of data on the factors that influence the amounts spent by hospital institutions and healthcare systems. OBJECTIVES: To describe the costs and determining factors relating to hospitalization of patients undergoing kidney transplantation. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional descriptive study with a quantitative approach based on secondary data from 81 patients who were admitted for kidney transplantation at a leading transplantation center in southern Brazil. METHODS: The direct costs of healthcare for patients who underwent kidney transplantation were the dependent variable, and included personnel, expenses, third-party services, materials and medicines. The factors that interfered in the cost of the procedure were indirect variables. The items that made up these variables were gathered from the records of the internal transplantation committee and from the electronic medical records. The billing sector provided information on the direct costs per patient. RESULTS: The estimated total cost of patients' hospitalization was R$ 1,257,639.11 (US$ 571,010.44). Out of this amount, R$ 1,237,338.31 (US$ 561,793.20) was paid by the Brazilian National Health System and R$ 20,300.80 (US$ 9,217.24) by the transplantation center's own resources. The highest costs related to the length of hospital stay and clinical complications such as sepsis and pneumonia. CONCLUSIONS: The costs of hospitalization for kidney transplantation relate to the length of hospital stay and clinical complications.
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Humans , Male , Female , Child , Adolescent , Adult , Middle Aged , Aged , Young Adult , Kidney Transplantation/economics , Hospital Costs , Hospitalization/economics , Pneumonia/economics , Postoperative Complications/economics , Brazil , Cross-Sectional Studies , Health Care Costs/statistics & numerical data , Sepsis/economics , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Length of Stay/economicsABSTRACT
Objetivou-se demonstrar o perfil epidemiológico de idosos com fraturas diversas, hospitalizados no Brasil, assim como a caracterização dessas fraturas. Trata-se de revisão de literatura mediante publicações no período entre 2007 e 2018, compondo uma amostra de 20 estudos selecionados. Evidenciou-se a fratura do fêmur em idosas, decorrente de queda da própria altura, com período de internação hospitalar entre uma e três semanas. Concluiu-se que é fundamental conhecer o perfil epidemiológico de idosos hospitalizados com fraturas para direcionar políticas públicas e dotação orçamentária.
The objective was to demonstrate the epidemiological profile of elderly with various fractures, hospitalized in Brazil, as well as the characterization of these fractures. It is a review of the literature through publications in the period between 2007 and 2018, composing a sample of 20 selected studies. The fracture of the femur in the elderly was evidenced due to fall of the height itself with a hospital stay of between one and three weeks. It was concluded that it is fundamental to know the profile of elderly hospitalized with fractures to direct public policies and budget allocation.
Se objetivó demostrar el perfil epidemiológico de los ancianos com fraturas diversas hospitalizados en Brasil, así como la caracterización de estas fracturas. Se trata de uma revisión de literatura mediante publicaciones en el período entre 2007 y 2018, componiendo una muestra de 20 estudios seleccionados. Se evidenció la fractura del fémur en ancianas derivada de caída de la propia altura con período de internación hospitalaria entre una y tres semanas. Se concluyó que es fundamental conocer el perfil de ancianos hospitalizados con fracturas para direccionar políticas públicas y dotación presupuestaria.