Perfil da população usuária da Unidade de Emergência do Instituto do Coração--HCFMUSP / Profile of the Population Using the Emergency Unit of the Instituto do Coração - HCFMUSP
Arq. bras. cardiol
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64(4): 331-333, Abr. 1995. tab
Article
in Portuguese
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RESUMO
PURPOSE--Characterization of the population using the emergency unit of the Instituto do Coração--HCFMUSP. METHODS--The investigation was carried out in a randomly selected population of 225 people between January and April/93. To determine demographic profile, involvement of the accompanying people with the patient, the nosologic profile and patient's level of knowledge about the Social Health Security (SHS), a questionnaire was applied to the accompanying people. RESULTS--Of the 225 patients, 52.4 were males; age ranged from 1 day to 93 years (45.5 over 60 years old); 61 were living in the state of São Paulo; 17 were professionally active; 52 were beneficiaries of Social Security; 92.4 were users of SHS; 47.3 were illiterate; 67 presented with acute cardiovascular diseases and 33 with a noncardiologic diagnosis. CONCLUSION--This is an old population with a low level of instruction, coming from all regions of the country. Because SHS medical services and hospitals does not work well, including cardiology services, this population asked for care in our emergency unit.
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Main subject:
Emergency Service, Hospital
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Heart Diseases
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged80
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Infant, Newborn
Language:
Portuguese
Journal:
Arq. bras. cardiol
Journal subject:
Cardiology
Year:
1995
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade de São Paulo/BR
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