title: [Production of hospital admissions through the Unified Health System in the municipality of Ribeirão Preto, SP].
abstract: Municipal managers need to dedicate special attention to hospitalizations, due to the financial volume they consume and to the possibility of reorganizing the local health system. This descriptive and cross-sectional study characterizes the production of hospitalizations, in physical and financial terms, between 1996 and 2003, in Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. Data were obtained from a secondary data source, the Datasus database, and showed an increase of 56% in hospitalizations, and 156.3% in financial resources during this period. The largest growth occurred in the clinical surgery area (72.4%), which concentrates more complex and technological procedures, implying higher financial remuneration than in other specialties.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Geral e Especializada da Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo. dpchaves@eerp.usp.br
authors.forename: Lucieli Dias Pedreschi
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Chaves
authors.forename: Maria Luiza
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Anselmi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011247:Pregnancy