INTERNAÇÕES POR CONDIÇÕES SENSÍVEIS À ATENÇÃO PRIMÁRIA EM MENORES DE 5 ANOS: ESTUDO ECOLÓGICO

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the rates of hospitalizations for Primary Care Sensitive Conditions in children under five years of age in Mato Grosso do Sul, in the Midwest region and Brazil, with a view to filling gaps in the production of evidence on the most prevalent groups of Sensitive Conditions in this age group. This is an ecological, descriptive, quantitative study that collected secondary data from 2018 to 2023, using information from the Hospital Information System. In the results, it was possible to observe that in the period there were 87,446 hospitalizations in children under 5 in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul and 31.17% of the total were for sensitive conditions, in the Midwest there were 589,841 hospitalizations and 25.21% of the total for sensitive conditions, in Brazil there were 6,404,607 hospitalizations and 27.63% for sensitive conditions. The most prevalent groups of diseases were ear, nose and throat infections, bacterial pneumonia, asthma and lung diseases. Thus, there was an increase in hospitalizations for Primary Care Sensitive Conditions, and the main causes of hospitalizations in children under 5 are still those of the respiratory system.

Keywords: Primary Care Sensitive Conditions; Respiratory System; Child Health; Family Health Strategy; Primary Health Care.