Table 2.

Number of SUS hospitalizations due to neonatal sepsis in Brazil between 2008 and 2018 and average, maximum and minimum cost (in US dollars), according to the Unified Health System, according to the regions of the Federation.

	Hospitalizations, n (%)	Mean cost*	Maximum cost	Minimum cost
North ‒ N	3003 (6.3%)	2970.60	22,568.57	163.86
PA	1443 (3.0%)	3650.04	22,568.57	218.54
RO	584 (1.2%)	1970.46	12,846.74	173.75
TO	429 (0.9%)	2401.02	19,430.15	196.10
AM	401 (0.8%)	3103.12	21,117.55	185.82
AC	88 (0.2%)	1384.91	6223.45	163.86
RR	57 (0.1%)	1868.43	12,573.19	331.15
AP	1 (0.0%)	189.61	189.61	189.61
Northeast ‒ NE	9783 (20.6%)	3362.08	55,680.52	101.95
CE	2991 (6.3%)	5045.78	55,680.52	179.97
PB	1990 (4.2%)	1746.65	14,980.94	101.95
BA	1645 (3.5%)	3432.59	27,590.32	173.47
PE	843 (1.8%)	3316.69	18,842.16	196.03
AL	758 (1.6%)	2362.08	12,381.32	167.09
RN	625 (1.3%)	2559.79	19,492.48	200.45
MA	606 (1.3%)	2755.42	15,830.06	245.28
SE	182 (0.4%)	2911.39	20,613.85	186.67
PI	143 (0.3%)	2034.24	13,224.13	193.54
Southeast ‒ SE	22,230 (46.7%)	3464.80	33,785.70	120.05
MG	9755 (20.5%)	3758.44	32,623.95	160.36
SP	8355 (17.6%)	3505.95	32,866.74	120.05
RJ	2335 (4.9%)	2858.35	33,785.70	176.89
ES	1785 (3.8%)	2460.70	32,362.81	214.54
South ‒ S	10,869 (22.9%)	3043.20	33,067.53	150.24
RS	7757 (16.3%)	2826.45	33,067.53	150.24
PR	2146 (4.5%)	3720.05	33,038.67	173.75
SC	966 (2.0%)	3280.05	23,800.79	226.27
Midwest ‒ MW	1669 (3.5%)	4305.03	41,242.73	214.54
DF	709 (1.5%)	4554.44	41,242.73	214.54
MT	484 (1.0%)	4659.50	22,517.69	251.31
GO	368 (0.8%)	3757.40	16,210.47	218.41
MS	108 (0.2%)	2945.11	17,184.22	217.38
Total	47,554 (100.0%)	3345.59	55,680.52	101.95

Mean hospitalization costs differences among regions: Kruskal–Wallis; p-value < 0.001. Pairwise pos-hoc comparisons: MW > N; MW > NE; MW > SE; MW > S; SE > N; SE > S (all with p-value < 0.001) and S > N (p-value = 0.018).