TABLE 1.
Ambulatory Care–Sensitive Hospitalizations in Relation to Other Hospitalizations and Related Expenditures for Adults Aged 20 to 79 Years: Brazil, 1999–2007
| Public-Sector Hospitalizationsa |
Government Expenditures on Hospitalizationsb |
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| Year | Total No., Millions | No. of ACS Hospitalizations, Millions | No. of Non-ACS Hospitalizations, Millions | ACS Hospitalizations per Total, % | Total Hospitalizations, Millions of Reaisa | ACS Hospitalizations, Millions of Reais | Non-ACS Hospitalizations, Millions of Reais | ACS Hospitalizations per Total, % | ACS Hospitalization Average Expenditure, Reais | Non-ACS Hospitalization Average Expenditure, Reais |
| 1999 | 6.52 | 1.92 | 4.60 | 29.47 | 2886.95 | 654.03 | 2232.92 | 22.65 | 340.64 | 485.42 |
| 2000 | 6.66 | 1.90 | 4.76 | 28.53 | 2690.82 | 609.60 | 2081.22 | 22.65 | 320.84 | 437.23 |
| 2001 | 6.59 | 1.87 | 4.72 | 28.35 | 2897.75 | 656.67 | 2241.09 | 22.66 | 351.16 | 474.81 |
| 2002 | 6.79 | 1.83 | 4.96 | 27.01 | 2893.58 | 617.23 | 2276.35 | 21.33 | 337.29 | 458.94 |
| 2003 | 6.80 | 1.78 | 5.02 | 26.19 | 3330.93 | 677.35 | 2653.58 | 20.34 | 380.53 | 528.60 |
| 2004 | 6.74 | 1.75 | 5.00 | 25.89 | 3424.33 | 704.64 | 2719.69 | 20.58 | 402.65 | 543.94 |
| 2005 | 6.62 | 1.67 | 4.95 | 25.19 | 4033.20 | 838.28 | 3194.91 | 20.78 | 501.96 | 645.44 |
| 2006 | 6.62 | 1.64 | 4.98 | 24.83 | 3895.80 | 785.27 | 3110.54 | 20.16 | 478.82 | 624.61 |
| 2007 | 6.63 | 1.60 | 5.03 | 24.09 | 4141.95 | 820.17 | 3321.78 | 19.80 | 512.61 | 660.39 |
| Difference 1999 to 2007 | 0.12 | −0.32 | 0.44 | −5.38 | 1255.00 | 166.143 | 1088.86 | −2.85 | 171.97 | 174.98 |
| Change, % | 1.8 | −16.8 | 9.57 | … | 43.47 | 25.40 | 48.76 | … | 50.48 | 36.05 |
Note. ACS = ambulatory care–sensitive. Ellipses indicate that data were not available.
a
Excluded hospitalizations related to births. Included all hospitalizations in public and private and nonprofit contracted hospitals reimbursed by the federal government.
b
Inflation-adjusted and expressed in 1999 constant Brazilian reais.