Table 2. Expenditures (in reais) and average length of stay (in days) of hospitalizations for ICD-10 chapters versus hospitalizations for clinical treatment of coronavirus infection according to region, Brazil, February – December 2020.
| Region | Hospitalizations for ICD-10 chaptersa | Hospitalizations for treatment of coronavirus infectionb | ||||||||
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| Hospitalizations | Total amount of expenditurec (R$) | Average cost per hospital hospitalizationd | Average length of stay (in days)f | Hospitalizations | %e total hospitalizations | Total amount of expenditurec (R$) | %e total amount of expenditure on hospitalizations | Average cost per hospital hospitalizationd | Average length of stay (in days)f | |
| North | 758,143 | 819,819,970.59 | 1,081.35 | 4.7 | 42,345 | 5.6 | 133,723,986.4 | 16.3 | 3,157.96 | 7.4 |
| Northeast | 2,461,730 | 3,462,075,135.95 | 1,406.36 | 5.3 | 122,719 | 5.0 | 550,997,791.1 | 15.9 | 4,489.91 | 7.8 |
| Southeast | 3,772,966 | 6,511,672,543.21 | 1,725.88 | 5.9 | 196,054 | 5.3 | 1,010,529,436 | 15.5 | 5,154.34 | 8.6 |
| South | 1,646,796 | 3,055,201,666.37 | 1,855.24 | 5.2 | 61,824 | 3.7 | 381,184,490.2 | 12.5 | 6,165.64 | 8.5 |
| Midwest | 746,075 | 1,064,013,109.82 | 1,426.15 | 5.1 | 39,207 | 5.2 | 171,576,264.2 | 16.1 | 4,376.16 | 7.4 |
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| Total | 9,385,710 | 14,912,782,425.94 | 1,588.88 | 5.4 | 462,149 | 4.9 | 2,248,011,968.44 | 15 | 4,864.26 | 8.2 |
Source: Own elaboration, based on data from SIH-SUS.
a All hospitalizations taken place under SUS, considering all ICD-10 chapters.
b All hospitalizations taken place under SUS with procedure code 245, compliant with Ordinance No. 24 of March 2020, 13 and Technical Guidelines for SIH-SUS operationalization during the coronavirus state of public health emergency published on August 2020, 2020 by the Ministry of Health.
c Amount for the IHAs approved in the period. This amount does not necessarily correspond to the sum allocated to the establishment – depending on the situation of the units, they receive budgetary resources or there may be withholdings and incentive payments, not presented here. This amount should, therefore, be considered as the approved production sum.
d Average cost per hospitalization in the Unified Health System (SUS), by specialty, in a given geographical space, in the period considered.
e Percentages calculated based on the cost of hospitalizations and total expenditures by region for all ICD-10 chapters.
f Average length of stay for approved IHA, computed as hospitalizations, in the period.