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Noncommunicable diseases and the use of health services: analysis of the National Health Survey in Brazil

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Title
Noncommunicable diseases and the use of health services: analysis of the National Health Survey in Brazil
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Revista de Saúde Pública, June 2017
DOI 10.1590/s1518-8787.2017051000090
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Deborah Carvalho Malta, Regina Tomie Ivata Bernal, Margareth Guimarães Lima, Silvânia Suely Caribé de Araújo, Marta Maria Alves da Silva, Maria Imaculada de Fátima Freitas, Marilisa Berti de Azevedo Barros

Abstract

To assess whether sex, education level, and health insurance affect the use of health services among the adult Brazilian population with chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCD). Data from a cross-sectional survey were analyzed, the National Health Survey (PNS). Frequency of use of services in the population that referred at least one NCD were compared with the frequency from a population that did not report NCD, according to sex, education level, health insurance, and NCD number (1, 2, 3, 4, or more). The prevalence and prevalence ratios were calculated crude and adjusted for sex, age, region, and 95% confidence intervals. The presence of a noncommunicable disease was associated with increase in hospitalizations in the last 12 months, in 1.7 times (95%CI 1.53-1.9). Failing to perform usual activities in the last two weeks for health reasons was 3.1 times higher in NCD carriers (95%CI 2.78-3.46); while the prevalence of medical consultation in the last 12 months was 1.26 times higher (95%CI 1.24-1.28). NCD carriers make more use of health services, as well as women, people with higher number of comorbidities, with health insurance, and higher education level. NCD carriers make more use of health services, as well as women, people with higher number of comorbidities, with health insurance, and higher education level. Analisar se sexo, escolaridade e posse de plano de saúde influenciam a utilização de serviços de saúde entre a população adulta brasileira portadora de doenças crônicas não transmissíveis (DCNT). Foram analisados dados de inquérito transversal, a Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde (PNS). Foram comparadas as frequências de uso de serviços na população que referiu pelo menos uma DCNT, com aquelas que não relatam DCNT, segundo sexo, escolaridade, posse de plano de saúde e número de DCNT (1, 2, 3, 4 ou mais). Foram calculadas as prevalências e razões de prevalência (RP) brutas e ajustadas por sexo, idade e região e respectivos intervalos de confiança de 95%. A presença de doença crônica associou-se ao aumento de internação nos últimos 12 meses, em 1,7 vezes (IC95% 1,53-1,9). Deixar de realizar atividades habituais nas duas últimas semanas por motivo de saúde foi 3,1 vezes maior em portadores de DCNT (IC95% 2,78-3,46), e a prevalência de consulta médica nos últimos 12 meses foi 1,26 vezes maior (IC95% 1,24-1,28). Portadores de DCNT utilizam mais os serviços de saúde, assim como as mulheres, pessoas com maior número de DCNT, com planos de saúde e elevada escolaridade. Portadores de DCNT têm maior utilização de serviços de saúde, assim como as mulheres, pessoas com maior número de comorbidades, com planos de saúde e elevada escolaridade.

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Unknown 324 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 46 14%
Student > Bachelor 42 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 19 6%
Student > Doctoral Student 16 5%
Professor 14 4%
Other 48 15%
Unknown 139 43%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 57 18%
Medicine and Dentistry 44 14%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 11 3%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 3%
Social Sciences 8 2%
Other 42 13%
Unknown 153 47%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 December 2019.
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#14,918,049
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Outputs from Revista de Saúde Pública
#477
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#167,794
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Outputs of similar age from Revista de Saúde Pública
#8
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