Sistema de internação hospitalar do SUS: análise das morbidades hospitalares no estado do Rio Grande do Sul e município de Santa Maria, 2007 a 2010

Abstract

This article is part of the intervention proposal2 in the Multi-professional Residence Program at the Federal University of Santa Maria. It aims to analyze the distribution of hospitalizations of „SUS‟, the unique government health system, in Portuguese, in the population of Rio Grande do Sul state and in the city of Santa Maria, from 2007 to 2010, in order to help in the management process in the local and regional health systems. It is a descriptive-epidemiologic paper, by secondary sources from the Hospital Information System of „SUS‟. Their residences, sex and ages are described here. The results indicate that the timetable of hospitalizations is stable in Rio Grande do Sul state in the period analyzed and, in Santa Maria, only the first cause was constant. It was noticed that there are more hspitalizations among females from 20 to 29 years of age. Thus, it is highlighted the importane of knowing and publishing such information in order to help in the management process and in the organization of local and regional services.