%0 Journal Article
%T Risco de hospitaliza£¿£¿es repetidas em idosos usu¨¢rios de um centro de sa¨²de escola
%A Guerra
%A Isabel Casale
%A Ramos-Cerqueira
%A Ana Teresa de Abreu
%J Cadernos de Sa¨²de P¨²blica
%D 2007
%I Escola Nacional de Sa¨²de P¨²blica, Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz
%R 10.1590/S0102-311X2007000300017
%X the aim of this study was to stratify 305 elderly (> 65 years) treated at an academic health center (botucatu, s£¿o paulo, brazil) according to risk of repeated hospitalization. data collection used an instrument to evaluate risk of repeated hospital admissions, including eight health indicators: self-rated health, hospitalizations, doctor visits, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, gender, social support, and age. 56.4% of interviewees presented low probability of repeated hospitalization, as compared to 26.9% medium, 10.5% medium-high, and 6.2% high probability. combining health indicators with the probability of repeated hospitalization, for elderly classified as medium, medium-high, and high risk compared to low, the relative risk was significant: medium or bad health (2.31); hospitalization (2.38); > 3 doctor visits (1.75); diabetes (2.10); cardiovascular disease (2.76); male gender (1.68); and > 75 years of age (1.62). the instrument was able to stratify elderly at risk of repeated hospitalization and is thus useful for reorganizing public health services.
%K hospitalization
%K health services for the aged
%K aging health.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0102-311X2007000300017&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en