HOSPITAL COSTS OF IMMUNOPREVENTABLE DISEASES IN THE ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE
POPULATION IN BRAZIL
Abstract
Immunopreventable diseases are a public health reality in Brazil and
worldwide. Objectives and Methods: A population, observational,
descriptive, retrospective study was conducted with secondary
information from DATASUS to discriminate the hospitalizations associated
with immunopreventable diseases in Brazil and their care costs, within
the Scope of the SUS, between 2008 and 2018, in the economically active
population (20 to 59 years). Results: It was analyzed for 457,479
hospitalizations, total of 127,746 hospitalizations (27.92% of all
hospitalizations) were observed for immunopreventable diseases in the
adult population, totaled R$115,682,097.54 (29.72% of the total
values. The trend analysis of the time series of hospitalizations in
this population showed a stationary trend. Conclusions: It were
identified an opportunity of increasing the immunization coverage in the
workforce population, for avoided hospitalizations and their costs for
the health system.