Burden of physical inactivity and hospitalization costs due to chronic diseases

• Main Authors: Renata Moraes Bielemann (Author), Bruna Gonçalves Cordeiro da Silva (Author), Carolina de Vargas Nunes Coll (Author), Mariana Otero Xavier (Author), Shana Ginar da Silva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the physical inactivity-related inpatient costs of chronic non-communicable diseases.METHODS This study used data from 2013, from Brazilian Unified Health System, regarding inpatient numbers and costs due to malignant colon and breast neoplasms, cerebrovascular diseases, ischem...