Patterns of hospital utilization in the Unified Health System in six Brazilian capitals: comparison between the year before and the first six first months of the COVID-19 pandemic

• Main Authors: Margareth Crisóstomo Portela (Author), Claudia Cristina de Aguiar Pereira (Author), Sheyla Maria Lemos Lima (Author), Carla Lourenço Tavares de Andrade (Author), Mônica Martins (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective To analyze the temporal evolution of the pattern of hospital use in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. Methods This retrospective observational study compared hospital use and mortality in the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) in the first six months of the COVID-...