Prevalence and costs of hospitalizations for poisoning and accidental intoxication in Brazilian elderly

• Main Authors: Marcelle Silva de Abreu (Author), Silvandro Diego de Albuquerque Ferreira (Author), Larissa Pelágia de Lima Ferreira (Author), José Ferreira Toneo Júnior (Author), Wamberto Vieira Maciel (Author), Shirley Suely Soares Veras Maciel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A cross-sectional study of secondary data/information obtained from the Hospital Information System (HIS) spanning the years 2008 - 2009 was performed. The distribution of the main hospital admissions by gender, age, color/race, region and federal unit of residence, average expenditure and average l...