The burden of physical inactivity for the public health care system in Brazil

• Main Authors: Eliza Prodel (Author), Matías Mrejen (Author), Pedro Augusto de Carvalho Mira (Author), Jorge Britto (Author), Marco Antonio Vargas (Author), Antonio Claudio Lucas Nobrega (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To update the estimated cost of physical inactivity for the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS). METHODS The hospitalization costs were accessed via a database of the Ministry of Health - Informatics Department of the Brazilian SUS. Physical inactivity for the year 2017 was acce...