A required isolation index to support the health system during the pandemic of Covid-19 in Minas Gerais, Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 961-969
Author(s):  
Alice F. Versiani ◽  
Rosa Gouvea Sousa ◽  
Prisicla T. Monteforte ◽  
Jim J. S. Marciano ◽  
Erivelton Geraldo Nepomuceno ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health System ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Isolation Index

scholarly journals Suicide in historic cities of a Brazilian state

Rev Rene ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatriz Faria Simões ◽  
Luiza Cantão ◽  
Nadja Cristiane Lappann Botti
Keyword(s):  
Health System ◽  
National Health ◽  
Suicide Rate ◽  
National Health System ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Brazilian State ◽  
Historic Cities

Objective: to analyze the suicide rate in historical regions of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Methods: epidemiological studyconducted in five historical regions of a Brazilian state. The data used were extracted from the Information Department ofthe National Health System. Results: the Historical Regions of Demonstrations and Wealth presented higher suicide rateswhen compared to the state’s rate. In 11 of the 15 years analyzed, the Region of Wealth had rates higher than that of MinasGerais. Regarding age group, average levels of suicide were found in the age group 20-59 years in 14 years studied. Wealso identified higher suicide rates among men in the Historical Regions. The most used methods in the Historical Regionswere hanging, strangulation and suffocation. Conclusion: the distribution of suicide cases has enabled to understand theepidemiological characteristics of suicide in the Historical Regions of Minas Gerais during the period analyzed.

scholarly journals Incidência de internações por eventos adversos a medicamentos em Minas Gerais

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 24936
Author(s):  
Yasmin De Oliveira Machado Silva ◽  
Marina Guimarães Lima
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Length Of Stay ◽  
Health System ◽  
Hospital Stay ◽  
Adverse Drug Events ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
Psychiatric Service ◽  
Medical Specialty ◽  
Minas Gerais

Aims: To estimate the rate of hospital admissions due to adverse drug events under the Unified Public Health System in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, according to demographic variables, length of stay, medical specialty, and cause of hospitalization.Methods: Cross-sectional study with secondary data on hospital admissions paid for under the Unified Health System in Minas Gerais between 2012 and 2014. The incidence of hospitalizations for adverse drug events was calculated and expressed per 1,000 admissions. The total number of admissions and of hospitalizations for adverse drug events was described according to the patient’s gender and age, length of hospital stay, and the medical specialty. The frequencies of the different categories of the variables of interest were compared using the chi-square test and a 5% significance level.Results: The incidence of hospitalizations for adverse drug events was 25.9 per 1,000 admissions paid for by the Unified Public Health System. Men had a higher rate of hospitalizations for adverse drug events than women (2.7% vs. 2.4%). In terms of age, the highest rate of hospitalizations for adverse drug events was observed among individuals aged 60 years or older (3.4%) and the lowest rate was among children aged up to 9 years (0.6%). A higher rate of hospitalizations for adverse drug events was observed when the length of stay was 15 days or longer (7.6%) and in patients admitted from the psychiatric service (8.3%).Conclusions: Adverse drug events were an important cause of hospitalization under the Unified Public Health System in Minas Gerais between 2012 and 2014. Hospitalization for adverse drug events was associated with being male, being 60 years or older, having a longer hospital stay, and being admitted from the psychiatric service. Actions that promote pharmacovigilance in health institutions are necessary for the prevention of adverse drug events.

scholarly journals EDUCAÇÃO E MEDIDAS NÃO FARMACOLÓGICAS QUE PROMOVAM UMA BOA QUALIDADE DO SONO: UMA NECESSIDADE EMERGENTE PARA OS IDOSOS

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-42
Author(s):  
Isadora Montoaneli Bichara ◽  
Luisa Gallo Vilar ◽  
Priscilla Ferreira Zadra ◽  
João Victor Loreto Nalon ◽  
Marcos Antonio Anacleto Junior ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Health System ◽  
Population Aging ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Unified Health System ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Service Agreement ◽  
Improve Sleep Quality

Nos últimos anos, ocorreu no Brasil uma mudança na estrutura etária da população, antes exclusiva dos países desenvolvidos, com o aumento da proporção de idosos. O envelhecimento acarreta modificações fisiológicas, como alterações no sono. Alguns medicamentos potencialmente inapropriados são utilizados no tratamento de distúrbios do sono, porém, podem prejudicar a segurança e saúde desses indivíduos. Diante disso, medidas não farmacológicas tomam importância para essa faixa etária. O objetivo deste artigo é expor o relato de experiência do projeto de Extensão: “Educação e medidas não farmacológicas que promovam uma boa qualidade do sono: uma necessidade emergente para os idosos”, realizado utilizando oficinas educativas sobre planos não farmacológicos que contribuem para a qualidade do sono. As oficinas ocorreram em oito unidades do Sistema Único de Saúde de Divinópolis, Minas Gerais. Participaram 177 usuários, com média de idade de 64,4 anos. Após pactuação universidade-serviço de saúde, iniciaram-se os questionamentos sobre os hábitos de vida que interferem na qualidade do sono, o que norteou a execução da etapa seguinte. O conteúdo sobre sono foi apresentado em um folheto, de forma clara e objetiva, concedendo espaço para retirada de dúvidas e relatos de experiências. O fornecimento do folheto contribuiu para o seguimento do processo educativo, sendo utilizado como meio de consulta das orientações fora do ambiente das oficinas, tornando o participante um agente multiplicador das informações. Para os pesquisadores, a troca de experiência com a população proporcionou uma aproximação da realidade da atenção primária, tão importante no âmbito do Sistema Único de Saúde. Palavras-chave: Geriatria; Envelhecimento; Gerontologia   Education and non-pharmacological measures that promote sleep quality in elderly Abstract: In recent years there has been a change in the age structure in Brazil: the increase in the proportion of elderly in the population. Aging leads to physiological changes, such as changes in sleep. Some potentially inappropriate medicines are used for the treatment of sleep disorders, but they can harm the health and safety of these individuals. Therefore, non-pharmacological measures are essential for this age group. The objective of this article is to present the experience report of the Extension project: “Education and non-pharmacological measures that improve sleep quality: an emerging necessity for elderly” carried out through educational workshops and an illustrative flyer on non-pharmacological plans that may contribute to sleep quality. The workshops took place in eight units of the Unified Health System of Divinópolis, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, and 177 users with an average age of 64.4 years participated. After a university-health service agreement, the activities began with the questioning about the habits of life that might interfere with the quality of sleep, which guided the execution of the next stage. Subsequently, each topic of the flyer was presented, clearly and objectively, granting space for answer questions and report experiences. The provision of the flyer contributed to the follow-up of the educational process, as it can be used to consult the guidelines outside the workshop environment and make the participant a multiplier agent of information. For researchers, the exchange of experience with the population provided an approximation of primary care’s reality, which is very crucial in the scope of the Unified Health System of Brazil. Keywords: Geriatrics, Aging, Gerontology   Educación y medidas no fármacos que promueven calidad del sueño en los mayores Resumen: En los últimos años, ocurrió en Brasil, una mudanza en la estructura etaria antes exclusiva de los países desarrollados: el aumento del porcentual de mayores en la población. Algunas medicinas potencialmente no apropiadas son utilizadas para tratar disturbios del sueño, empero, pueden perjudicar la seguridad y salud de esos individuos. Por eso, medidas no fármacos toman importancia para esas personas. El objetivo de ese trabajo es evidenciar el relato de experiencia del proyecto de extensión: “Educación y medidas no fármacos que promueven una buena calidad del sueño: una necesidad emergente para los mayores”, realizado a través de talleres educativos y cartilla ilustrativa sobre planes no fármacos que puedan contribuir para calidad del sueño. Los talleres ocurrieron en ocho unidades del Sistema Único de Salud de Divinópolis, Estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil. Participaron 177 usuarios com edad media de 64,4 años. Después de aparcería universidad-servicio de salud se iniciaron los cuestionamientos sobre hábitos de vida que interfieren en la calidad del sueño. Posteriormente, cada tópico de la cartilla fue presentado de forma clara y objetiva, concediendo espacio para sanar dudas y relatar experiencias. El fornecimiento de cartillas contribuyó para la continuación del proceso educativo, siendo utilizado como medio de consulta de las orientaciones fuera del ambiente de trabajo de los talleres, transformando el partícipe en agente multiplicador de informaciones. Para los investigadores, el intercambio de experiencia con la población, proporcionó una proximidad a la atención primaria, importante en el ámbito del Sistema Único de Salud de Brasil. Palabras-clave: Geriatría, Envejecimiento, Gerontología

scholarly journals Hospitalization of schizophrenic patients in the public health system of Minas Gerais, Brazil

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-203
Author(s):  
Laíse Rodrigues ◽  
◽  
André Santo ◽  
Afonso Guerra Júnior ◽  
Márcia Alemão ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health System ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
The Public ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients

scholarly journals A (In)aplicabilidade da Análise de Eficiência para a Justiciabilidade de Medicamentos

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebeca Borges Machado Azevedo Leitão ◽  
Davi Augusto Santana De Lelis
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Health System ◽  
Right To Health ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Economic Analysis Of Law ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Mathematical Concepts ◽  
The Public ◽  
Brazilian Government ◽  
The Right

A (IN)APLICABILIDADE DA ANÁLISE DE EFICIÊNCIA PARA A JUSTICIABILIDADE DE MEDICAMENTOS  The (IN)APPLICABILITY OF EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS FOR JUDICIAL MEDICINE DISTRIBUTION  Rebeca Borges Machado Azevedo Leitão* Davi Augusto Santana de Lelis**  RESUMO: O presente trabalho critica a possível observância do parâmetro da eficiência trazido pela Análise Econômica do Direito para a reflexão sobre as prestações positivas do direito à saúde, realizadas pelo Estado brasileiro via demandas judiciais individuais. O estudo consiste em considerar as afirmações dos teóricos a respeito da constatação de que o poder judiciário estaria sendo responsável por uma distorção no sistema público de saúde estatal globalmente considerado, obstaculizando, assim, a concretização coletiva do direito à saúde, ao determinar prestações individuais não previstas no orçamento. Constatou-se que a análise da eficiência se mostra simplista para a afirmação de que o poder judiciário esteja sendo responsável por injustiças em nível macro, pois há diversos fatores sociais envolvidos na atual desordem e insuficiência de recursos do sistema de saúde brasileiro, que fogem aos conceitos econômico-matemáticos. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Sistema Único de Saúde. Direitos Sociais. Reserva do Possível. Análise Econômica do Direito. Ativismo Judicial. ABSTRACT: This paper criticizes the use of the efficiency parameter brought by the Economic Analysis of Law in order to analyze the benefits granted on the right to health by the Brazilian government through individual lawsuits. The study considers the claim of theorists that the judiciary would be responsible for a distortion in the public system of health, therefore hindering the collective realization of the right to health, when it determines the payment of individual benefits that are not planned in the public budget. This study found the analysis of efficiency simplistic when it asserts that the judiciary is responsible for injustice at the macro level, because there are many social factors involved in the current disorder and failure of the Brazilian health system resources, factors that flee from economic and mathematical concepts. KEYWORDS: Health System. Social Rights. Reserve for Contingencies. Economic Analysis of Law. Judicial Activism.  SUMÁRIO: Introdução. 1 Efetivação do Direito à Saúde pelo Poder Judiciário Brasileiro. 2 A Reserva do Possível e o Direito à Saúde. 3 A Análise Econômica do Direito (AED) e a Prestação Individual de Medicamentos. 3.1 Eficiência. 3.2 A Formalização (ou Matematização) da Economia. 3.3 A Inaplicabilidade da Análise Econômica. Considerações Finais. Referências.* Mestranda do Programa Human Rights Policy and Practice pelas Universidades de Göteborg, Suécia; Deusto, Espanha; e Roehampton, Inglaterra. Graduada em Direito pela Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Minas Gerais. Bolsista Erasmus Mundos. ** Doutorando em Direito pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas). Mestre em Extensão Rural no Departamento de Economia Rural da Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Minas Gerais. Professor Adjunto do curso de Direito da Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Minas Gerais. Pesquisador bolsista da Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES). 

scholarly journals Underreporting of Death by COVID-19 in Brazil's Second Most Populous State

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thiago Henrique Evangelista Alves ◽  
Tafarel Andrade de Souza ◽  
Samyla de Almeida Silva ◽  
Nayani Alves Ramos ◽  
Stefan Vilges de Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Health System ◽  
Respiratory Insufficiency ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
The State ◽  
The Real ◽  
Brazilian Government ◽  
Causes Of Deaths ◽  
Brazilian Health System ◽  
Official Sources

The COVID-19 pandemic brings to light the reality of the Brazilian health system. The underreporting of COVID-19 deaths in the state of Minas Gerais (MG), where the second largest population of the country is concentrated, reveals government unpreparedness, as there is a low capacity of testing in the population, which prevents the real understanding of the general panorama of SARS-CoV-2 dissemination. The goals of this research are to analyze the causes of deaths in different Brazilian government databases (Civil Registry Transparency Portal and InfoGripe) and to assess whether there are sub-records showing an unexpected increase in the frequency of deaths from causes clinically similar to COVID-19. A descriptive and quantitative analysis of the number of deaths by COVID-19 and similar causes was performed in different databases. Our results demonstrate that different official sources had a discrepancy of 109.45% between these data referring to the same period. There was also a 758.57% increase in SARI deaths in 2020, when compared to the average of previous years. Finally, it was shown that there was an increase in the rate of pneumonia and respiratory insufficiency (RI) by 6.34 and 6.25%, respectively. In conclusion, there is an underreporting of COVID-19 deaths in MG due to the unexplained excess of deaths caused by SARI, respiratory insufficiency, and pneumonia compared to previous years.

scholarly journals Profile of hospitalization and death records associated to dengue and severe dengue in Minas Gerais between 2000 and 2015 from the Brazilian Public Health System perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
IsabellaPiassi Dias Godói ◽  
GabrielHenrique da Silva ◽  
ClaraRodrigues de Andrade ◽  
JoséVítor Vieira Salgado ◽  
AdrianoGuimarães Parreira
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health System ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Severe Dengue ◽  
System Perspective ◽  
Health System Perspective
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