Surgical procedures in admissions to hospitals of the Regional Health Department of Ribeirão Preto-SP

Abstract

Descriptive study aimed to analyze the physical and financial production of hospital admissions by the Regional Health Department of Ribeirão Preto (DRS-XIII) in private hospitals / contracted by the SUS in the specialty of clinical surgery, second city, in the period 1996 - 2007. The study population was composed by hospital admissions forms (AIH) processed through the SIH-SUS. 478,241 hospitalizations were processed, and Ribeirao Preto, accounting for about 70% of them. The obstetric surgery highlighted physical production, totaling 49.5% and 24.5% in the region and in Ribeirão Preto, respectively. As for the financial, in regional hospitals, increased spending was obstetric surgery, at hospitals in Ribeirão Preto, such production was higher in cardiac surgery. Ribeirao Preto consumed about 89% of financial resources. Monitoring the production of admissions is essential for sorting the flow of users, accountability and equitable treatment among municipalities, as well as provide elements that allow the management.

Descriptors: Hospital Information Systems; Nursing; Health System.