Highlights ■ Matching methodologies may reduce bias in economic evaluations. ■ Liver transplantation within the Proadi-SUS context has an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio below the Health Technology Incorporation in the Brazilian Health System threshold. ■ The patients who received transplant had a median survival of 10.1 years after list enrollment. ■ The mean cost per transplanted patient was US$ PPP 162,821.96. ABSTRACT Objective: To estimate the incremental cost and survival of patients on the liver transplantation waiting list who were referred […]

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the expenses of hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions in the Health Regional Offices of the State of São Paulo. Methods: An ecological, retrospective cohort, with analysis of hospital admissions for ambulatory care sensitive conditions in the state of São Paulo, from 2014 to 2018, compiled by the Hospital Information System. Data were extracted using the Tabwin application and analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: There was a 14.49% reduction in the amount spent on hospitalizations for […]

ABSTRACT Objective: To study the temporality of hospital admissions due to arterial hypertension and its associated factors. Methods: An ecological study with secondary data on hospital admissions due to essential arterial hypertension – ICD 10, from the Hospital Information System, the Mortality Information System and and the Primary Care Information System, between 2010 and 2015. Descriptive analysis using means, proportions and linear regression. Results: We recorded 493,299 hospitalizations due to arterial hypertension from 2010 to 2015, with an average annual […]