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Título

HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR MALIGNANT STOMACH NEOPLASM FROM 2010 TO 2020

Introdução

Stomach cancer can be considered a major public health problem, considering that it is the third most common neoplasm in males and the fifth most common in females. It does not have a specific etiology, and therefore its diagnosis becomes a little late, with a high mortality rate and intense hospitalizations.

Objetivo

To investigate hospitalizations for malignant stomach neoplasm between 2010 and 2020 in Brazil.

Método

This is an ecological study conducted in Brazil with data from the Hospital Admissions System of the Unified Health System (SIH/SUS), obtained through DATASUS. The following variables were analyzed: hospitalizations, the value of hospital services, average stay per year in hospital admissions, the average value of hospitalizations per year of care, number of hospitalizations per sex and per color/race.

Resultado

From 2010 to 2020, 274,704 hospitalizations resulting from malignant stomach neoplasm. The region with the highest number of hospitalizations was the Southeast (45.6%), followed by the South (23.4%), Northeast (20,52%), Midwest (5.72%) and North (4,77%). Regarding the age group, the highest number of hospitalizations was between 60 and 69 years old with 80,562, followed by the age group of 50 to 59 years old and 70 to 79 years old, the three age groups correspond to 74,3% of admissions. The most affected sex was male (64.7%), and the race was white (42.7%). The total amount spent on hospitalizations was R$ 548,421. 427.74 being the Southeast region responsible for (45.0%), followed by the Northeast (23.6%), South (22.3%), Midwest (5.00%), and North (4.11%), the average amount spent per hospitalization was R$ 2,378.37 with a maximum of R$ 2,784 (Northeast region) and a minimum of R$2,053,26 (North region). Finally, the average number of days spent between regions was 7.4 days.

Conclusão

The results show a significant variation in the amount and amount spent on hospitalizations between regions, evidencing unequal access to the health service and a possible underreporting of cases. The prevalence of hospitalizations between the age groups of 50 to 79 years and the greater involvement of males are consistent with what is exposed in the literature. Moreover, the total amount spent on hospitalizations and an average of 7.4 days of stay shows that the morbidity of malignant tumors of the stomach has a significant impact on the public health system.

Palavras-chave

gastric cancer, hospitalizations, malignant neoplasm