Parkinson's disease and hospital admissions in the Brazilian National Health System: Epidemiological findings from 2019 to 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 429 ◽  
pp. 118247
Author(s):  
Tulio Correa ◽  
Valquiria Garcez
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Health System ◽  
National Health ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
National Health System

scholarly journals HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS FOR STROKE IN THE BRAZILIAN NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL FINDINGS FROM 2019-2020

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Guelli ◽  
Tulio Loyola Correa
Keyword(s):  
Health System ◽  
National Health ◽  
Skin Color ◽  
Hospital Admissions ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
National Health System ◽  
National Database ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Unified Health System ◽  
Time Period

Background and Aims Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability in adults, accounting for a high number of hospitalizations worldwide.This study aims to evaluate the epidemiology of hospitalizations for stroke in Brazil during 2019 and 2020. Methods Cross-sectional, descriptive and retrospective study, which evaluated the epidemiology of hospital admissions for stroke in the Brazilian National Health System in the years 2019 and 2020.Hospital admissions were evaluated by sex, race and age group using the national database (DATASUS – Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System). The official classification of race/skin color in Brazil is composed of five categories: White, Brown [Pardo], Black,Yellow and Indigenous. Results During this time period, there was a total of 316,859 hospitalizations for stroke in the Brazilian National Health System, with 163,120 (51.5%) hospital admissions in 2019 and 153,739 (48.5%) in 2020. Also, 166,178 (52.4%) patients were male and 150,681 (47.6%) were female. Regarding race (n=250,446); 106,998 (42.7%) patients considered themselves white, 116,601 (46.6%) brown, 17,085 (6.8%) black and 9,762 (3.9%) others. Regarding age groups; 64,939 (20.5%) were >80 years old, 163,114 (51.5%) were 60-79, 74,605 (23.5%) were 40-59 and 14,201 (4.5%) were <40. Conclusions The majority of patients hospitalized for stroke were 60-79 years old and white or brown. The similar number of hospital admissions in 2019 and 2020 may suggest that hospitalizations for stroke were not significantly impacted by hospital’s oversaturation by the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals The Association between Anemia and Parkinson’s Disease: A Nested Case-Control Study Using a National Health Screening Cohort

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 623
Author(s):  
Ji Hee Kim ◽  
Jae Keun Oh ◽  
Jee Hye Wee ◽  
Chan Yang Min ◽  
Dae Myoung Yoo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
National Health ◽  
Smoking Status ◽  
Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Fasting Blood Glucose ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Region Of Residence ◽  
Nested Case Control

(1) Background: Controversy exists regarding the relationship between anemia and Parkinson’s disease (PD). This study aimed to evaluate the risk of PD related to anemia in the Korean population. (2) Methods: The Korean National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort, which includes adults over 40 years of age, was assessed from 2002 to 2015. A total of 5844 PD patients were matched by age, sex, income, and region of residence with 23,376 control participants at a ratio of 1:4. The analyzed covariates included age, sex, blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, obesity, smoking status, and alcohol consumption. A multiple logistic regression analysis was conducted for case-control analyses. (3) Results: The adjusted odds ratio (OR) for the risk of PD associated with anemia was 1.09 after adjusting for potential confounders (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.01–1.18, p = 0.030). Among men younger than 70 years, the adjusted OR of PD was 1.34 (95% CI 1.13–1.60, p = 0.001). (4) Conclusions: Our findings suggest that anemia may increase the risk of PD, particularly in men younger than 70 years. Further research is required to elucidate the causal relationship between these two diseases.

Experience in applying the effectiveness audit methodology in order to save budget funds for the purchase of medicines in the UK

2020 ◽  
pp. 82-87
Author(s):  
S. S. Budarin ◽  
N. V. Yurgel
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Health System ◽  
National Health ◽  
Sharp Increase ◽  
National Health System ◽  
Pharmaceutical Market ◽  
National Audit ◽  
Drug Pricing ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Uk

The article examines the experience of the national audit office of the United Kingdom in conducting an audit of the effectiveness of budget funds aimed at providing medicines to English citizens. The reasons for the sharp increase in budget expenditures for providing the population with reproduced medicines in 2017—2018 are described in detail.The article analyzes the shortcomings of the system of regulation of drug pricing procedures and the resulting risks to the budget of the national health system in United Kingdom.It is concluded that the effectiveness audit has allowed us to identify not only the reasons for significant overspending of the NHS budget to provide the population with medicines, but also to assess the actions of organizations authorized by the UK Government to address issues of regulation of the pharmaceutical market.

I limiti del tempo in un tempo di limiti

2009 ◽  
pp. 55-62
Author(s):  
Fabrizio Rizzi
Keyword(s):  
Health System ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Community Service ◽  
National Health ◽  
National Health System ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Intellectual Honesty ◽  
Life Itself ◽  
Environmental Limits

- This article recounts the doubts and fears of an experienced analyst who is now an apprentice acrobat. He is forced to keep himself tiredly balanced between psychological and physical limits imposed by age, restrictions introduced by the National Health System and categories of patients who have precedence over others. He cannot receive all of the patients who ask for him and even those who he does receive will have to be discharged in the short term. Explaining to them, with intellectual honesty, that the community service has rules that limit his wishes as well. What can this be if not acrobatics? In the end it means combining the contradictory but perhaps also the most real aspects of life itself. [KEY WORDS: desires, personal and environmental limits, truth of the therapist]

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