| Journal: | Revista de saude publica |
| Database: | |
| System number: | 000536071 |
| ISSN: | 0034-8910 |
| Authors: | González Vélez, Abel E1 Colmenares Mejía, Claudia Carolina2 Low Padilla, Eduardo1 Moreno Marín, Sandra Yadira1 Rengifo Bobadilla, Paola Andrea3 Rueda Sánchez, Juan Pablo4 Isaza Ruget, Mario Arturo5 |
| Institutions: | 1Keralty, Vicepresidencia Global de Salud, Bogotá. Colombia 2Fundación Universitaria Sanitas, Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud, Bogotá. Colombia 3Entidad Promotora de Salud Sanitas, Vicepresidencia de Salud, Bogotá. Colombia 4Entidad Promotora de Salud Sanitas, Presidencia de Salud, Bogotá. Colombia 5Laboratorio Clínica Colsanitas, Presidencia Ejecutiva de Laboratorio, Bogotá. Colombia |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Volumen: | 53 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| English abstract | OBJECTIVE To analyze the emergency hospitalizations trend for ambulatory care sensitive conditions between 2011 and 2015 in a health insureance company of the Colombian Social Security General System. METHODS A log-linear analysis based on age-adjusted hospitalization rates for ambulatory care sensitive conditions in the Entidad Promotora de Salud Sanitas was used to estimate the annual percentage change in these rates and to identify joinponts of the rates. Data was collected from administrative sources. RESULTS There were 38,530 hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions in 26,501 Entidad Promotora de Salud Sanitas enrollees, with a significant decrease in hospitalization rates. The annual percentage change estimated for the period was -9.5% with no significant joinpoints throughout the time interval. CONCLUSIONS A significant reduction in hospital admissions due to ambulatory care sensitive conditions in Entidad Promotora de Salud Sanitas enrollees were reported for the last five years in this study. |
| Disciplines: | Medicina, Medicina |
| Keyword: | Hospitales, Salud pública |
| Keyword: | Patient Admission, Emergency Identification, Hospitalization, Emergency Medical Services, Hospitals, Public health |
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