Internação por condição sensível á Atenção Primária: diabetes e seus impactos.

Abstract

The Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is considered a metabolic syndrome constituting a group of metabolic diseases characterized by hyperglycemia. It is a serious public health problem in Brazil, despite being treatable mainly in the Primary Care, and when not properly monitored it can develop into a more severe condition, requiring hospitalization. This is an epidemiological, descriptive, retrospective study with a quantitive approach, characterized as a historical series. The objective was to evaluate the incidence of hospitalizations caused by DM throughout the national territory over a period of 10 years. The results pointed that hospitalizations by DM are more frequent in females, mainly with advancing age, presenting the highest rate of hospitalizations and deaths in the Southeast and Northeast regions, which together account for 63.3% of all hospitalizations and 75% of deaths, also resulting in higher public spending on hospitalizations and professionals when compared to other regions. Despite the importance of Primary Care and its resolution, these hospitalization rates do not show a constant reduction, causing even greater expenses to the national health service (SUS), especially when it is necessary to stay in hospital units. Therefore, there is a need to improve and enhance current policies and protocols, seeking stability in reducing these hospitalizations.