Home care in the national health system: profile of assisted patient
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https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0367.2020v41n1p83Keywords:
Home care services, Health profileAbstract
Objective: to delineate the profile of patients assisted at a Home Care Service in the city of Curitiba.Methods: transversal design, retrospective, quantitative approach; data collection comprised all patients assisted at the site in 2017; sociodemographic and clinical variables. Descriptive statistical analysis and regression models were performed.
Results: in 2017 there were 1798 visits of 1436 patients. The profile showed most of the female patients, mean age above 71 years and white race; the predominant provenance of the assisted ones were the Basic Health Units or Family Health Strategy with a mean attendance time of more than 38 days; prevalence of neurological disorders; treatment outcome was high. The average monthly cost was R$ 1,403.56 per patient.
Conclusion: the patients profile indicated a majority of white women, with up to eight years of schooling, age above 71 years old and assisted by neurological disorders.
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