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• Ana Luzia Batista de Góis - Góis, A.L.B.G. - Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro - UERJ - Faculdade de Ciências Médicas - <anagoesfisio@globo.com>

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In view of seniors' high hospital costs, the present study aims at comparing the seven leading frequencies of hospital morbidity affecting seniors in 2005 and 1994, through the data on the Hospital Information System (SIH/MS). Methodology: Evaluation of information obtained from the Ministry of Health DataSUS database on seniors’ morbidity upon internments, and calculation of standard rates adjusted by the standardization direct method with the Epidat 3.1. program. Main results: The diseases of the circulatory system predominated in 2005 (28%) and in 1994 (32%), with a reduction by 4% between those years; neoplasias were twice higher in 2005 (8%) as compared to 1994 (4%); infectious and parasitic diseases remained stable at 7%, in 1994 and 2005. In conclusion, hospital morbidity affecting seniors in Brazil is predominantly related to diseases of the circulatory system; at the same time, one can observe both the non-reduction of infectious and parasitic diseases, and the signaling of a recent increase in neoplasias. Comparative studies like this one are recommended as a useful tool in hospital management.

Keywords: morbidity, senior, public health.

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