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0528/2018 - Lack of Access and the Path of Healthcare Use by Brazilian Elderly Persons.
Falta de acesso e trajetória de utilização de serviços de saúde por idosos brasileiros.

Author:

• Ana Paula Santana Coelho Almeida - Almeida, A.P.S.C - <apscoelho@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5808-5818

Co-author(s):

• Bruno Pereira Nunes - Nunes, B.P - <nunesbp@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4496-4122
• Suele Manjourany Silva Duro - Duro, S.M.S - <sumanjou@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5730-0811
• Rita de Cassia Duarte Lima - Lima, R.C.D - <ritacdl@uol.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5931-398X
• Luiz Augusto Facchini - Facchini, L.A. - <luizfacchini@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5746-5170


Abstract:

The population ageing requires reconfiguring health services and expansion of access for the elderly population. This is a population-based cross-sectional study with 6,624 brazilian persons over 60 years and aims to evaluate access to healthcare by measuring lack of access and by describing the trajectory until the use of hospitalization, emergency care and medical visit. Those variables were analyzed according to the nature of funding to access the service (SUS, private insurance, cash-pay). The prevalence of lack of access was 2.5% (CI95% 1.6;4.0) for hospitalizations, 2.1% (CI95% 1.4; 3.1) for emergency rooms, and 0.6% (CI95% 0.3;0.9) for medical visits. SUS accounted for most of the care provided. Positive aspects of SUS were the higher number of medical visits in the city of residence and the lower frequency of patients spending money. The private system stands out for the low frequency of long waiting times and higher frequency of referrals to return visits after hospitalization. The findings highlight the importance of SUS in Brazil in promoting equality and universality despite the deficiencies still seen. In both public and private systems, greater articulation among the healthcare levels is required for integral healthcare to elderly persons.

Keywords:

Aged. Health Services Accessibility. Health Systems. Unified Health System. Insurance, Health.

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Almeida, A.P.S.C, Nunes, B.P, Duro, S.M.S, Lima, R.C.D, Facchini, L.A.. Lack of Access and the Path of Healthcare Use by Brazilian Elderly Persons.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2018/Dec). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/lack-of-access-and-the-path-of-healthcare-use-by-brazilian-elderly-persons/17061?id=17061&id=17061



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