Prevalence of health services utilization in Brazil: a systematic review and meta-analysis. / Prevalência de utilização de serviços de saúde no Brasil: revisão sistemática e metanálise.
Epidemiol Serv Saude
; 26(3): 589-604, 2017.
Article
em En, Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28977183
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
to analyze the prevalence of use of health services in Brazil.METHODS:
systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based cross-sectional studies; MEDLINE, EMBASE, other sources, and microdata of surveys were searched; two researchers selected the studies, extracted the data and assessed methodological quality to include in the meta-analysis.RESULTS:
from 1,979 retrieved references, 27 studies were included; the prevalence of medical visits in the previous year was 71% (confidence interval of 95% [95%CI] = 69; 73%; I2=99%); the proportion of women in each study (p=0.001; R2=25%) and the recall period (p>0.001; R2= 72%) contributed to the heterogeneity; prevalence of dental consultation was 37% (95%CI = 32; 42%; I2=100%), and of hospitalization, 10% (95%CI = 9; 11%; I2=98%), in the last year.CONCLUSION:
more than half of the population had at least one medical visit, about one-third had a dental consultation and a tenth was hospitalized in the previous year.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Serviços de Saúde Bucal
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Serviços de Saúde
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Hospitalização
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
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Systematic_reviews
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
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Pt
Revista:
Epidemiol Serv Saude
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil