Demonstration of the costs for the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) relative to hospitalization of Psychoactive Substance (PS) users between the years 2000 and 2002, in the city of Campinas, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-60832008000700002Keywords:
Health costs, SUS (BR), disorders resulting from psychoactive substance usage, hospitalization, mental healthAbstract
BACKGROUND: The aid provided for psychoactive substances (PS) dependents corroborates the financial impact of this problem which has been caused primarily by hospitalization. OBJECTIVES: This study aims to present the costs sustained by the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) for hospitalizations related to PS users between the years 2000-2002 in the city of Campinas, São Paulo. METHODS: Survey of secondary data on HIAs (Hospital Internment Authorizations) during the aforementioned period, including information that relates to both public and private hospitals that maintain service agreements with SUS, as well as data available in Datasus, and from the City Health Department. RESULTS: The results obtained attest that costs have increased at a rate of 36%, considering what has been spent on HIAs for the treatment of alcoholism alone: 79% (2000), 80% (2001), and 77% (2002). Psychiatric hospitals were the primary parties responsible for the hospitalization of PS dependents in Campinas, making up 77% in 2000, 79% in 2001, and 72% in 2002 of all of the PS users HIAs. CONCLUSIONS: The challenge for Campinas is to promote assistance to PS users which favor out-patient health services rather than hospitals. Such an approach helps not only to optimize programs which have already been implemented, but also helps deconstruct societys misconception that a hospital is the only legitimate place for the solution to health issues.Downloads
Download data is not yet available.
Downloads
Published
2008-01-01
Issue
Section
Original Articles
License
Once accepted for publication, the manuscript becomes permanent property of the Archives of Clinical Psychiatry. This copyright transfer subsumes exclusive and unlimited entitlement of the Archives of Clinical Psychiatry to publish and distribute the full contents of articles in whichever publishing medium, including press and electronic media, in Brazil and abroad.
Manuscripts are accepted with the understanding that the Editor and the editorial staff have the right to make revisions aimed at greater conciseness, clarity, and conformity with Journal style, of course without changing its content.
How to Cite
Demonstration of the costs for the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) relative to hospitalization of Psychoactive Substance (PS) users between the years 2000 and 2002, in the city of Campinas, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil . (2008). Archives of Clinical Psychiatry, 35(supl.1), 2-7. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-60832008000700002