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General description
The Brazilian Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde) or SUS collects and makes data available through it's Department of Informatics, DATASUS. SUS has information on patient admissions in the public network of hospitals, and outpatient visits, among other demographic information.
Variable categories
Patient's Demographics
- Age, race, and gender
Patient characteristics
- Pregnancy status
- Birth control method
- Number of children
- High-risk pregnancy
- Geolocation. One could calculate distances between patients' home and the hospital where they got their care.
- Occupation
- Workers' comp
Characteristics of hospitals
- Hospital geolocation
Procedures
- Day of admission
Safety, Outcomes, and Costs
- ICU length of stay
- Hospital length of stay
- Hospital charges
- In-hospital deaths
- In-hospital infection
Limitations
Related publications
- Incidence of hospitalization and mortality due to stroke in young adults, residents of developed regions in Brazil, 2008-2018
- Administrative Data Linkage in Brazil: Potentials for Health Technology Assessment
- Characterization of Brazilian hospital admissions due to cardiovascular diseases: a longitudinal study