Table 4 Prevalence of hospitalisations in the last 12 months stratified by multimorbidity. Brazil, 1998–2013
From: Trends in the use of health services and their relationship with multimorbidity in Brazil, 1998–2013
Variables | Multimorbidity | Without multimorbidity | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1998 | 2003 | 2008 | 2013 | 1998 | 2003 | 2008 | 2013 | |||
% | % | % | % | p-valuea | % | % | % | % | p-valuea | |
15.03 | 15.74 | 15.68 | 13.44 | *** | 6.62 | 6.34 | 6.29 | 6.38 | *** | |
Mean annual of hospitalisations | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | ||
Sex | ||||||||||
Male | 14.44 | 16.21 | 16.21 | 13.87 | *** | 3.95 | 4.24 | 4.50 | 4.78 | *** |
Female | 15.37 | 15.49 | 15.39 | 13.24 | ** | 9.41 | 8.50 | 8.11 | 7.63 | *** |
Age | ||||||||||
18–29 | 17.41 | 17.57 | 17.78 | 15.8 | 7.57 | 6.79 | 6.93 | 7.05 | *** | |
30–39 | 13.02 | 14.02 | 14.82 | 11.7 | * | 6.27 | 6.41 | 6.24 | 6.44 | |
40–49 | 12.18 | 13.6 | 14.25 | 11.1 | *** | 4.78 | 5.19 | 5.07 | 5.23 | |
50–59 | 13.62 | 14.38 | 14.27 | 11.14 | ** | 5.37 | 5.19 | 5.30 | 5.92 | |
60–69 | 15.67 | 15.43 | 14.81 | 14.36 | 7.53 | 6.34 | 5.96 | 6.07 | *** | |
> =70 | 20.46 | 20.42 | 19.54 | 17.17 | 10.29 | 10.20 | 10.19 | 8.67 | ||
Race/skin color | ||||||||||
White | 15.34 | 15.67 | 15.66 | 13.00 | ** | 6.63 | 6.20 | 6.23 | 6.27 | *** |
Brown | 13.62 | 15.68 | 15.35 | 13.78 | 5.86 | 6.13 | 5.88 | 5.65 | ||
Black | 17.74 | 12.15 | 11.5 | 13.18 | 4.44 | 6.02 | 6.06 | 7.84 | ||
Yellow | 14.8 | 15.9 | 15.86 | 14.02 | ** | 6.76 | 6.57 | 6.44 | 6.67 | |
Indigenous | 16.46 | 17.27 | 20.38 | 14.29 | 7.97 | 7.53 | 8.16 | 4.60 | ||
Education | ||||||||||
No schooling | 15.68 | 18.14 | 18.7 | 17.36 | ** | 7.66 | 7.69 | 6.88 | 8.31 | |
Incomplete elementary school | 15.08 | 15.35 | 15.08 | 13.04 | 6.96 | 6.50 | 6.62 | 5.95 | ** | |
Complete elementary school | 13.33 | 12.95 | 15.6 | 12.59 | * | 6.55 | 6.02 | 6.58 | 6.62 | |
Incomplete high school | 13.46 | 15.00 | 14.66 | 11.91 | 5.23 | 5.89 | 6.17 | 7.96 | *** | |
Complete high school | 12.92 | 14.14 | 13.86 | 11.06 | 6.43 | 6.13 | 5.82 | 6.02 | * | |
Incomplete university | 13.85 | 13.22 | 15.35 | 11.34 | 5.04 | 4.81 | 5.04 | 5.29 | ||
Completed university | 13.88 | 15.15 | 14.76 | 12.81 | 5.87 | 6.14 | 6.36 | 5.95 | ||
Health insurance | ||||||||||
Yes | 16.96 | 17.18 | 17.05 | 12.84 | *** | 7.56 | 7.20 | 7.08 | 7.38 | |
No | 14.42 | 15.13 | 15.1 | 13.74 | ** | 6.27 | 6.04 | 5.99 | 5.90 | * |
Registered in FHT | ||||||||||
Yes | – | – | 16.68 | 14.17 | – | – | 6.86 | 6.76 | ||
No | – | – | 14.65 | 12.43 | – | – | 5.75 | 5.87 | ||
Health self-assessment | ||||||||||
Very good | 7.66 | 8.91 | 9.35 | 11.00 | 4.71 | 4.50 | 4.34 | 5.10 | * | |
Good | 8.84 | 9.61 | 9.99 | 9.99 | * | 5.89 | 5.57 | 5.47 | 5.60 | ** |
Regular | 14.58 | 15.52 | 15.10 | 12.57 | *** | 10.85 | 9.85 | 9.81 | 8.33 | *** |
Poor | 26.20 | 27.54 | 25.33 | 20.52 | *** | 20.67 | 19.00 | 18.97 | 12.52 | *** |
Very poor | 33.37 | 37.98 | 34.44 | 32.52 | 25.32 | 22.03 | 23.21 | 17.53 | ||
Limitation of usual activities | ||||||||||
Yes | 29.12 | 31.47 | 28.64 | 25.52 | *** | 22.94 | 21.91 | 20.08 | 19.48 | *** |
No | 11.89 | 12.02 | 12.01 | 10.56 | 5.913 | 5.574 | 5.42 | 5.49 | *** | |