Single Health System Hospital Information System: Support for the use of secondary data in psychiatry and mental health. / "O Sistema de Informações Hospitalares do Sistema Único de Saúde: subsídios para o uso de dados secundários em psiquiatria e saúde mental"

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2004

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This study presented a method to obtain information about psychiatric hospitalization through the database of the Single Health System Hospital Information System (SIH-SUS), using the Internet. Data obtained through this method were analyzed in order the profile of psychiatric hospitalizations in Ribeirão Preto, between 1993 and 2002, to be constructed. On the basis of descriptive methodology, we elaborated a manual to obtain secondary data through the site of the Single Health System Information Technology Department (DATASUS). A step by step description was given about how to obtain the information through the main commands and screens as well as examples to illustrate how people interested (students, researchers or professionals) can acquire hospitalization data. The Ribeirão Preto profile showed that the number of hospitalizations decreased, while length of psychiatric hospitalizations increased, with prevalence of diagnoses related to schizophrenia, the age range between 20 and 49 years and male patients. Health indicators showed an increase in cost and confirmed a decrease in psychiatric hospitalizations. The produced knowledge is of help to get a picture of the mental health situation, allowing health professionals, what includes nurses, to access resources to guide their actions in teaching, research and care in psychiatry and mental health.

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psychiatric nursing mental health saúde mental hospital information system sistema de informações hospitalares enfermagem psiquiátrica

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