Temporal Evaluation of Coronary Revascularization Procedures Performed through the Unified Health System (SUS) in Brazil: a 20-year overview

Abstract Introduction: The mortality rates associated with coronary atherosclerotic disease (CAD) have been declining over the past decades driven, in part, by advances in revascularization techniques. Objective: The aim of this study was to provide an overview of the past 20 years in the treatment of CAD delivered by the Brazilian Unified Health Care System (SUS). Methods: The data were obtained from SUS's TABNET and SIGTAP systems and IBGE. The procedures were grouped into the categories percutaneous, surgical, and primary percutaneous revascularizations. The analysis included the number of hospital admission authorizations (AIH), mean length of hospital stay, in-hospital mortality, mean total amount paid by procedure, and mean values paid per AIH and for professional and hospital services. Results: Between 1995 and 2015, there were increases in the number of surgical revascularizations (from 13,198 to 22,559) and percutaneous revascularizations (from 10,522 to 66,345). Similarly, the number of primary angioplasties increased between 2004 and 2015 (from 1,901 to 8,524). There was a decrease in the mean length of hospital stay (from 14.4 to 12.8 days) and hospital mortality (from 7.6% to 5.9%) for surgical revascularizations, and decrease in mean length of hospital stay (from 5.3 days to 3.7 days) but maintenance of the mortality rates (2.2%) for percutaneous revascularizations. In primary angioplasties, the mean length of hospital stay varied from 5.3 to 5.6 days and the mortality rate varied from 7.94% to 7.43% between 2004 and 2015, respectively. The mean total amount paid for surgical revascularization varied from R$ 4,327.57 to $12,839.13 and for percutaneous revascularizations from R$ 2,615.81 to $6,187.87 between 1995 and 2015, respectively. Corresponding values for primary angioplasties were R$ 5,415.58 in 2004 to R$ 6,581.51 in 2015. Conclusions: The number of revascularization procedures increased in Brazil over the past 20 years, with an improvement in mortality rates and decrease in length of hospital stay. There was a substantial lag in economic values relative to the inflation accumulated during the period.

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Main Authors:	Bienert,Igor Ribeiro de Castro, Rodrigues,Alexandre, Harada,Érika Airi, Silva,Karoline Lopes, Valente,Amanda Ribeiro, Silva,Paulo André da, Braga,Joao Carlos Moron Saes, Rinaldi,Fabio Salerno, Guimarães Filho,Fábio Villaça, Andrade,Pedro Beraldo de
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia 2017
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2359-56472017000500380
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