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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo) 2022; 57(04): 552-559
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1713762
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The Impact of Hip Fractures in the Public Health System in Brazil (SUS) 2008 - 2017: The Orthopedist Task

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1   Setor de Doenças Osteometabólicas, Departamento de Ortopedia, Hospital Federal de Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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Bruno Casaes Teixeira
2   Amgen Biotecnologia do Brasil Ltda, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
3   Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
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Abstract

Objective The present study intends to describe the profile of hospitalization and ambulatory rehabilitation of patients ≥ 50 years old due to hip fracture in the Brazilian Public Health System (SUS, in the Portuguese acronym).

Methods This is a cross-sectional study of patients hospitalized due to hip fracture in the SUS between 2008 and 2017. Data included 441,787 hip fracture-related hospitalizations from the hospitalization database of the department of informatics of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SIH/DATASUS, in the Portuguese acronym), and data of patients who underwent rehabilitation from the ambulatory database of the department of informatics of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SIA/DATASUS, in the Portuguese acronym.).

Results Most of hip fracture-related hospitalizations (83.5%) happen to people ≥ 50 years old, with an average annual growth of 5.6% in hip fracture-related hospitalizations. The costs for the government have been growing in the same proportion and reached almost BRL 130 million in 2017, although with a 13.6% decrease in average cost per hospitalization. Besides the financial impact, hip fractures result in an in-hospital mortality rate around 5.0% in patients aged ≥ 50 years old. In addition, the percentage of patients that have undergone hip fracture-related rehabilitation increased from 2008 (14.0%) to 2012 (40.0%), and remained stable after that.

Conclusions The progressive increase in the incidence of hip fractures shows the financial and social impact, and the need for immediate actions to prevent this rising trend. Hip fractures are a risk for secondary fractures, the prevention is crucial, and the orthopedist plays a central role in this process.

Financial Support

There was no financial support from public, commercial, or non-profit sources.


Study developed at the Osteometabolic Diseases Sector, Orthopedics Department, Hospital Federal de Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.




Publication History

Received: 14 October 2019

Accepted: 15 April 2020

Article published online:
30 September 2020

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