Hospitalization for Primary Care-Sensitive Conditions in Adults and Its Impact on Hospital Care in São Paulo City, Brazil.

Introduction: Identifying conditions among all cause hospitalizations that could be prevented at the primary care level would allow the development of strategies to reduce the range of diseases treated in hospital and promote a more efficient utilization of resources.

Objective: We sought to evaluate hospitalizations for clinical conditions that are sensitive to primary care in adults.

Methods: Cross-sectional study with data captured in hospital electronic health records using the diagnosis related groups classification system.