Publications by authors named "Maria de Fatima dos Santos Costa"
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- - The study examined service providers in Brazil's Unified National Health System (SUS) regarding high-risk neonatal care by analyzing public database data on hospital admissions for newborns from 2013 to 2015.
- - Researchers used the TwoStep Cluster method to categorize these providers into three distinct groups based on the complexity of their hospitalizations: low-complexity, surgical-profile, and higher complexity.
- - Findings indicated regional variations in the use of neonatal intensive care, and the study suggested that these records, combined with analytical techniques, could aid SUS administrators in better organizing neonatal healthcare services.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus currently ranks high among indicators used in Global Burden of Disease Studies. The current study estimated the burden of disease attributable to type 2 diabetes mellitus and its chronic complications in Brazil, 2008. We calculated disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), years of life lost (YLLs), and years lived with disability (YLDs) stratified by gender, age bracket, and major geographic region.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of this study was to estimate the global burden of disease from external causes in 2008 in Brazil, based on DALYs (disability-adjusted life years). YLLs (years of life lost) were estimated according to the method proposed by Murray & Lopez (1996). Meanwhile, the method for estimating YLDs (years lived with disability) included methodological adjustments taking the Brazilian reality into account.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlcohol use/dependence are an important risk factor for cirrhosis of the liver. The article aims to describe and conduct a comparative analysis of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY), Years of Life Lost (YLL) and Years Lived with Disability (YLD) of alcohol use disorders and non-viral cirrhosis in Brazil in 2008. DALY was calculated as the sum of YLL and YLD.
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