Investment, hospitalizations and deaths from mouth cancer in the city of Feira de Santana, Bahia

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: oral cancer is a chronic disease with a high social cost that requires specialized methods and expensive hospitalizations for its diagnosis and treatment. OBJECTIVE: to describe the financial investment, frequency and length of hospital stay and profile of deaths from oral cancer in the municipality of Feira de Santana, state of Bahia, in 2020. METHODS AND MATERIALS: a descriptive study that analyzed the data of the Hospital Information System of the Unified Health System (SIH / SUS) on public and private spending, hospitalizations and deaths due to cancer of the lip, mouth and pharynx in the municipality of Feira de Santana, Bahia, from January to October 2020. RESULTS: in the period analyzed, the municipality reported 206 admissions for oral cancer, with a total of 726 days of hospital stay, adding up to a total investment of R $ 421,019.42. The male gender (85.7%), the brown color (64.2%) and the age group of 30 to 59 years (57.1%) presented the highest frequency of deaths due to the disease. The death rate for the city was 5.6. CONCLUSION: the analysis of this study showed that, in the municipality of Feira de Santana, there was a higher frequency of deaths related to oral cancer in men, young adults and browns. Hospitalizations due to the disease added up to more than 700 days of stay in hospitals located in the municipality, which can contribute to increased hospital costs.