URGENT AND EMERGENCY CARE NETWORK: PROFILE, DEMAND AND FLOW OF ELDERLY TO HEALTH CARE POINTS

Authors

  • Bárbara Cris Skora Antunes
  • Karla Crozeta Departamento de Enfermagem/ Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR.
  • Fernanda de Assis
  • Maria Cristina Paganini

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v23i2.53766

Keywords:

Nursing, Primary health care, Medical emergency services, Elderly

Abstract

Objective: characterize the profile, demand and flow of care to elderly registered in a Municipal Health Unit assisted at an
Emergency Care Network (RUE) of Curitiba. Method: cross-sectional study of quantitative approach for assessment and documentation
purposes conducted between August 2015 and June 2016, based on reports of care provided to users at the referred Network and electronic
medical records of users aged 60 and over. Descriptive statistics was used in the analysis. Results: it was found that 102 elderly people
made 160 visits at the Emergency Care Unit (UPA), as follows: 59 (57.8%) were women, 50 (49%) were aged 60-69 years old, the demands
of 55 (53.9%) were considered to be “not very urgent” and 10 individuals were hospitalized. Conclusion: analysis of the demands of users
with ordinary health problems indicated the need for operational and managerial reorganization of the network, for adequacy of care at all
its levels of complexity.

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Published

2018-05-23

How to Cite

Antunes, B. C. S., Crozeta, K., de Assis, F., & Paganini, M. C. (2018). URGENT AND EMERGENCY CARE NETWORK: PROFILE, DEMAND AND FLOW OF ELDERLY TO HEALTH CARE POINTS. Cogitare Enfermagem, 23(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v23i2.53766

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 2 (2018)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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