Burden of physical inactivity and hospitalization costs due to chronic diseases

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the physical inactivity-related inpatient costs of chronic non-communicable diseases.METHODS This study used data from 2013, from Brazilian Unified Health System, regarding inpatient numbers and costs due to malignant colon and breast neoplasms, cerebrovascular diseases, ischem...

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Main Authors: Renata Moraes Bielemann, Bruna Gonçalves Cordeiro da Silva, Carolina de Vargas Nunes Coll, Mariana Otero Xavier, Shana Ginar da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2015-01-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102015000100307&lng=en&tlng=en