Causes of hospital admissions and deaths among Brazilian elders between 2005 and 2015.
Caroline RossettoJuana Vieira SoaresMayara Lindner BrandãoNinon Girardon da RosaIdiane RossetPublished in: Revista gaucha de enfermagem (2019)
Circulatory and respiratory diseases were the main causes of hospital admissions and death among the elderly, highlighting the impotant increase in pneumonia as a cause of morbimortality.