Analysis of older patients hospitalized for burns in Brazil

Objective: Analyze the available variables on the Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System (DATASUS) platform of hospitalized burn older people and compare older people over and under 80. Method: A retrospective study collected data in DATASUS from January 2009 to December 2019. Patients aged 60-79 years or older and 80 years or older were included in the study, with variables such as time average hospitalization, healthcare costs, and mortality rate. Results: During the studied period, 168,955 patients aged 60-79 and 50,410 aged 80 or over suffered burns. The highest mortality occurs in flame accidents, followed by contact burns, third-place scalds, and electrical burns (p=0.01). The incidence of hospitalizations in people over 80 is higher than in those aged 60-79 (p