Internações por câncer de mama feminino na região metropolitana de Porto Alegre

Objective: to characterize hospitalizations for female breast cancer in the public network of the Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre from 2016 to 2018. Method: population-based epidemiological study, observational, cross-sectional and retrospective study with analysis of secondary health data accessed in the Hospital Information System of the Unified Health System of hospitalizations with a diagnosis of breast cancer. The extracted variables were hospitalizations by age group, race/color, length of stay, deaths, mortality rate and hospital expenditure. Results: In this period, 7,049 hospitalizations occurred, 3,807 (54%) between 50 and 69 years of age. The average stay in hospital was 4 days and the average total cost/year by SUS was 375,374.604 reais. In the triennium there were 504 (7.15%) due to the disease. Conclusion: Hospitalizations for breast cancer in women in the RMPA have a direct impact on thein crease in expenses and on the longer use of hospital beds, making assistance to this type of disease increasingly costly.