Perfil de usuários em um serviço de pronto atendimento

Abstract

The objective of this study was to identify the profile of users treated in emergency care of a district of Ribeirao Preto - SP. Quantitative Study users seeking the emergency care between January to June 2009. Were characterized by sex, age, time, day of week and months of peak demand, demand justification, conduct and referrals. Of the 45,771 visits made, was selected a sample of 330 medical records by random sampling technique. Of these, 57% of users were female and 63.3% are users between 20 and 50 years. The months of greatest demand were in March, April and May and 70.7% of cases occurred during the day. In 20% of justifications were reports of pain. In 77,2% of the ducts are drug therapy and 26.3% test ordering. Among the many justifications for the search by the emergency care are the potential of this service in the form of high-density technology.