Figure 1.
Map of Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil, showing Dourados in the dark area and the health care consortium network counties in the gray area.
Figure 2.
Flow chart of the selection and sampling.
Table 1.
Characteristics of the dengue patients hospitalized in Dourados, Brazil, in 2010 (n = 288).
Table 2.
Comparison of the length of the hospital stay based on age group and the type of health care system.
Table 3.
Characterization of the direct medical costs by the type of health care system in Dourados City.
Table 4.
Comparison of the hospital stay length and costs according to the dengue classification and the type of health care system.
Table 5.
Comparison of the hospital stay length, platelet transfusion use and costs stratified by criteria use and the type of health care system.
Table 6.
Comparison of the length of the hospital stay and costs stratified by classification and the type of health care system.