Distributive justice and equity in resource allocation: a temporal analysis of hospitalization costs in indigenous populations in Brazil

Table 1 Hospitalization Costs and Fatality Rates due to cardiovascular diseases in older individuals from indigenous populations and people of other ethnicities, according to sex in Brazil, between 2010 and 2019

	Hospitalization Costs (U$/ Inpatient)				Fatality Rate
	2010	2019	%	p	2010	2019	%	P
Male
Indigenous	426	396	-7%	< 0.05	11%	13%	10%	< 0.05
Other ethnicities	536	788	47%	< 0.05	9%	10%	9%	< 0.05
Female
Indigenous	329	262	-33%	< 0.05	11%	16%	44%	< 0.05
Other ethnicities	425	627	48%	< 0.05	9%	11%	17%	< 0.05
Both sexes
Indigenous	409	335	-18%	< 0.05	11%	14%	26%	< 0.05
Other ethnicities	480	712	48%	< 0.05	9%	10%	13%	< 0.05

Source: SIH/SUS. Elaborated by the authors. Significantly different results (p < 0.05) between “Hospitalization Cost (R$/Inp.)” and “Fatality Rate” of Indigenous and Other Ethnicity populations for males, females, and both sexes. Mann-Whitney U test

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