Determinantes sociais de saúde associados à reinternação hospitalar de pessoas com HIV

Objective: To assess the association between social determinants of health and occurrence of hospital readmissions of people living with HIV. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study, with data from 262 medical records of people with HIV who were hospitalized within a 12-month period, in Fortaleza, Ceará. Medical records available in full in the hospital file were included. The outcome variable was analyzed in two ways: readmission as a dichotomous variable (yes/ no) and in a multinomial way, through the number of readmissions (none, 1-2, 3 or ≥4 readmissions). P<0.05 was considered significant with a confidence level of 95%. Results: Of the people who used illicit drugs, 63% (n=51) were readmitted, compared to 47.3% (n=71) of those who did not use them (p=0.02). There was readmission in 66.7% (n=36) of people who earned Descritores