Abstract
Objective: To analyze the costs of hospitalization of the Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) with hospitalizations for stroke in Goiás, Brazil. Methods: It is an ecological study on public spending on hospitalization for stroke in Goiás, between January 2010 and December 2019. Data obtained through the Sistema de Dados do Ministério da Saúde (DATASUS). They were tabulated by the program TabWin® and those calculated by Microsoft Excel®. There was no submission to the Research Ethics Committee, as it is a study using secondary data, without identifying the participants. Results: Costs increased by 158.6% even though hospitalizations decreased by 23.8%. People over 65 years old led the list of hospitalizations with 54.8%. Regarding trends, average annual spends, total value and confidence interval of the ten most expensive cities in the state, none showed a downward trend. Stroke treatment was responsible for 84.64% of the procedures performed. Conclusion: Stroke expenses were high and, possibly, measures aimed at primary care would decrease the total expenditure. In addition, male gender, age, and municipalities with larger population sizes and with good levels of living conditions are factors that increased total expenditures.