O objetivo do presente estudo foi avaliar as taxas de mortalidade por trauma raquimedular (TRM) e estimar padrões diferenciados de características das internações hospitalares por TRM em hospitais públicos municipais e estaduais no município do Rio de Janeiro. Foram analisados dados do SIH-SUS sobre valor médio das internações, média de permanência, proporção de internações e taxa de mortalidade de hospitais municipais e estaduais, no período de 1996 a 2011. Em relação ao valor gasto nas internações, média de permanência e número de internação, a rede estadual apresentou um maior comparativo em relação à rede municipal. Já em relação à mortalidade dos pacientes, os hospitais estaduais tiveram uma menor taxa de mortalidade. As evidências apontadas proporcionarão reflexões sobre a distribuição dos casos, taxa de mortalidade e o tipo de atendimento demandado, contribuindo para a organização da rede assistencial de emergências do município do Rio de Janeiro.
Gender equity is far from being achieved in most academic institutions worldwide. Women representation in scientific leadership faces multiple obstacles. Implicit bias and stereotype threat are considered important driving forces concerning gender disparities. Negative cultural stereotypes of weak scientific performance, unrelated to true capacity, are implicitly associated with women and other social groups, influencing, without awareness, attitudes and judgments towards them. Meetings of scientific societies are the forum in which members from all stages of scientific careers are brought together. Visibility in the scientific community stems partly from presenting research as a speaker. Here, we investigated gender disparities in the Brazilian Society of Neuroscience and Behavior (SBNeC). Across the 15 mandates (1978-2020), women occupied 30% of the directory board posts, and only twice was a woman president. We evaluated six meetings held between 2010 and 2019. During this period, the membership of women outnumbered that of men in all categories. A total of 57.50% of faculty members, representing the potential pool of speakers and chairs, were female. Compared to this expected value, female speakers across the six meetings were scarce in full conferences (χ
2
(5)=173.54, P<0.001) and low in symposia (χ
2
(5)=36.92, P<0.001). Additionally, women chaired fewer symposia (χ
2
(5)=47.83, P<0.001). Furthermore, men-chaired symposia had significantly fewer women speakers than women-chaired symposia (χ
2
(1)=56.44, P<0.001). The gender disparities observed here are similar to those in other scientific societies worldwide, urging them to lead actions to pursue gender balance and diversity. Diversity leads not only to fairness but also to higher-quality science.
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