Divergent Trends in Hospitalizations and Mortality from Diabetes and Hypertension: A Population-Based Time-Series Study with Implications for Public Health Nursing in Southern Brazil.
The coexistence of reduced hospitalizations and increased mortality highlights gaps in early diagnosis, continuity of care, and longitudinal management of chronic conditions, and underscores the need for public health nursing strategies that integrate surveillance data, strengthen primary care follow-up, and address up...