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BACKGROUND: Epilepsy affects adults at productive age and interferes with their ability to work. However, the granting of social security benefits to these patients has not received sufficient attention. This article aims to provide a profile of individuals with a previous diagnosis of epilepsy that file claims for social security benefits and a profile of the medical advisory decisions that support the concession of these benefits. PARTICIPANTS: A sample of thirty individuals with illness-related problems due to epilepsy was selected from the claimants that receive Social Security Incapacity/Sickness benefits. METHODS: An exploratory data analysis of the 188 Social Security medical files of the thirty claimants was performed using the clinical and epidemiological information and the medical advisory criteria. RESULTS: The mean age of the claimants was 39 years and most of them were males in jobs that do not require a lot of schooling. The first claim was filed within an average of four years of employment. On average, each worker files a claim every three months, which entitles him/her to receive incapacity/sickness benefits for seventeen months. The frequency of seizures and the medications used by the claimants were registered in 60% of the medical files. In addition, the description of the physical and neurological exam was incomplete in 50% of the files. Furthermore, 60% of the files did not include the argument or the clinical evidence that was used to justify the concession of a benefit. CONCLUSION: The medical advisory decisions on epileptic workers tend to be inconsistent, overly lenient and generally lacking in clinical evidence. The disparities among the granted benefits indicate the need for the National Social Security System to review and draft specific guidelines for epilepsy.

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Introdução: Com o aumento da expectativa de vida e envelhecimento populacional, é crescente a magnitude das doenças crônico-degenerativas, entre elas as neoplasias malignas, com impactos na Seguridade Social. Um estudo sobre a freqüência das neoplasias malignas entre beneficiários da Previdência Social em todo o país, com ênfase no auxílio-doença, visa a contribuir com um conhecimento importante, não disponível na atualidade. Objetivos: analisar a distribuição das neoplasias malignas entre beneficiários da Previdência Social brasileira, em 2006; determinar e comparar a freqüência das localizações neoplásicas entre as concessões dos principais benefícios previdenciários e acidentários, em especial o auxílio-doença, e analisar a distribuição das localizações neoplásicas mais incidentes, comparando-as com a literatura. Método: Foi realizado um estudo descritivo com base em dados agregados obtidos no Sistema Único de Informações sobre Benefícios, relativos às concessões previdenciárias e acidentárias motivadas por neoplasias malignas (C00 a D09 da CID-10), em oito espécies de benefícios, com ênfase no auxílio-doença. Foram calculadas proporções, segundo Macrorregiões, para todas as variáveis selecionadas. Incidências ajustadas por idade, segundo Estados da Federação, e incidências específicas por faixa etária, segundo Macrorregiões, foram calculadas a partir de relatório sobre o número médio mensal de contribuintes, emitido pela DATAPREV, com base no Cadastro Nacional de Informações Sociais. Resultados: Verificou-se um predomínio da clientela urbana sobre a rural e diferenças no padrão de distribuição das neoplasias malignas, tanto por tipo de clientela como por categoria de filiação...

Introduction: With the increase of life expectancy and the aging population, the chronicdegenerative illnesses magnitude is increasing, including malignancies, with impacts onthe Social Security. A study on the frequency of cancers among Social Security beneficiaries throughout the country, with emphasis on sickness benefits, aims at contributing with an important knowledge, not currently available. Objectives: to analyze the malignant neoplasias distribution among brazilian Social Security beneficiaries, in 2006; to determine and compare the frequency of neoplasic locations among the concessions of the main general and work related benefits, in special the sickness benefit, and to analyze the distribution of the more incident neoplasic locations, comparing them with the literature. Method: A descriptive study has been carried on the basis of aggregated data in theUnique System of Information on Benefits, relative to the general and work related benefits concessions motivated by malignant neoplasias (C00 to D09 of the ICD-10) in eight benefit specimens, with emphasis on sickness benefits. Proportions according toRegion have been calculated for all selected variables. Age adjusted incidences, according to State, and age specific incidences, according to Region, have been calculated from report on the monthly average number of contributors, emitted by the DATAPREV, on the basis of National Official Register of Social Information. Results: A predominance of the urban clientele over the rural one and differences in thepattern of distribution of the malignant neoplasias, both by clientele type and by filiation category were verified. The branch of activity has not provided consistent information for the impossibility of intersection with National Classification of Economic Activity and with Occupations Brazilian Code, eventhough the results have strengthened the relation of some neoplasic locations with rural branch of activity...

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