Observational studyEpidemiologia e servicos de saude : revista do Sistema Unico de Saude do Brasil2025
Analysis of Dental Specialty Center target achievement and associated factors, Brazil, 2019-2022: a cross-sectional study.
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- Relation between primary and secondary health care coverage with periodontal disease in Brazil: a multilevel study.Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- Sociodemographic Determinants and Temporal Trends in Periodontal Conditions in Brazil: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of dentistry · 2026Article
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objectiveTo evaluate the performance of Dental Specialty Centers in Brazil from 2019 to 2022 and analyze its association with contextual factors.
methodsThis is an observational, cross-sectional, descriptive, and analytical study. We used secondary data on Dental Specialty Center production collected from the Outpatient Information Systems. We used a robust Poisson multiple regression model to determine the target achievement prevalence ratio (PR). We calculated 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) for the variables under study.
resultsPoor performance, with achievement of 0-3 targets, prevailed in the Dental Specialty Centers. Among the dental procedures, targets related to general basic procedures had the best result, with the highest achievement of targets. Dental Specialty Centers located in regions with more than 100,000 inhabitants had a higher frequency of target achievement (PR 1.68; 95%CI 1.26; 2.29). In 2020 (PR 0.10; 95%CI 0.07; 0.15), 2021 (PR 0.22; 95%CI 0.16; 0.28) and 2022 (PR 0.48; 95%CI 0.39; 0.59) target achievement prevalence was lower than in 2019.
conclusionMost Dental Specialty Centers performed poorly in achieving their targets. Municipalities with larger population sizes were more likely to achieve their targets. The COVID-19 pandemic negatively influenced their performance.
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