Socioeconomic factors and the provision of public oral care services in the State of Goiás, Brazil
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2015
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Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between socioeconomic indexes
(SEI) and the provision of public dental care services in the municipalities of the State of Goiás, Brazil.
Methods: Data were obtained from the Health Development Atlas, the Brazilian Federal Dental
Council and the Primary Healthcare Information System (PHIS). The following socioeconomic indexes
were used: Gini coefficient, Human Development Index (HDI), per-capita income and illiteracy rates.
The k-means cluster analysis was used to group municipalities according to their socioeconomic
variables, and these groups were compared according to the number of inhabitants per dentist,
coverage of the Family Health Strategy (FHS) and Oral Healthcare Teams (OHT), and the Variable
Budget for Primary Oral Healthcare (VBPOH) per inhabitant.
Results: Three subgroups were clustered according to their SEI: high (n=21), intermediary (n=109)
and low (n=112). There was less funding for oral health per inhabitant and less coverage by the
FHS and OHT for municipalities with better SEI, and the inhabitants/dentist ratio was higher in lower
SEI (p<0.001).
Conclusion: The assumption of equity in the public health system was achieved. However, the
distribution of dentists in municipalities with different socioeconomic levels is consistent with the
rationale of the private market.
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Socioeconomic indexes, Health care services, Oral health, Indicadores sociais, Serviços de saúde, Saúde bucal
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QUEIROZ, Maria Goretti; RENOVATO, Sara Rodrigues; SIQUEIRA, Patrícia Correia; CAMPOS, Ana Cristina Viana; LELES, Cláudio Rodrigues. Socioeconomic factors and the provision of public oral care services in the State of Goiás, Brazil. Revista Odonto Ciência, Porto Alegre, v. 30, n. 3, p. 91-95, 2015.