Indicadores socioeconômicos e de saúde da Atenção Básica nos municípios da região metropolitana de Belo Horizonte
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2012-03
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To investigate the association between
socioeconomic indicators and Primary Health Care
indicators of the Brazilian Health Care System in the
greater Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Area, in the state
of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Materials and Methods:
Ecological study based on secondary data from the Belo
Horizonte Metropolitan Area (N= 33 municipalities).
The independent variables included the overall health
and oral health indicators from Primary Health Care.
The exploratory variables included the literacy rate,
Human Development Index, Gini Index, and Social
Responsibility Index of the state of Minas Gerais.
The Hierarchical Cluster analysis was conducted
to subdivide the municipalities according to
socioeconomic indicators, using the Between-linkage
group method and the Squared Euclidean distance
measure. The Primary Health Care indicators were
compared among clusters by means of Student’s t
tests with a significance level of 5%. Results: The
municipalities were grouped in two clusters: 1) worst
(N=23) and 2) best (N=10) socioeconomic indicators.
Cluster 1, as compared to cluster 2, presented a
higher coverage of the Family Healthcare Strategy
and a higher average of doctors’ house calls (76.6 ±
32.5; 6.1 ± 24.6, respectively) (70.4 ± 27.9; 0.8 ± 0.6,
respectively) (p < 0.05). Concerning the oral health
indicators, no statistically significant difference could
be observed among the clusters. Conclusion: The
results suggest an association among the municipalities
of the greater Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Area
which present worse socioeconomic indicators and a
higher coverage of the Family Healthcare and average
of doctors’ house calls.
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Atenção primária à saúde, Indicadores sociais, Indicadores básicos de saúde, Primary health care, Health status indicators, Social indicators
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CAMPOS, Ana Cristina et al. Indicadores socioeconômicos e de saúde da Atenção Básica nos municípios da região metropolitana de Belo Horizonte. Arquivos em Odontologia, Belo Horizonte, v. 48, n. 1, p. 6-12, jan./mar. 2012.