The Influence of Dentists’ Profile and Health Work Management in the Performance of Brazilian Dental Teams
Table 2
Frequency of the categorical independent variables related to dentists’ profile and work management of PHC dental teams, Brazil, and according to each Brazilian Geographical Region, 2013-2014.
Dentists profile and management items
Brazil (%)
North (%)
Northeast (%)
Centre-west (%)
Southeast (%)
South (%)
Dentists’ profile
Graduate studies
52.8
43.9
48.3
52.2
57.4
62.4
Master’s degree and/or doctoral studies
6.6
6.5
5.7
6.1
7.5
7.6
Tutor undergraduate students
9.7
6.0
8.8
5.2
12.5
11.8
Hiring by public tender test
50.0
42.8
41.6
57.7
46.9
79.8
Civil servant
44.1
40.9
40.1
55.7
37.7
63.4
Local government direct contract
82.1
90.4
86.4
79.4
72.3
85.9
Two years or less in this dental team
57.3
62.3
61.0
48.9
53.2
56.7
Career plan
20.1
21.4
11.8
23.6
21.4
39.7
Career plan with progression for time of service
16.5
16.8
9.1
19.8
17.3
34.8
Career plan with progression for professional performance
10.5
10.1
5.2
8.5
13.6
21.8
Career plan with progression for titles and professional improvement
15.7
17.7
9.2
20.5
15.0
32.2
Gain of financial incentive for good performance
22.9
15.9
23.9
20.1
22.5
26.1
Work management
PHC unit a trainee field for undergraduate students
16.2
11.4
16.3
11.3
17.3
19.3
Documents proving the monthly planning and scheduling of activities
51.0
41.2
52.4
44.9
52.0
53.2
Monitoring and analysis of population’s oral health indicators
66.4
53.4
67.8
55.9
71.6
64.8
Dental team receive support to plan and organise the labour process
79.0
67.1
80.2
71.7
83.0
77.7
Dental team have access to data to analyse population’s oral health status
73.4
58.9
75.1
64.0
77.4
73.6
Documents proving self-evaluation in the past six months
55.9
29.0
60.4
40.5
62.4
52.3
Dental team take part in the PHC team meetings
66.3
57.2
68.0
66.2
63.3
72.1
Flexible dental appointment list (schedule and walk in patients)
90.0
84.7
89.0
88.0
92.4
92.4
Scheduling of dental appointments at any day and time
47.6
36.9
35.9
54.8
63.1
53.1
Referral for secondary care
75.0
59.0
71.8
63.5
83.3
83.7
Being approved in a public test that guarantee job stability.
