The Influence of Dentists’ Profile and Health Work Management in the Performance of Brazilian Dental Teams

Table 3

Mean, median, minimum, and maximum values of the quantitative 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
Continuing professional development training	Mean	2.2	1.5	2.0	1.9	2.6	2.8
	Median	2.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
	Std. deviation	1.67	1.38	1.52	1.61	1.75	1.74
	Minimum	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Maximum	8	7	8	7	8	8
Number of PHC teams the dental team assist	Mean	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.4	1.3
	Median	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
	Std. deviation	0.67	0.40	0.57	0.59	0.82	0.75
	Minimum	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Maximum	9	8	9	5	9	9

Provided by the SUS; one PHC team cover about 3,500 patients.