Organizational profile of Brazilian Dental Specialty Centers that offer the specialty of Dental Prosthesis

Abstract

Introduction: The need to use dental prostheses is epidemiologically relevant in Brazil and the expansion of the specialty of Dental Prosthesis (EPD) has been driven by Brasil Sorridente. Objective: to identify the offer of EPD in CEOs, characterizing them according to organizational aspects. Method: Cross-sectional study, using secondary data from the National Program for Improving Access and Quality of Dental Specialty Centers (PMAQ-CEO) cycle 2, sample n= 1040 CEO. The dependent variable was “offering EPD” and the independent variables were organizational aspects of “work process” and “structure”. Frequency and bivariate analyzes were carried out with a significance level of p< 0.05%. Results: Among the CEOs, 61.6% offered EPD, of which 47.1% were characterized as “Type 2”, of municipal coverage 69.0%, municipal/state management 98.8%, which had a manager 95.9% and without a postgraduate degree in Public Health/Public Management 56.7%, 76.9% without transfer of the program incentive among all professionals, 84.3% practiced planning and evaluated actions, 89.8% received support for planning, 89.3% monitored goals, 77% self-evaluated, managed a waiting list 92.2% and 77, 7% were aware of the percentage of absenteeism. They were associated with the EPD offer, being Type 3, with municipal/state management, with a manager and postgraduates in Public Health/Public Management, with planning, evaluation, monitoring practices, attention to absenteeism and the results of previous cycles of the program. Conclusion: The offer of EPD was significant in CEOs, for a specialty that is not mandatory in these services. It was characterized by having managers and was associated with managers with postgraduate degrees in Public Health/Public Management.