Dependent Variable
|
Dental treatment needs |
Consisting of caries treatment, periodontal disease and prosthesis needs. |
Does not require or only requires PHC Requires PHC + specialized care or only specialized care |
SBMG2012 |
Independent Variables
|
Individual level
|
Gender |
Self-reported gender |
Female Male |
SBMG2012 |
Household income |
Total income received by all family members in the month preceding the survey, in Brazilian reais (R$). R$1.00 = U$ 0.50 dollars in 29/06/2012 |
Under R$1,500.00 Above R$1,500.00 |
SBMG2012 |
Schooling |
Years of formal education. The variable was expressed as mean of years of study. |
Continuous variable |
SBMG2012 |
Numbers of residents at home |
Number of people residing at home. |
Continuous variable |
SBMG2012 |
Ethnicity/skin color |
Self-reported skin color. |
White Non-white |
SBMG2012 |
Time elapsed since the patient's last dentist appointment |
Refers to the frequency of use of dental services, i.e. if individuals had never used a dental service, used it in the last year or less frequently than in the last year. |
Never used More than one year Less than one year |
SBMG2012 |
Type of service used |
Type of service used at the last dental appointment. The non-public service encompassed all private services such as covenants, health plans and others. |
Never used Public Non-public |
SBMG2012 |
Main reason for consultation |
Reason why the individual sought care at the last dental appointment. |
Never used Curative procedures Check-up/preventive procedures |
SBMG2012 |
Independent Variables
|
Contextual level
|
Allocation factor |
Calculated based on the index of health needs and economic size. It measures the municipal relative need of financial resources so that the municipality bears with its own resources the necessary health treatments for its population. |
Continuous variable |
FJP |
Access to individual dental care |
Proportion of people who received a first dental appointment programmed in the SUS to diagnose and elaborate a preventive / therapeutic plan to meet the detected needs. Calculated as a percentage of population. |
Continuous variable |
DATASUS |
Frequency of Oral Health Team (OHT) with an Oral Health Technician (TSB) |
Number of OHT with TSB in relation to the total of oral health teams of the Family Health Strategy. |
Continuous variable |
DAB/MS |
Mean supervised dental brushing |
Number of supervised individual dental brushing performed divided by the population. This total is divided by the 12 months of the year. It measures access to preventive procedures. |
Continuous variable |
DATASUS |
Dental extraction frequency |
Proportion of permanent tooth extraction compared to other primary care dental clinical. It measures the quality of service with regard to whether or not it is a mutilating service. |
Continuous variable |
DATASUS |
Emergency dental care frequency |
Average number of urgent care per 100 inhabitants in Minas Gerais in the year 2012. |
Continuous variable |
DATASUS |
Prosthesis laboratory availability |
Characterizes whether the municipality has a dental prosthesis laboratory. |
No Yes |
SESMG |
SDC Availability |
Characterizes whether the municipality has a dental specialties center (specialized oral health care). |
No Yes |
SESMG |