Oral health care in primary care attention: Experience from two facilities of Porto Alegre – Rio Grande do Sul

Authors

  • Gustavo Giacomelli Nascimento
  • Caroline Machado Weber
  • Daniel Demétrio Faustino da Silva

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/2177-0018.30416

Keywords:

Primary Care Attention, access to care, utilization, information systems, oral health

Abstract

Aim: Describe the dental service utilization profile from US NSA and US SESC – Grupo Hospitalar Conceição. Materials and methods: The study evaluated a Sistema de Informações –SIS’ report obtained from dental appointments (June and August 2011. The variables were: demographic (age, gender and territory), aim of appointment (ICD-10) and type of it (booked or urgent). Results: Most patients from US NSA were women, age 35-44 years, coming from the area NSA3; seeking for booked appointments for treating dental caries. At US SESC, most patients were women, age 0-11 years, from the area SESC2, with a greater rate of booked appointments and utilization for complete dental exam/dental appointment to children 0-3 years. Conclusion: The results show that increasing the use of SIS data for Dentistry can support the upgrading of resource distribution and management of oral health care in accordance with the principles of Primary Care Attention.

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Published

2011-03-04

How to Cite

Nascimento, G. G., Weber, C. M., & da Silva, D. D. F. (2011). Oral health care in primary care attention: Experience from two facilities of Porto Alegre – Rio Grande do Sul. Revista Da Faculdade De Odontologia De Porto Alegre, 52(1/3), 19–24. https://doi.org/10.22456/2177-0018.30416

Issue

Vol. 52 No. 1/3 (2011)

Section

Original articles

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