Research Article

Performance of Primary Dental Care Services: An Ecological Study in a Large Brazilian City

Table 2

Description of primary dental care performance in each cluster, Belo Horizonte, 2010.

ClusterNumber of PHCsAverage access to individual dental treatment (minimum–maximum)Average proportion of dental emergencies
(minimum–maximum)
Average proportion of preventive individual procedures
(minimum–maximum)

1 (highest preventive care)787.1% (1.8%–24.3%)9.5% (1.7%–15.8%)66.7% (53.7%–81.6%)
2 (highest emergency care)435.7% (1.0%–12.6%)24.2% (16.9%–41.4%)62.8% (44.9%–81.6%)
3 (lowest preventive care)217.1% (0.7%–13.4%)15.8% (3.4%–37.8%)43.4% (28.7%–52.1%)