Evaluability assessment of specialized dental care in Brazilian public health system

• Autor(a) principal: Zina, Lívia Guimarães
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Neves, Érika Said Monteiro, Portugal, Érika Lúcia Almeida, Paula, Janice Simpson de, Chalub , Loliza Luiz Figueiredo Houri, Abreu, Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães de, Amaral, João Henrique Lara do, Guimarães, Eliete Albano de Azevedo, Werneck, Marcos Azeredo Furquim
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/26158
• topic: Estudos de Avaliação; Estudos de Validação; Atenção Secundária à Saúde; Saúde bucal.; Evaluation studies.; Validation Studies; Secondary care; Oral health.; Estudio de Evaluación; Estudio de Validación; Atención Secundaria de Salud; Salud bucal.

Evaluability Studies (ES) are pre-evaluative studies that precede the evaluation of a service. The objective of this study was to conduct an ES of secondary oral health care in Brazil, offered by the national public health system - SUS (Unified Health System) - through the Dental Specialty Centers (DSC). Nationally based study, carried out between the years 2017-2020, based on the system of Thurston e Ramaliu’s 7 elements. Twenty-nine members involved in the implementation and operation of the DSC participated in the study. The evaluation tool was validated in its content and appearance. Data were analyzed through the Content Validity Index (CVI) and according to the Content Analysis method. DSC description, based on documents and scientific evidence, allowed to understand its legal framework, operationalization, and main events that characterize it. The theoric-logic model defined 3 components to be evaluated: comprehensiveness health care, access to secondary oral health care and DSC management. The evaluation tool was validated in 2 rounds, with CVI>75%. The study demonstrated that secondary oral health care is evaluable and has a favorable scenario for its development. An inedited DSC questionnaire was established and validated.