A framework for equity access to primary dental care
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2020Author
Naidoo, Sudeshni
Antunes, Denise Silveira
Myburgh, Neil G.
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The objective of this study was to
demonstrate face validity with a novel resource
allocation framework designed to maximize equity into dental booking systems. The study was
carried out in 2014. Eleven experts in primary
dental care practice in Southern Brazil participated, using a three-round consensus group technique. First, the experts reached consensus on the
items to be included in a 5-level diagnostic scale.
They identified 21 clinical conditions and categorized them according to the oral health intervention required. Then, they described workload
and activity standards for dental staff to carry out
health promotion, oral disease prevention, dental
treatment, dental rehabilitation, and urgent dental care. Finally, they agreed upon a set of wait
times for primary dental care, establishing maximum waits from 2 to 365 days, according to the
diagnostic classification. The framework demonstrated potential ability to promote more equitable access to primary dental services, since equal
diagnostic classifications share the same waiting
times for the dental care they require