Factors associated with the inclusion of oral health technicians into the public health service in Brazil

Table 2 Frequency distribution of the context variables of the municipalities surveyed before and after the OHT course, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2014

	Municipal variables	2011		2014
	Municipal variables	n	%	n	%
Health services organization	Population coverage of FHT
	< 100%	89	73.0	70	57.4
	= 100%	33	27.0	52	42.6
	Population coverage of DHT
	< 70%	73	59.8	62	50.8
	≥ 70%	49	40.2	60	49.2
	ESB/ESF ratio
	< 70%	62	50.8	56	45.9
	≥ 70%	60	49.2	66	54.1
	Presence of DHT modality II
	Yes	33	27.0	38	31.1
	No	89	73.0	84	68.9
	Dentists per 1 000 inhabitants
	< 0.67	83	68.0	81	66.4
	≥ 0.67	39	32.0	41	33.6
Oral health indicators	First consultation
	< 15%	77	63.1	91	74.6
	≥ 15%	45	36.9	31	25.4
	Supervised dental brushing
	< 3.5	66	54.1	68	55.7
	≥ 3.5	56	45.9	54	44.3
Sociodemographic indicators		2010
		n		%
	MHDI
	< 0.731	102		83.6
	≥ 0.731	20		16.4
	Gini Index
	< 0.5634	114		93.4
	≥ 0.5634	8		6.6
	Population size
	< 10 000 inhabitants	40		32.8
	≥ 10 000 inhabitants	82		67.2

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