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Pay‐for‐performance and dental procedures: A longitudinal analysis of the Brazilian Program for the Improvement of Access and Quality of Dental Specialities Centres [PDF]

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 2021
AbstractObjectiveEvaluate the impact of a pay‐for‐performance program on changes in the number of dental procedures performed by public secondary dental care services in Brazil.MethodsA longitudinal study was carried out with 932 public Dental Specialities Centres (Centro de Especialidades Odontológicas – CEO) that participated in the pay‐for ...
Fabiana da Silva Cabreira, Fernando Neves Hugo, Roger Keller Celeste   +2 more
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of a quality improvement program to reduce caesarean sections in Brazilian private hospitals: a case study [PDF]

Reproductive Health, 2020
Abstract Background In 2015, a quality improvement project of childbirth care called Adequate Childbirth Project (“Projeto Parto Adequado”- PPA) was implemented in Brazilian public and private hospitals, aiming to improve the quality of childbirth care and to reduce caesarean sections without clinical indications.
Rosa Maria Soares Madeira Domingues, Paula Mendes Luz, Bárbara Vasques da Silva Ayres, Jacqueline Alves Torres, Maria do Carmo Leal   +4 more
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Improving production and quality of life for smallholder farmers through a climate resilience program: An experience in the Brazilian Sertão

PLOS ONE, 2021
We use a combination of economic and wellbeing metrics to evaluate the impacts of a climate resilience program designed for family farmers in the semiarid region of Brazil. Most family farmers in the region are on the verge of income and food insufficiency, both of which are exacerbated in prolonged periods of droughts.
Alexandre Gori Maia, Jennifer Anne Burney, José Daniel Morales Martínez, Daniele Cesano   +3 more
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Programs of quality improvement: an exploratory study in large Brazilian construction companies

Revista Ibero-Americana de Estratégia, 2009
This article aims to identify the major characteristics of the implementation of quality programs in large construction companies in Brazil. This study focuses on the most accepted and implemented models such as ISO 9000:2000, ISO 14001, Six Sigma and Total Quality Management (TQM).
Pinto, Silvia Helena Boarin, Carvalho, Marly Monteiro de, Ho, Linda Lee, Flores, Sharon Rigazzo   +3 more
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ISQUA16-2875THE BRAZILIAN PATIENT SAFETY PROGRAM - BUILDING A NETWORK TO HELP BRAZILIAN HOSPITALS TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF CARE OFFERED TO THE POPULATION [PDF]

International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 2016
To create a network of collaboration and communication between Brazilian hospitals, who join voluntarily, generating a fundamental change in the culture of the hospitals, to exchange experiences, dissemination of best care practices, structuring clinical protocols related to the quality and safety of patient and promotion of training of ...
T. Sotto Mayor, F. Folco, M. Damasceno, M. Machado   +3 more
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Purchases from family agriculture for school feeding in Brazilian capitals

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2020
OBJECTIVE To analyze how the profile of food purchases from family farming under the National School Feeding Program (PNAE) is related to socioeconomic and demographic indicators in Brazilian capitals.
Patricia Camacho Dias, Isis Ribeiro de Oliveira Barbosa, Roseane Moreira Sampaio Barbosa, Daniele Mendonça Ferreira, Kamilla Carla Bertu Soares, Daniele da Silva Bastos Soares, Patrícia Henriques, Luciene Burlandy   +7 more
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Decoding AI Curricular Integration: Navigating Course Quality in Brazilian Dental Master's Programs

, 2023
Abstract The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) concepts into dental education is a critical transformation that has the potential to revolutionize patient care. However, the understanding of the extent to which AI concepts have been integrated into dental master's programs in Brazil is limited.
Jessica Nobrega Dantas, Marco Antonio Dias da Silva   +1 more
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Performance Evaluation of Oral Health Teams in Brazil: An Item Response Theory Approach

Surgeries, 2023
Access to quality healthcare is an essential component of health policy. This cross-sectional study describes the actions performed by Brazilian Oral Health Teams (OHTs) analyzed in the National Program for Improving Access and Quality of Primary Care ...
Maria Tereza A. Scalzo, Mauro Henrique N. G. Abreu, Juliana V. M. Mambrini, Letícia C. Pinheiro, Antônio Thomaz G. Matta-Machado, Renata C. Martins   +5 more
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Implementação e difusão do programa Seis Sigma no Brasil Six Sigma program implementation and diffusion in Brazil

Production, 2007
Os objetivos deste trabalho são identificar o grau de difusão, os principais aspectos da implantação e os resultados obtidos com a adoção do programa Seis Sigma em empresas brasileiras de grande porte. A abordagem metodológica adotada foi um levantamento
Marly Monteiro de Carvalho, Linda Lee Ho, Silvia Helena Boarin Pinto   +2 more
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Process of adhesion of the Adequate Childbirth Program to improve obstetric care in private hospitals in Brazil

Reproductive Health, 2023
Plain language summary In 2015, a quality improvement program, called the "Adequate Childbirth Program" (PPA), was recommended by the National Supplementary Health Agency so that Brazilian private hospitals could, through a change in the care model ...
Débora Cecília Chaves de Oliveira, Andreza Rodrigues, Lucia Regina de Azevedo Nicida, Maysa Luduvice Gomes, Jacqueline Alves Torres, Elyne Montenegro Engstrom   +5 more
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