title: [Evaluating productivity targets achievement in Dental Specialty Centers from Maranhão State, Brazil, 2011].
abstract: to evaluate productivity targets achievement (PTA) in Dental Specialty Centers (DSCs) from Maranhão State, Brazil.
  
  
  
  this was an ecologic study using secondary data; an indicator for PTA was created for each subgroup of procedures.
  
  
  
  25 DSCs were evaluated; the PTA was higher for basic procedures (n=19), followed by endodontics (n=11), oral surgery (n=9) and periodontics (n=8); the best results were obtained at DSCs type II; higher PTA was associated with financial anticipation (basic procedures) and higher Human Development Index, life expectancy and social exclusion rate (endodontics); lower PTA was associated with larger population (endodontics/oral surgery), adherence to the Pact for Health (periodontics/endodontics), larger number of specialties (periodontics) and bigger DSC (oral surgery).
  
  
  
  most DSCs did not achieve productivity targets, except for basic procedures; socioeconomic and health management characteristics of the municipalities were associated with the PTA; the DSCs characteristics explained little about the PTA.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, São Luís-MA, Brasil.
authors.forename: Erika Bárbara Abreu Fonseca
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Thomaz
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, São Luís-MA, Brasil.
authors.forename: Grazianne Medeiros Carvalho de
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Sousa
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, São Luís-MA, Brasil.
authors.forename: Rejane Christine de Sousa
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Queiroz
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, São Luís-MA, Brasil.
authors.forename: Liberata Campos
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Coimbra
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D003729:Dental Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010517:Periodontics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013039:Specialties, Dental / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013515:Surgery, Oral / Q000706:statistics & numerical data