An ecological study on the association between universal health service coverage index, health expenditures, and early childhood caries

Table 2 Association between percentage of 3–5-year-old children with ECC and health expenditure and UHC

Variables	Model 1			Model 2			Model 3
Variables	B (95% CI)	P value	ƞ²	B (95% CI)	P value	ƞ²	B (95% CI)	P value	ƞ²
UHC service coverage index	0.27 (− 0.38, 0.93)	0.41	0.009	–			0.61 (− 0.01, 1.23)	0.05	0.05
Health expenditure % of GDP	–			− 3.25 (− 5.02, − 1.48)	< 0.0001*	0.15	− 3.71 (− 5.51; − 1.91)	< 0.0001*	0.18
Adjusted R2	0.16			0.28			0.30

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