From: Association between local spatial accessibility of dental care services and dental care quality
Variable | Rate of fluoride service (under 6Â years old) | Rate of calculus removal (13Â years old or older) | Dental filling preservation rate (within 2Â years) | ||||||
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Coeff | SE | p value | Coeff | SE | p value | Coeff | SE | p value | |
Accessibility (median) | 7.17E−05 | 2.27E−05 | 0.002 | 1.10E−04 | 3.78E−05 | 0.004 | − 3.01E−07 | 7.28E−07 | 0.679 |
Caries experience index (DMFT index) | − 3.73 | 0.79 | < 0.0001 | − 0.82 | 1.30 | 0.527 | − 0.0008 | 0.02 | 0.972 |
Diagnostics for spatial dependence | p value | p value | p value |
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Likelihood ratio test | 0.023 | 0.158 | 0.045 |
Model assessment | |||
R-squared | 0.665 | 0.345 | 0.278 |