| Detail | Outcome | Mean (SD) | Risk difference for fee‐for‐service vs. no fee‐for‐service (95% confidence interval) | ||||||
| Fee‐for‐service only | Control | Education only | Fee‐for‐service and education | Fee‐for service (all) | No fee‐for‐service (all) | Adjusted† | Unadjusted | ||
| Measures of clinical behaviour of PCDs | Mean percentage of 12‐ to 14‐year‐olds receiving fissure sealants for second permanent molars per dentist (weighted by number of children seen) | 35.1 (28.4) | 25.3 (25.5) | 27.4 (30.8) | 30.8 (23.1) | 32.9 (25.7) | 26.3 (28.0) | 9.8 (1.8 ‐17.8) | 7.1 (‐1.9 ‐ 16.1) |
| † The model adjusted for the baseline dental practice‐level covariates (deprivation category for the area of dental practice, number of partners in practice, throughput of 11‐ to 13‐year‐olds and the number of restorative fissure sealants placed on first permanent molars at baseline). The intracluster correlation is 0.315 PCD: primary care dentist SD: standard deviation | |||||||||
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