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. 2021 Nov 17;21:582. doi: 10.1186/s12903-021-01943-z

Table 3.

Spatial error model of different quality indexes in 2012 (spatial unit: county or city)

Variable Rate of fluoride service
(under 6 years old)
Rate of calculus removal
(13 years old or older)
Dental filling preservation rate
(within 2 years)
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
Likelihood ratio test 0.023 0.158 0.045
Model assessment
R-squared 0.665 0.345 0.278

Coeff = coefficient; Std. Error = Standard Error