Determinants of continuing mental health service use among older persons diagnosed with depressive disorders in general hospitals: latent class analysis and GEE

Table 5 Model- fit statistics of latent class analysis models for number of classes

Number of classes	AIC	BIC*	G²	χ²
2	2917.67	3261.90	820.08	1239.85
3	2446.32	2964.69	262.74	296.12
4	2312.34	3004.84	42.75	29.83

Bold = Ideal class model based on model-fit statistics; Shaded = Class model selected based on interpretation of organization of mental health service delivery system class
AIC Akaike information criterion, BIC Bayesian information criterion; χ² = Pearson’s chi-square goodness of fit; G² = Likelihood ratio / deviance statistic
*BIC for LCA models is a good indicator for class enumeration over the rest¹

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