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. 2020 Sep 1;15(4):542–549. doi: 10.1016/j.jds.2020.08.009

Table 2.

The number and Gini coefficient of practicing dentists in different types and levels of training institutions in Taiwan in 2018.

Number of practicing dentists Gini coefficient of practicing dentists by cities and counties
Main training institutions of the single system 2,440 0.415
Main training institutions of the group system 422 0.404
Cooperative training institutions of the group system 2,809 0.351



Medical center training institutions 1,271 0.464
Regional hospital training institutions 723 0.241
District hospital training institutions 158 0.487
Dental clinic training institutions 2,020 0.431



Total training institutions 4,172a 0.353



Overall practicing dentists 14,717 0.334
a

Some training institutions had both the statuses of main and cooperative training institutions. The repeated calculation of the number of practicing dentists had been deducted.