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 | |
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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 |
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.