Table 3.
The numbers of dental institutions (including dental clinics and hospitals with dental departments), PGYD training institutions, and hospitals in Taiwan from 2010 to 2018.
| Years | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dental clinics | 6,295 | 6,399 | 6,476 | 6,565 | 6,630 | 6,665 | 6,727 | 6,791 | 6,836 |
| Hospitals with dental departments | 224 | 218 | 216 | 215 | 213 | 206 | 209 | 206 | 203 |
| Total | 6,519 | 6,617 | 6,692 | 6,780 | 6,843 | 6,871 | 6,936 | 6,997 | 7,039 |
| Training institutions (clinics)a | 211 | – | 210 | – | 347 | – | 389 | – | 467 |
| Training institutions (hospitals)a | 116 | – | 102 | – | 110 | – | 121 | – | 131 |
| Totala | 327 | – | 312 | – | 457 | – | 510 | – | 598 |
| Hospitals | 492 | 491 | 488 | 482 | 486 | 486 | 485 | 478 | 478 |
a
The duration of being a training institution was 2 years. The number of training institutions was the total of main and cooperative training institutions. Some training institutions had both the statuses of main and cooperative training institutions.