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Table 2 Median survival time (years) in rural areas of CPIRD and normal track doctors by year of entering the MoH service (between June 2000 and July 2011)

From: Rural retention of doctors graduating from the rural medical education project to increase rural doctors in Thailand: a cohort study

Entering MoH

CPIRD track

Normal track

Doctor-years

IR/100

Median time (95% CI)

Doctor-years

IR/100

Median time (95% CI)

2000

44.6

3,203.8

8.1

8.4 (7.8, 8.9)

2001

89.1

2.2

3,301.1

11.6

6.4 (6.1, 6.8)

2002

199.0

7.5

8.0 (6.3, 9.7)

3,564.6

13.6

5.0 (4.7, 5.4)

2003

562.3

13.3

5.0 (4.7, 5.3)

3,168.7

18.8

3.3 (3.1, 3.6)

2004

632.5

14.7

4.0 (3.6, 4.4)

3,064.5

21.7

3.2 (3.1, 3.2)

2005

1,056.9

14.8

4.8 (4.4, 5.3)

2,827.3

24.4

3.1 (3.0, 3.1)

2006

903.8

17.7

4.0 (3.7, 4.3)

2,608.4

25.2

3.1 (3.1, 3.1)

2007

828.1

17.0

3.9 (3.6, 4.2)

2,123.0

28.3

3.1 (3.0, 3.1)

Total

4,316.3

14.9

4.2 (3.9, 4.4)

23,861.3

18.2

3.4 (3.3, 3.5)