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Table 2 Proportion (%) of the retention rate of dentists in the rural track and normal track within the first 3-year work in public services and after 3-year public work

From: Dental school tracks related to the retention of dentists in Thai government service: a cross-sectional survey

Track group

1–3 years

> 3 years

p valuec

Retention

Resignation

p value

Retention

Resignation

p value

Rural tracka

36 (72%)

14 (28%)

0.108

6 (66.7%)

3 (33.3%)

0.083

0.023

Normal trackb

109 (59.6%)

74 (40.4%)

 

16 (35.6%)

29 (64.4%)

  
  1. aRural track included CURA and CPIRD
  2. bNormal track included DCTMD, CUAS, and DACD
  3. cSignificant level of all dentists in rural track and normal track