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

• Main Authors: Philaiporn Vivatbutsiri (Author), Thanachok Iempook (Author), Sakda Wonghinkong (Author), Sunisa Sopa (Author), Palinee Detsomboonrat (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The shortage of dentists working in rural hospitals is an important public health problem resulting from dentist distribution inequity. The Ministry of Public Health of Thailand (MoPH) has implemented a policy of recruiting students with a rural background to be dental students a...