Distributions of dentists and physicians in Taiwan during the Japanese colonial period from 1923 to 1924
Background/purpose: In 1896, the first dentist opened his dental clinic in Taipei City and this also opened a new era of Taiwan's dentistry. This study tried to assess the dentist manpower in Taiwan during the Japanese colonial period from 1923 to 1924, and hence to explore the appearance of Ta...
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| description | Background/purpose: In 1896, the first dentist opened his dental clinic in Taipei City and this also opened a new era of Taiwan's dentistry. This study tried to assess the dentist manpower in Taiwan during the Japanese colonial period from 1923 to 1924, and hence to explore the appearance of Taiwan's early dentistry. Materials and methods: This study utilized the secondary data analysis to evaluate the numbers and distributions of dentists, physicians, and local practitioners in Taiwan from 1923 to 1924, to find the relationship among them, and further to explore the development of dentists in Taiwan at that period. Results: The total numbers of dentists and physicians increased from 87 to 882 in 1923 to 97 and 927 in 1924, respectively. Moreover, the total number of local practitioners decreased from 583 in 1923 to 558 in 1924. Their Gini coefficients for dentists, physicians, and local practitioners were 0.18, 0.16 and 0.20 in 1923 and 0.27, 0.05 and 0.19 in 1924, respectively. From 1923 to 1924, dentists and physicians were mainly concentrated in the northern and southern regions of Taiwan, and dentists had more serious uneven distribution problem. Conclusion: We conclude that the uneven distribution of dentist in Taiwan is an old problem. After a hundred years of development, the number of dentists increases at a higher rate than the number of physicians and there is no shortage of dentists to date in Taiwan. However, the problem of uneven distribution of dentists still exists and is even more serious now. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e4b81d5bca10440a850a283dbd91897f2022-12-22T04:03:22ZengElsevierJournal of Dental Sciences1991-79022022-01-01171135144Distributions of dentists and physicians in Taiwan during the Japanese colonial period from 1923 to 1924Feng-Chou Cheng0Ling-Hsia Wang1Tzu-Chiang Lin2Julia Yu-Fong Chang3Chun-Pin Chiang4School of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan; Science Education Center, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, TaiwanCenter for the Literature and Art, Hsin Sheng Junior College of Medical Care and Management, Taoyuan, TaiwanCenter for the Liberal Arts, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, TaiwanDepartment of Dentistry, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Clinical Dentistry, School of Dentistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Corresponding author. Department of Dentistry, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 1, Chang-Te Street, Taipei 10048, Taiwan.Department of Dentistry, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Clinical Dentistry, School of Dentistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Dentistry, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan; Corresponding author. Department of Dentistry, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, No. 707, Section 3, Chung-Yang Road, Hualien 970, Taiwan.Background/purpose: In 1896, the first dentist opened his dental clinic in Taipei City and this also opened a new era of Taiwan's dentistry. This study tried to assess the dentist manpower in Taiwan during the Japanese colonial period from 1923 to 1924, and hence to explore the appearance of Taiwan's early dentistry. Materials and methods: This study utilized the secondary data analysis to evaluate the numbers and distributions of dentists, physicians, and local practitioners in Taiwan from 1923 to 1924, to find the relationship among them, and further to explore the development of dentists in Taiwan at that period. Results: The total numbers of dentists and physicians increased from 87 to 882 in 1923 to 97 and 927 in 1924, respectively. Moreover, the total number of local practitioners decreased from 583 in 1923 to 558 in 1924. Their Gini coefficients for dentists, physicians, and local practitioners were 0.18, 0.16 and 0.20 in 1923 and 0.27, 0.05 and 0.19 in 1924, respectively. From 1923 to 1924, dentists and physicians were mainly concentrated in the northern and southern regions of Taiwan, and dentists had more serious uneven distribution problem. Conclusion: We conclude that the uneven distribution of dentist in Taiwan is an old problem. After a hundred years of development, the number of dentists increases at a higher rate than the number of physicians and there is no shortage of dentists to date in Taiwan. However, the problem of uneven distribution of dentists still exists and is even more serious now.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1991790221001550Dentist manpowerPhysiciansLocal practitionersOversupply and uneven distribution of dentists |
| spellingShingle | Feng-Chou Cheng Ling-Hsia Wang Tzu-Chiang Lin Julia Yu-Fong Chang Chun-Pin Chiang Distributions of dentists and physicians in Taiwan during the Japanese colonial period from 1923 to 1924 Journal of Dental Sciences Dentist manpower Physicians Local practitioners Oversupply and uneven distribution of dentists |
| title | Distributions of dentists and physicians in Taiwan during the Japanese colonial period from 1923 to 1924 |
| title_full | Distributions of dentists and physicians in Taiwan during the Japanese colonial period from 1923 to 1924 |
| title_fullStr | Distributions of dentists and physicians in Taiwan during the Japanese colonial period from 1923 to 1924 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Distributions of dentists and physicians in Taiwan during the Japanese colonial period from 1923 to 1924 |
| title_short | Distributions of dentists and physicians in Taiwan during the Japanese colonial period from 1923 to 1924 |
| title_sort | distributions of dentists and physicians in taiwan during the japanese colonial period from 1923 to 1924 |
| topic | Dentist manpower Physicians Local practitioners Oversupply and uneven distribution of dentists |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1991790221001550 |
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