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Economic burden of becoming a dentist in Thailand

OBJECTIVES: To determine the overall estimated financial impact and related expenses incurred over the duration of the undergraduate Dental Degree in Thailand. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among all 658 dental undergraduates in Mahidol University, Thailand. Data was collected thro...

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Autores principales: Tussanapirom, Teerawat, Siribal, Prachya, Trirattanaphinthusorn, Phiranat, Kengtong, Witchapat, Gaewkhiew, Piyada
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Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9918459/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36765031
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41405-023-00131-1
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author Tussanapirom, Teerawat
Siribal, Prachya
Trirattanaphinthusorn, Phiranat
Kengtong, Witchapat
Gaewkhiew, Piyada
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description OBJECTIVES: To determine the overall estimated financial impact and related expenses incurred over the duration of the undergraduate Dental Degree in Thailand. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among all 658 dental undergraduates in Mahidol University, Thailand. Data was collected through a self-administered questionnaire, including the following information: (1) “Background and Demographics”: household income, hometown, residence during study and source(s) of any financial aid received; (2) “Living Expenses”: Living costs including food, transportation, rent, utility bills, and recreational expenses; (3) ”Education related expenses”: Including textbooks, stationeries, uniforms, and student activities fees. A cost-median was used as a baseline representation for the actual cost of each item. The mean differences of all expenses between groups before estimation was assessed by using the analysis of variance (ANOVA) method. The statistically significant differences were identified at p < 0.001. RESULTS: The estimated adjusted cost of becoming a dentist in Thailand is THB1,265,027 (36,143.63 USD) for students living at home and THB1,823,027 (52,086.49 USD) for those renting accommodation. Students who rented accommodation incurred significantly higher yearly living expenses than those who were living at home. (p < 0.001). The majority of participants (78.4%) were in households having a middle-to-high socioeconomic status. Ninety-five percentages of the participants’ received 100% financial support from their families with no additional source of income, which reflects no real diversity in the socioeconomic background of Dental Degree students. CONCLUSION: The cost of a higher education Dental Degree in Thailand can be a significant barrier to entry and financial burden, especially for students from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. Government and Educational Policy makers need to pay more attention to this issue in order to provide equal opportunities for obtaining a University Dental Degree for all Thai students wishing to pursue this career path.
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spelling pubmed-99184592023-02-12 Economic burden of becoming a dentist in Thailand Tussanapirom, Teerawat Siribal, Prachya Trirattanaphinthusorn, Phiranat Kengtong, Witchapat Gaewkhiew, Piyada BDJ Open Article OBJECTIVES: To determine the overall estimated financial impact and related expenses incurred over the duration of the undergraduate Dental Degree in Thailand. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among all 658 dental undergraduates in Mahidol University, Thailand. Data was collected through a self-administered questionnaire, including the following information: (1) “Background and Demographics”: household income, hometown, residence during study and source(s) of any financial aid received; (2) “Living Expenses”: Living costs including food, transportation, rent, utility bills, and recreational expenses; (3) ”Education related expenses”: Including textbooks, stationeries, uniforms, and student activities fees. A cost-median was used as a baseline representation for the actual cost of each item. The mean differences of all expenses between groups before estimation was assessed by using the analysis of variance (ANOVA) method. The statistically significant differences were identified at p < 0.001. RESULTS: The estimated adjusted cost of becoming a dentist in Thailand is THB1,265,027 (36,143.63 USD) for students living at home and THB1,823,027 (52,086.49 USD) for those renting accommodation. Students who rented accommodation incurred significantly higher yearly living expenses than those who were living at home. (p < 0.001). The majority of participants (78.4%) were in households having a middle-to-high socioeconomic status. Ninety-five percentages of the participants’ received 100% financial support from their families with no additional source of income, which reflects no real diversity in the socioeconomic background of Dental Degree students. CONCLUSION: The cost of a higher education Dental Degree in Thailand can be a significant barrier to entry and financial burden, especially for students from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. Government and Educational Policy makers need to pay more attention to this issue in order to provide equal opportunities for obtaining a University Dental Degree for all Thai students wishing to pursue this career path. Nature Publishing Group UK 2023-02-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9918459/ /pubmed/36765031 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41405-023-00131-1 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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