From: Integrated strategies to tackle the inequitable distribution of doctors in Thailand: four decades of experience
Year
Total rural doctors
Non-contracted
Contracted
Number
%
1982
628
175
27.87
453
72.13
1984
934
377
40.36
552
59.10
1987
1,339
602
44.96
731
54.59
2001
2,389
974
40.77
1,415
59.23
2002
2,651
1,178
44.44
1,473
55.56