PMID- 25891982
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170414
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1471-2865 (Electronic)
IS  - 1358-2267 (Linking)
VI  - 21
IP  - 2
DP  - 2016 Jun
TI  - Capacity of Physiotherapy Workforce Production in Thailand: Public-Private Mix, 
      Secular Trend and Geographic Distribution.
PG  - 127-32
LID - 10.1002/pri.1629 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: In Thailand, the shortage of physiotherapists has been an 
      increasing concern because of increased health burden from demographic and 
      epidemiologic changes. This study aims to analyse the current situation of the 
      physiotherapy workforce production system, secular trend, geographical 
      distribution and comparison of public and private physiotherapy training 
      institutes. METHODS: Longitudinal data related to production capacity of the 
      physiotherapy institutes were applied. Data from 2008 to 2012 were obtained from 
      all 16 physiotherapy institutes in Thailand. Data during 2000-2007 were also 
      retrieved from annual reports from the Ministry of Education. Descriptive 
      statistics were initially used. Comparison was made between public and private 
      physiotherapy institutes in terms of the number of students admitted and 
      graduated, number of teachers, annual tuition fee, student-teacher ratio and 
      dropout rate within 1 year. Predictive factors for graduation within 4 years were 
      determined using logistic regression. RESULTS: In Thailand, there was an average 
      of 800 physiotherapy graduates per year. New private institutes have been 
      recently established and have steadily increased student admission rates. 
      However, this has resulted in a high student-teacher ratio (median 7.1, 
      inter-quartile range (IQR) 5.9-10.0). The first-year dropout rate in 2012 was 
      29.1%. Geographically, the majority of the institutes are clustered in the 
      central region. Multivariate analysis revealed significantly lower probability of 
      graduation within 4 years among students admitted to the private institutes and 
      those in non-north-east region. CONCLUSION: The production capacity of the 
      physiotherapy workforce is below an estimated need. Private physiotherapy 
      institutes need more support to improve the situation of staff shortages and 
      student graduation rates. The non-central regions should be encouraged to produce 
      more physiotherapists. Copyright (c) 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
FAU - Kaewsawang, Sarinee
AU  - Kaewsawang S
AD  - Sirindhorn National Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Ministry of Public Health, 
      Nonthaburi, 11000, Thailand.
FAU - Chongsuvivatwong, Virasakdi
AU  - Chongsuvivatwong V
AD  - Epidemiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, 
      Songkhla, 90110, Thailand.
FAU - Vongsirinavarat, Mantana
AU  - Vongsirinavarat M
AD  - Faculty of Physical Therapy, Mahidol University, Salaya, Nakhon Pathom, 73170, 
      Thailand.
AD  - Physical Therapy Council of Thailand, 2nd Floor, The Government Complex Building 
      B, Bangkok, 10210, Thailand.
LA  - eng
PT  - Evaluation Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Multicenter Study
DEP - 20150417
PL  - United States
TA  - Physiother Res Int
JT  - Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians 
      in physical therapy
JID - 9612022
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Workforce/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Needs Assessment
MH  - Physical Therapists/*education/*supply & distribution
MH  - Physical Therapy Modalities/*education
MH  - Thailand
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Thailand
OT  - education system
OT  - physiotherapy workforce
OT  - production
EDAT- 2015/04/22 06:00
MHDA- 2017/04/15 06:00
CRDT- 2015/04/21 06:00
PHST- 2014/05/21 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/11/24 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2015/02/25 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/04/21 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/04/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/04/15 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1002/pri.1629 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Physiother Res Int. 2016 Jun;21(2):127-32. doi: 10.1002/pri.1629. Epub 2015 Apr 
      17.