J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 62(10); 2024 > Article |
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Category | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 5 | Group 6 | Group 7 | Group 8 | Total | χ2 | P-value* | ||
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Management difficulties | No Difficulties | N | 8 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 171 | 5.956 | 0.545 |
% | 8.7 | 15.1 | 15.9 | 13.4 | 15.7 | 13.7 | 19.8 | 14.5 | 14.8 | ||||
Difficulty | N | 84 | 158 | 143 | 174 | 150 | 113 | 101 | 59 | 982 | |||
% | 91.3 | 84.9 | 84.1 | 86.6 | 84.3 | 86.3 | 80.2 | 85.5 | 85.2 | ||||
Employment problem | No Difficulties | N | 20 | 50 | 58 | 69 | 74 | 55 | 61 | 30 | 417 | 29.801 | 0.000 |
% | 21.7 | 26.9 | 34.1 | 34.3 | 41.6 | 42.0 | 48.4 | 43.5 | 36.2 | ||||
Difficulty | N | 72 | 136 | 112 | 132 | 104 | 76 | 65 | 39 | 736 | |||
% | 78.3 | 73.1 | 65.9 | 65.7 | 58.4 | 58.0 | 51.6 | 56.5 | 63.8 | ||||
Decrease in profit | No Difficulties | N | 22 | 62 | 57 | 50 | 46 | 41 | 40 | 16 | 334 | 9.003 | 0.252 |
% | 23.9 | 33.3 | 33.5 | 24.9 | 25.8 | 31.3 | 31.7 | 23.2 | 29.0 | ||||
Difficulty | N | 70 | 124 | 113 | 151 | 132 | 90 | 86 | 53 | 819 | |||
% | 76.1 | 66.7 | 66.5 | 75.1 | 74.2 | 68.7 | 68.3 | 76.8 | 71.0 | ||||
Excessive administrative procedures | No Difficulties | N | 52 | 98 | 88 | 93 | 88 | 56 | 59 | 37 | 571 | 6.978 | 0.431 |
% | 56.5 | 52.7 | 51.8 | 46.3 | 49.4 | 42.7 | 46.8 | 53.6 | 49.5 | ||||
Difficulty | N | 40 | 88 | 82 | 108 | 90 | 75 | 67 | 32 | 582 | |||
% | 43.5 | 47.3 | 48.2 | 53.7 | 50.6 | 57.3 | 53.2 | 46.4 | 50.5 | ||||
Medical dispute with a patient | No Difficulties | N | 78 | 154 | 145 | 169 | 137 | 109 | 102 | 62 | 956 | 8.243 | 0.312 |
% | 84.8 | 82.8 | 85.3 | 84.1 | 77.0 | 83.2 | 81.0 | 89.9 | 82.9 | ||||
Difficulty | N | 14 | 32 | 25 | 32 | 41 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 197 | |||
% | 15.2 | 17.2 | 14.7 | 15.9 | 23.0 | 16.8 | 19.0 | 10.1 | 17.1 | ||||
Excessive competition | No Difficulties | N | 47 | 111 | 108 | 126 | 120 | 93 | 80 | 55 | 740 | 19.447 | 0.007 |
% | 51.1 | 59.7 | 63.5 | 62.7 | 67.4 | 71.0 | 63.5 | 79.7 | 64.2 | ||||
Difficulty | N | 45 | 75 | 62 | 75 | 58 | 38 | 46 | 14 | 413 | |||
% | 48.9 | 40.3 | 36.5 | 37.3 | 32.6 | 29.0 | 36.5 | 20.3 | 35.8 |
Category | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 5 | Group 6 | Group 7 | Group 8 | Total | χ2 | P-value* | |
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Changes in sales (2023, compared to 2022) | Increasing | 26 (28.3) | 39 (21.0) | 34 (20.0) | 30 (14.9) | 24 (13.5 | 14 (10.7) | 14 (11.1) | 9 (13.0) | 190 (16.5) | 49.071 | .000 |
Decreasing | 37 (40.2) | 96 (51.6) | 97 (57.1) | 129 (64.2) | 107 (60.1) | 94 (71.8) | 91 (72.2) | 52 (75.4) | 703 (61.0) | |||
No change | 29 (31.5) | 51 (27.4) | 39 (22.9) | 42 (20.9) | 47 (26.4) | 23 (17.6) | 21 (16.7) | 8 (11.6) | 260 (22.5) | |||
Cause of the increase in sales | ||||||||||||
Economic recovery after COVID-19 | No | 18 (69.2) | 20 (51.3) | 18 (52.9) | 15 (50.0) | 6 (25.0) | 4 (28.6) | 6 (42.9) | 2 (22.2) | 89 (46.8) | 14.926 | .037 |
Yes | 8 (30.8) | 19 (48.7) | 16 (47.1) | 15 (50.0) | 18 (75.0) | 10 (71.4) | 8 (57.1) | 7 (77.8) | 101 (53.2) | |||
Effective publicity effect | No | 11 (42.3) | 19 (48.7) | 22 (64.7) | 21 (70.0) | 19 (79.2) | 11 (78.6) | 10 (71.4) | 7 (77.8) | 120 (63.2) | 14.302 | .046 |
Yes | 15 (57.7) | 20 (51.3) | 12 (35.3) | 9 (30.0) | 5 (20.8) | 3 (21.4) | 4 (28.6) | 2 (22.2) | 70 (36.8) | |||
Inflow of patients due to scale expansion | No | 24 (92.3) | 36 (92.3) | 30 (88.2) | 27 (90.0) | 24 (100.0) | 13 (92.9) | 13 (92.9) | 9 (100.0) | 176 (92.6) | 3.904 | .791 |
Yes | 2 (7.7) | 3 (7.7) | 4 (11.8) | 3 (10.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (7.1) | 1 (7.1) | 0 (0.0) | 14 (7.4) | |||
Expansion of health insurance coverage | No | 26 (100.0) | 35 (89.7) | 28 (82.4) | 24 (80.0) | 17 (70.8) | 12 (85.7) | 11 (78.6) | 7 (77.8) | 160 (84.2) | 10.130 | .181 |
Yes | 0 (0.0) | 4 (10.3) | 6 (17.6) | 6 (20.0) | 7 (29.2) | 2 (14.3) | 3 (21.4) | 2 (22.2) | 30 (15.8) | |||
Cause of the decline in sales | ||||||||||||
Continued economic deterioration due to COVID-19 | No | 28 (75.7) | 66 (68.8) | 56 (57.7) | 82 (63.6) | 61 (57.0) | 56 (59.6) | 51 (56.0) | 26 (50.0) | 426 (60.6) | 10.859 | .145 |
Yes | 9 (24.3) | 30 (31.3) | 41 (42.3) | 47 (36.4) | 46 (43.0) | 38 (40.4) | 40 (44.0) | 26 (50.0) | 277 (39.4) | |||
Low price relative to inflation | No | 16 (43.2) | 37 (38.5) | 40 (41.2) | 58 (45.0) | 61 (57.0) | 50 (53.2) | 44 (48.4) | 36 (69.2) | 342 (48.6) | 19.785 | .006 |
Yes | 21 (56.8) | 59 (61.5) | 57 (58.8) | 71 (55.0) | 46 (43.0) | 44 (46.8) | 47 (51.6) | 16 (30.8) | 361 (51.4) | |||
Excessive advertising cost, marketing costs | No | 28 (75.7) | 81 (84.4) | 90 (92.8) | 121 (93.8) | 102 (95.3) | 91 (96.8) | 87 (95.6) | 52 (100.0) | 652 (92.7) | 34.772 | .000 |
Yes | 9 (24.3) | 15 (15.6) | 7 (7.2) | 8 (6.2) | 5 (4.7) | 3 (3.2) | 4 (4.4) | 0 (0.0) | 51 (7.3) | |||
Decrease in non- salary benefits due to excessive competition | No | 7 (18.9) | 31 (32.3) | 45 (46.4) | 37 (28.7) | 40 (37.4) | 40 (42.6) | 37 (40.7) | 31 (59.6) | 268 (38.1) | 26.092 | .000 |
Yes | 30 (81.1) | 65 (67.7) | 52 (53.6) | 92 (71.3) | 67 (62.6) | 54 (57.4) | 54 (59.3) | 21 (40.4) | 435 (61.9) | |||
Decrease in number of patients due to increase in number of dentists | No | 7 (18.9) | 20 (20.8) | 21 (21.6) | 27 (20.9) | 21 (19.6) | 33 (35.1) | 19 (20.9) | 11 (21.2) | 159 (22.6) | 9.870 | .196 |
Yes | 30 (81.1) | 76 (79.2) | 76 (78.4) | 102 (79.1) | 86 (80.4) | 61 (64.9) | 72 (79.1) | 41 (78.8) | 544 (77.4) |
You-Bin Yim
https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1920-3315
Ji-Eun Jeon
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2856-281X