The effects of medical tourism: Thailand’s experience
Anchana NaRanong & Viroj NaRanong
Volume 89, Number 5, May 2011, 336-344
Table 2. Number and distribution of physicians in Thailand, by year, 1996–2006
| Year | No. of physicians |
Population per physician |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPH | Other government agencies | Public hospitals | Private hospitals | Total | Entire country | BKK | Central region | North-eastern region | Northern region | Southern region | ||
| 1996 | 7 733 | 5 151 | 12 884 | 3 325 | 16 209 | 3 689 | 727 | 4 598 | 9 951 | 5 811 | 5 217 | |
| 1997 | 8 026 | 5 299 | 13 325 | 3 244 | 16 569 | 3 649 | 720 | 4 506 | 9 951 | 5 791 | 5 216 | |
| 1998 | 9 636 | 4 752 | 14 388 | 3 567 | 17 955 | 3 406 | 762 | 3 614 | 8 218 | 5 050 | 4 814 | |
| 1999 | 9 799 | 4 938 | 14 737 | 3 403 | 18 140 | 3 394 | 762 | 3 654 | 8 110 | 4 869 | 4 888 | |
| 2000 | 9 363 | 4 742 | 14 105 | 3 920 | 18 025 | 3 427 | 793 | 3 576 | 8 311 | 4 501 | 5 194 | |
| 2001 | 10 068 | 4 495 | 14 563 | 4 384 | 18 947 | 3 277 | 760 | 3 375 | 7 614 | 4 488 | 5 127 | |
| 2002 | 8 821 | 5 136 | 13 957 | 3 572 | 17 529 | 3 569 | 952 | 3 566 | 7 251 | 4 499 | 4 984 | |
| 2003 | 9 321 | 4 967 | 14 288 | 3 818 | 18 106 | 3 577 | 974 | 3 417 | 7 542 | 4 754 | 4 632 | |
| 2004 | 9 375 | 5 968 | 15 343 | 3 575 | 18 918 | 3 476 | 924 | 3 301 | 7 409 | 4 766 | 4 609 | |
| 2005 | 9 928 | 5 389 | 15 317 | 4 229 | 19 546 | 3 182 | 867 | 3 054 | 7 015 | 3 768 | 4 306 | |
| 2006 | 11 311 | 5 431 | 16 742 | 4 309 | 21 051 | 2 975 | 886 | 2 963 | 5 738 | 3 351 | 3 789 | |
BKK, Bangkok; MPH, Ministry of Public Health.