Thailand Medical Care Services
Medical tourism situation of Thailand The overall situation of Thailand's medical care services in 2007 is presented as follows. The...
Medical
tourism situation of Thailand
The
overall situation of Thailand's medical care services in 2007 is presented as
follows. There were 1.42 million foreign customers using medical care services
in Thailand particularly at the private hospitals. The business be able to
generate high revenues about 37,300 million Baht in total. Approximately the
expense per head
is 26,205 Baht or 1,018 US dollars. In fact, 814,591 of the foreign customers
(57.23%) are expatriates, another 608,827 foreign customers (42.77%) are
tourists traveling to Thailand.
It
is estimated that 456,620 tourists (75%) intended to use the medical care
services in Thailand, while the other 25% or around 152,207 tourists use the
medical care services due to their immediate illness or accidents during their
travel Market trends of Thai medical tourism According to the trend analysis on
the number of foreigners coming to use medical care services in Thailand, it is
projected that, in 2010, there could be approximately 1,777,729 foreign
customers or patients in Thailand, equal to a CAGR of 5.71% during 2007-2010. By
the next few years (2009-2011), it is expected that no any large sized private
hospitals will be constructed. The business expansion in that period will be
only renovating, standardizing services, and establishing clinics. For small
sized hospitals, the expansion may include offering specialized treatments, for
example, beauty treatments, elderly medical care, etc.
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