-Foreign direct investment – research by ITH
-situation analysis of FDI in health business in Thailand
-FDI – 10% plus share with entails voting power and ownership
-10% shows lasting interest in the business, does not include investment in the stock market, and does not reflect lasting interests of investors
-Dept. of business development – under section Q Human Health and social work activities, human health, residential care, social work activities without accommodation as the 3 subsections ---from analysis in these sections there are FDI, not less than 10%
-the majority fall under hospital activities and daycare/nursery, other human health activities, a few in operation, complete of liquidation,
-in these groups, can see that residential nursing care facilities, social work activities, will see almost 100% of investment but with hospital activities FDI lowest proportion of direct investment