Rapid growth of the industry will create a stronger demand for already scarce skilled labor. As of now, Thai schools graduate just 2 doctors and 12 nurses per 100,000 population each year; which is about one third or one fourth the rate of Singapore. Nursing schools in the Philippines produce 6 times as many graduates each year as their Thai counterparts. At this rate, the supply of health workers in Thailand would not be able to catch up with the fast growing demand.
For these reasons, Thai hospitals will need to recruit doctors, nurses and technicians from abroad. Potentially, the rules on cross-border hiring will become easier under the AEC. And the AEC will increase harmonization of standards and technical regulation, making it easier to integrate foreign staff. Yet, several obstacles remain, including the language barrier and licensing procedures. It will take time to agree on setting professional qualifications across borders. Caution is appropriate, given the need to ensure high standards and safety.
At the country level, a 2011 research paper in Lancet, one of the top medical journals, shows that the distribution of doctors and nurses in Thailand becomes increasingly skewed toward private hospitals in urban areas over time.
Among the first group to flow into the private sector are specialist physicians, since their services are in high demand by medical tourists. Public hospitals already lack enough specialists, as reflected in long waiting times for advanced procedures. To make the matter worse, Thailand has become an aging society, and senior citizens will comprise 20% of the population by 2035. Most of Thailand's elderly are in the low-income group and will therefore rely heavily on public hospitals.
Rapid growth of the industry will create a stronger demand for already scarce skilled labor. As of now, Thai schools graduate just 2 doctors and 12 nurses per 100,000 population each year; which is about one third or one fourth the rate of Singapore. Nursing schools in the Philippines produce 6 times as many graduates each year as their Thai counterparts. At this rate, the supply of health workers in Thailand would not be able to catch up with the fast growing demand.For these reasons, Thai hospitals will need to recruit doctors, nurses and technicians from abroad. Potentially, the rules on cross-border hiring will become easier under the AEC. And the AEC will increase harmonization of standards and technical regulation, making it easier to integrate foreign staff. Yet, several obstacles remain, including the language barrier and licensing procedures. It will take time to agree on setting professional qualifications across borders. Caution is appropriate, given the need to ensure high standards and safety.At the country level, a 2011 research paper in Lancet, one of the top medical journals, shows that the distribution of doctors and nurses in Thailand becomes increasingly skewed toward private hospitals in urban areas over time.กลุ่มแรกจะไหลเข้าสู่ภาคเอกชนในหมู่แพทย์ผู้เชี่ยวชาญ เนื่องจากบริการมีความต้องการสูงโดยแพทย์ โรงพยาบาลของรัฐบาลแล้วขาดผู้เชี่ยวชาญเพียงพอ เป็นผลในระยะยาวรอเวลาสำหรับขั้นตอนขั้นสูง เพื่อให้เรื่องแย่ลง ไทยได้กลายเป็น สังคมอายุ และคนชราจะมี 20% ของประชากร 2578 ส่วนใหญ่ผู้สูงอายุของประเทศไทยอยู่ในกลุ่มแนซ์ และจะใช้มากในโรงพยาบาลของรัฐบาลดังนั้น
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