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Table 3 Public versus private health provision [49, 53–55]

From: Medical tourism and policy implications for health systems: a conceptual framework from a comparative study of Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia

 

Hospitals

Beds

Beds per 1000 population

Primary care clinics

 

Public (%)

Private (%)

Public (%)

Private (%)

 

Public

Private

Thailand

67.9%

(2007)

32.1%

(2006)

69.3%

(2006)

30.7%

(2006)

2.2

(2002)

80.5%

(2007)

19.5%

(2006)

Singapore

63.6%

(2009)

36.4% (2009)

80.6%

(2009)

19.4%

(2009)

3.2

(2007)

1.5%

(2005)

98.5%

(2005)

Malaysia

40.6%

(2008)

59.4%

(2008)

77.9%

(2008)

22.1%

(2008)

1.8

(2007)

32.1%

(2008)

67.9%

(2008)