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Table 5 Human resources for health [49, 53, 69]

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

 

Doctors per 1000 population

Doctors

Nurses per 1000 population

Nurses

  

Public (%)

Private

(%)

 

Public (%)

Private (%)

Thailand

0.4 (2000)

78.4%

(2005)

21.6%

(2005)

2.8 (2000)

87.8%

(2005)

12.2%

(2005)

Singapore

1.5 (2003)

54.8%

(2009)

45.2%

(2009)

4.5 (2003)

68.5% (2009)

31.5%

(2009)

Malaysia

0.7 (2002)

60.1%

(2008)

39.9%

(2008)

1.8 (2002)

71.2%

(2008)

28.8% (2008)