Kasikorn Research publishes Thailand hospital statistics
Kasikorn Research Centre regularly publishes studies of different industries within Thailand and makes recommendations for business development in those segments. They recently released a study on private hospitals in Thailand. The numbers are interesting.
Thailand has 344 hospitals with 35,086 beds. There are 102 private hospitals with 15,000 beds in Bangkok. That’s 43% of the entire countries facilities concentrated in Bangkok, mainly because that’s where the highest earners are located, the people who can afford private medical care.
The number of foreign patients has grown at a rate of 12.4% over the past three years and is expected to reach 1.54 million this year. Kasikorn is recommending that private hospitals expand their presence in the regions where there are many foreign tourists and residents, such as Chiang Mai, Phuket, Chonburi and Hua Hin. They are also forecasting increased business from wealthy citizens of neighboring countries and suggest adding facilities to serve Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Burma.