Mandatory Rural Service for Health Care Workers in Thailand


 
Language:

English

Author:

Wiwanitkit V

Series/Journal Title:

Rural and Remote Health

Volume:

11

Description:

This article discusses Thailand’s mandatory health service system. Under this system, all early-career health workers from public professional schools serve in rural areas as a governmental worker to maintain the rural health workforce. The system has ameliorated the shortage of physicians in rural areas by substantially decreasing the emigration of Thai physicians to foreign countries.

Subject

Geographic Focus

Resource Type