Trade in Health Services in the ASEAN Region

Promoting quality health services to large population segments is a key ingredient to human and economic development. At its core, healthcare policymaking involves complex tradeoffs between promoting equitable and affordable access to a basic set of health services, creating incentives for efficiencies in the healthcare system, and managing constraints in government budgets. International trade in health services influences these tradeoffs. It presents opportunities for cost savings and access to better quality care, but it also raises challenges in promoting equitable and affordable access. Drawing on a research project of the ASEAN Economic Forum, this paper offers a discussion of trade policy in health services for the ASEAN region. It reviews the state of healthcare in the region, existing patterns of trade, and remaining barriers to trade. The paper also identifies policy measures that could further harness the benefits from trade in health services and address potential pitfalls that deeper integration may bring about.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Arunanondchai, Jutamas, Fink, Carsten
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2007-03
Subjects:	ANCILLARY SERVICES, ANTENATAL CARE, BUDGETARY RESOURCES, CITIZEN, CITIZENS, CLINICS, DEMOGRAPHIC PRESSURES, DENTISTRY, DRUG SUPPLIES, DRUGS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EDUCATION SYSTEMS, ESSENTIAL DRUGS, FAMILY MEMBERS, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, FOREIGN HOSPITALS, FORENSIC MEDICINE, GLOBAL HEALTH, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURE, HEALTH CENTERS, HEALTH EXPENDITURE, HEALTH FACILITIES, HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY, HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM, HEALTH INSURERS, HEALTH MAINTENANCE, HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION, HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, HEALTH RESOURCES, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH SERVICE, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH SYSTEM, HEALTH WORKFORCE, HEALTHCARE, HEALTHCARE EXPENDITURE, HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, HEALTHCARE SECTOR, HEALTHCARE SERVICES, HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, HEALTHCARE WORKERS, HOSPITAL, HOSPITAL BEDS, HOSPITAL SERVICES, HOSPITALS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, IMMUNIZATION, INCOME GROUPS, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, INPATIENT ADMISSION, INSURANCE SCHEMES, INSURANCE SYSTEM, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, LABOR MARKET, LACK OF HEALTH INSURANCE, LARGE POPULATION, LAWS, LEVEL OF POVERTY, LOCAL POPULATION, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MALARIA, MEASLES, MEDICAL CARE, MEDICAL COSTS, MEDICAL EDUCATION, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, MEDICAL FACILITIES, MEDICAL INSURANCE, MEDICAL PERSONNEL, MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, MEDICAL SCHOOL, MEDICAL SCHOOLS, MEDICAL SERVICES, MEDICAL SPECIALISTS, MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, MEDICAL TREATMENT, MEDICAL TREATMENTS, MEDICINE, MIDDLE EAST, MIDWIFES, MIGRATION, MINISTRY OF HEALTH, MINORITY, MOTHER, MRI, NATIONAL HEALTH, NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY, NATIONALS, NEUROSURGERY, NURSE, NURSES, NURSING, PATIENT, PATIENT INFORMATION, PATIENTS, PHARMACIES, PHARMACISTS, PHYSICIANS, PLASTIC SURGERY, POLICY DISCUSSIONS, POLICY IMPLICATIONS, POLICY REGIME, POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, POOR PEOPLE, POPULATION ESTIMATES, PRACTITIONERS, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE, PRIVATE HEALTH INSURERS, PRIVATE HEALTH SERVICES, PRIVATE HOSPITALS, PRIVATE INSURANCE, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTORS, PROGRESS, PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES, PROVISION OF SERVICES, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE, PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEMES, PUBLIC HOSPITALS, PUBLIC INSURANCE, PUBLIC PROVISION, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC SPENDING, QUALITY CARE, QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, QUALITY SERVICES, REFERRAL SERVICES, RICHER COUNTRIES, RURAL AREAS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SERVICE QUALITY, SHARE OF HEALTH EXPENDITURE, SKILLED HEALTH PERSONNEL, SOCIAL INSURANCE, SURGERY, TELEMEDICINE, TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY, TRANSPORTATION, TREATMENTS, TUBERCULOSIS, URBAN AREAS, USER FEES, VACCINES, WORKERS, WORKFORCE, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, WORLD POPULATION,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7408876/trade-health-services-asean-region https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7165
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