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Challenges (A) remaining challenges in the Thailand health sector include: financing and service-provision policies for the elderly; large gaps in urban primary health care; risks of reliance on general taxation in financing health care during economic downturn; risks of internal migration of health-care professionals in response to increased demands for health services by international patients following the 2015 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic Community; and adjustments by the Ministry of Public Health in responding to the dynamics of health-system governance, an increased number of actors and interests.
Effectiveness (B) Thailand's actions to expand healthcare have resulted in increased life expectancy, decreased infant mortality, and improved medical care in rural settings. Today Thailand has a strong public health system. There are around 1 million community health workers to support the population