Hiroshi NishiuraSujan BaruaSaranath LawpoolsriChatporn KittitrakulMartinus Martin LemanMasri Sembiring MahaSant MuangnoicharoenMahidol UniversityThe Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association2018-07-242018-07-242004-09-01Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.35, No.3 (2004), 735-740012515622-s2.0-8444235498https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/21552The purpose of this study was to analyze the regional characteristics and geographic distribution of the medical staffs (physicians and nurses) and the patient beds in relation to the population and average death rates in each of the provinces in Thailand, by using the Lorenz curve and Gini coefficients. Those data were obtained from surveys conducted by the Ministry of Public Health and the Office of the National Education Commission. It was demonstrated that there are certain clear uneven distributions in medical personnel, especially physicians (Gini index = 0.433), by province. For physicians, nurses, and patient beds, approximately 39.6%, 25.8% and 20.6% are concentrated in the Bangkok Metropolis. Specific ideas to solve those problems are discussed in order to overcome this health care crisis by the year 2025.Mahidol UniversityMedicineArticleSCOPUS