Table 4. Projected total demand for physicians in Thailand, by year, 2007–2015.

Year	Incremental demand by Thai patients (1)	Incremental demand by foreign patientsa (2)	Total incremental demand per 2 years (3)b	Total incremental demand per year (4)c
2007p	1596–1838	345–480	1941–2318	971–1159
2009p	1815–2083	369–543	2184–2626	1092−1313
2011p	1639–1889	477–32	2116–2621	1058−1311
2013p	1830–2105	435–726	2265–2831	1133−1416
2015p	1891–2175	528–909	2419–3084	1210−1542

p, projected.

^a Estimated by the authors assuming that each physician can see no more than 16 foreign patients per day.

^b (3) = (1) + (2).

^c (4) = (3) ÷ (2).