International Trade and Health in Thailand: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: International trade has become more complicated and is now related to more aspects of health and the health system. As Thailand is active in international trade and health, understanding what knowledge exists and determining the knowledge gap is essential for generating the necessary evidence in order to promote better understanding and allow evidence-based policy decisions to be made. This study reviewed the existence of knowledge on international trade and health issues in a scoping review, focusing on Thailand during the period 1991-2020. In total, 156 studies from seven databases and manual searching were included. Of these, 46% were related to trade in health services and 39% were linked to intellectual property, particularly access to medicines. This review found only a very small am

SUBMITTER: Kiewnin K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8583137 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature