A comparative study of the health care delivery system of Korea and Thailand

Commentary on: a comparative study of the healthcare delivery systems of korea and thailand

“…More active healthcare research can be initiated at international levels by nurse researchers to explore effective means of improving public health across nations. Health out-comes, however, might also have been affected by several other factors beside the healthcare delivery system, which have not been adequately addressed in Lee et al's article, 1 perhaps largely due to the limitations in available databases. One such salient factor affecting health outcomes is health behavior.…”

“…History in one nation can be a current reality in another nation. Through active international collaborations, as demonstrated by Lee et al, 1 nurses and nurse researchers can make significant contributions to minimizing unnecessary repetition of an unsuccessful history by facilitating an adoption of effective strate-gies for changing health behaviors that are culturally appropriate.…”

“…This bottom-up approach from the lowest healthcare level to the highest coincides with greater emphasis on the nurse's role in health promotion and disease prevention, which can make substantial differences in health outcomes that are evident in low maternal and infant mortality rates in Thailand. 1 Nursing curriculum, at the same time, should be organized to prepare nurses adequately for health promotion and disease prevention.…”

“…Selected strategies for improving health, however, need to be carefully revised to be socioculturally and economically appropriate for the people of the target. Lee et al 1…”