At what age does Thailand recommend being checked as  normal health care for 40 year old lady with no problems ? 

If not covered,  what Pattaya area hospitals are good for Thais?

Any idea on general prices ?   

          Thanks for any info.

The Thai colorectal screening program is aimed at people aged 50 and above and consists of stook test for occult blood with colonoscopy only if positive.

https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/TCJ/article/view/260882

 

It is a new program and being slowly rolled out geographically, still not in most of the country.

 

Anyway, since the woman you ask about is 40, she would not be covered.

 

A 40 year old would nto be recommended for a routine screening colonoscopy even in the West. US used to recommend starting age 50, just recently dropped to age 45.

 

 

 

 

Thank you for the very detailed and complete reply.  Very appreciated !

There is no preventive care in Thailand. This is a 3rd world country.

1 hour ago, Celsius said:

There is no preventive care in Thailand. This is a 3rd world country.

ad 1: maybe you don't know it, but there is preventive healthcare in Thailand. Starts with immunizations after birth. 

ad 2: Thailand is a higher middle income country

1 hour ago, Lorry said:

ad 1: maybe you don't know it, but there is preventive healthcare in Thailand. Starts with immunizations after birth. 

ad 2: Thailand is a higher middle income country

 

1 and it ends there

 

2 yet still 3rd world

Thsiland has excellent preventive care servuces/programs for infectious diseases.

 

It is taking them time to catch up to the changes in  epidemologic profile towards chronic non-infectious diseases. 

 

Prevention/early detection & treatment  of  these ard more complex and costly.

 

Reverting to OP, at age 40 what she most needs is a mammogram and pap smear (thin prep). May have to push to get a doctor to order these, and not all govetnment hospitals have mammogram capacity.