Healthcare entitlements for citizens and transborder mobile peoples in Southeast Asia

The health of a population is shaped by a complex interplay of economic, political, social, cultural and biological factors that transcend national borders. In this chapter, we consider how these factors work together within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a supra-national regional political space encompassing a population of over 600 million across ten countries. Specifically, we query how economic liberalization and corollary increases in the movement of people, goods and services are challenging and transforming entrenched ideas about who is entitled to and responsible for health and social care within and across ASEAN member states’ national borders