June 20 (Reuters) - Shares of Southeast Asian hospital firms such as Singapore's Parkway Holdings <PARM.SI> and Thailand's Bumrungrad Hospital <BH.BK> have set record highs so far this year, driven by an influx of foreign patients and the region's strong economic growth.

Parkway and Bangkok Dusit Medical Services <BGH.BK> have become the world's most expensive hospital stocks this year, trading at forward price/earnings ratios of 39 times and 32 times.

The following table shows how Southeast Asian hospital stocks compare to their global peers.

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($bln) P/E (1 Yr) yld <TRI.N> Triad Hospitals 4.7 26.0 34.9 ~ 6.4 <RHKG.D> Rhoen Klinikum 3.13 21.7 37.5 1.1 15.2 <PARM.SI> Parkway Holdings 2.22 48.7 75.5 2.6 13.0 <RHC.AX> Ramsay Health Care 1.61 22.3 13.1 3.4 10.4 <BGH.BK> BKK Dusit Medical 1.59 37.1 53.5 1.1 12.9 <BH.BK> Bumrungrad 1.08 37.2 47.7 1.6 30.2 <APLH.BO> Apollo Hospital 0.65 40.1 24.3 0.9 8.8 <RAFG.SI> Raffles Medical 0.47 41.4 121.4 1.5 13.9 <KH.BK> Bangkok Chain 0.23 18.0 46.2 3.2 14.0 <KPJH.KL> KPJ Healthcare 0.22 16.5 133.5 4.7 9.3 <THOM.SI> Thomson Medical 0.14 26.3 134.8 2.5 8.7

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