We estimate the impact on out-of-pocket (OOP) medical expenditure of a major reform in Thailand that greatly extended health insurance coverage to achieve universality while implementing supply-side measures intended to deliver cost-effective care from an increased, but modest, public health...

We estimate the impact on health care utilization and out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures of a major reform in Thailand that extended health insurance to one-quarter of the population to achieve universal coverage while keeping health spending below 4% of GDP. Identification is through comparison...

In Thailand, the primary care system is the first point of contact or gateway for people to access and utilize health services. It is an important mechanism for enabling people to access quality health care service on a continuous basis. It is also a measure to improve efficiency in health...

Background: Thailand achieved universal health coverage (UHC) in 2002 by introducing a tax-financed health insurance scheme, the UHC scheme, to approximately 47 million of Thais. With the comprehensive benefit package and clear objectives in ensuring equitable access to essential health care,...

The major aims of the universal health care coverage (UC) program initiated in Thailand in 2002 are not only to increase the access of people to essential health services, but also to reduce the financial risk they face due to out-of-pocket payments for health care. This study employed secondary...

OBJECTIVES: To describe factors influencing inequitable access to radiation therapy among cancer patients in Thailand by exploring the current situation and problems of both demand and supply sides after the implementation of the policy on universal coverage. The study aimed to improve...

Background: Thailand has achieved universal health coverage since 2002 through the implementation of the Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS) for 47 million of the population who were neither private sector employees nor government employees. A well performing UCS should achieve health equity goals...

Liver transplantation in children is an expensive health service excluded from the benefit package of the universal coverage (UC) scheme of Thailand. Its high costs and exclusion from the UC benefit package prevent poor biliary atresia (BA) patients from access to such expensive health care....