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Universal health coverage in Thailand: ideas for reform and policy struggling

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  • Pannarunothai, Supasit
  • Patmasiriwat, Direk
  • Srithamrongsawat, Samrit

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  • Pannarunothai, Supasit & Patmasiriwat, Direk & Srithamrongsawat, Samrit, 2004. "Universal health coverage in Thailand: ideas for reform and policy struggling," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 68(1), pages 17-30, April.
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    1. Pannarunothai, Supasit & Mills, Anne, 1997. "The poor pay more: Health-related inequality in Thailand," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 44(12), pages 1781-1790, June.
    2. Mills, Anne & Bennett, Sara & Siriwanarangsun, Porntep & Tangcharoensathien, Viroj, 2000. "The response of providers to capitation payment: a case-study from Thailand," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 51(3), pages 163-180, April.
    3. Tangcharoensathien, Viroj & Supachutikul, Anuwat & Lertiendumrong, Jongkol, 1999. "The social security scheme in Thailand: what lessons can be drawn?," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 48(7), pages 913-923, April.
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    1. Wagstaff, Adam & Manachotphong, Wanwiphang, 2012. "Universal health care and informal labor markets : the case of Thailand," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6116, The World Bank.
    2. Jesse Bump & Susan Sparkes & Mehtap Tatar & Yusuf Celik & Meltem Aran & Claudia Rokx, 2014. "Turkey On The Way Of Universal Health Coverage Through The Health Transformation Program (2003-13)," Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) Discussion Paper Series 93172, The World Bank.
    3. R. Amy Puenpatom & Robert Rosenman, 2006. "Efficiency of Thai provincial public hospitals after the introduction of National Health Insurance Program," Working Papers 2006-2, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University.
    4. Wagstaff, Adam & Manachotphong, Wanwiphang, 2012. "The health effects of universal health care : evidence from Thailand," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6119, The World Bank.
    5. Wagstaff, Adam & Lindelow, Magnus & Jun, Gao & Ling, Xu & Juncheng, Qian, 2009. "Extending health insurance to the rural population: An impact evaluation of China's new cooperative medical scheme," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 28(1), pages 1-19, January.
    6. Mohammad Bazyar & Arash Rashidian & Minoo Alipouri Sakha & Leila Doshmangir & Nouroddin Rahimi & Mohammad Ranjbar & Seyyedeh Fatemeh Sagha Abolfazl & Seyed Moussa Tabatabaei Lotfi & Alireza Olyaeemane, 2019. "Stakeholders analysis of merging social health insurance funds in Iran: what kind of interests they may gain or lose?," International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 34(1), pages 157-176, January.
    7. Adam Wagstaff & Ha Thi Hong Nguyen & Huyen Dao & Sarah Bales, 2016. "Encouraging Health Insurance for the Informal Sector: A Cluster Randomized Experiment in Vietnam," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 25(6), pages 663-674, June.
    8. Yot Teerawattananon & Steve Russell & Miranda Mugford, 2007. "A Systematic Review of Economic Evaluation Literature in Thailand," PharmacoEconomics, Springer, vol. 25(6), pages 467-479, June.
    9. Wagstaff, Adam & Nguyen, Ha Thi Hong & Dao, Huyen & Balesd, Sarah, 2014. "Encouraging health insurance for the informal sector : a cluster randomized trial," Policy Research Working Paper Series 6910, The World Bank.
    10. Shafiu Mohammed & Aurelia Souares & Justo Lorenzo Bermejo & Sufiyan Muawiyyah Babale & Rainer Sauerborn & Hengjin Dong, 2014. "Satisfaction with the level and type of resource use of a health insurance scheme in Nigeria: health management organizations' perspectives," International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 29(4), pages 309-328, October.
    11. Samuel S. Lieberman & Adam Wagstaff, 2009. "Health Financing and Delivery in Vietnam : Looking Forward," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 2594, December.
    12. Thoresen, Stian H. & Fielding, Angela, 2011. "Universal health care in Thailand: Concerns among the health care workforce," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 99(1), pages 17-22, January.
    13. Rajitkanok Puenpatom & Robert Rosenman, 2008. "Efficiency of Thai provincial public hospitals during the introduction of universal health coverage using capitation," Health Care Management Science, Springer, vol. 11(4), pages 319-338, December.
    14. Joseph J. Capuno & Aleli D. Kraft & Stella Quimbo & Carlos R. Tan & Adam Wagstaff, 2016. "Effects of Price, Information, and Transactions Cost Interventions to Raise Voluntary Enrollment in a Social Health Insurance Scheme: A Randomized Experiment in the Philippines," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 25(6), pages 650-662, June.
    15. Meltem Aran & Claudia Rokx, 2014. "Turkey on the Way of Universal Health Coverage Through the Health Transformation Program (2003-2013)," Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) Discussion Paper Series 91326, The World Bank.

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