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Funding, Coverage, and Access Under Thailand’s Universal Health Insurance Program: An Update After Ten Years

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  • Kannika Damrongplasit

  • Glenn Melnick

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Overall, the statistical results suggest that the program is continuing to achieve its goals after 10 years of operation. Insurance coverage is now virtually universal, access has been more or less maintained, government funding has continued to grow, though at rates below requested levels and 30 Baht patients are still guaranteed access to care with limited or no out-of-pocket costs. Important issues going forward are the ability of the government to sustain continued funding increases while minimizing cost sharing. Copyright Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

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  • Kannika Damrongplasit & Glenn Melnick, 2015. "Funding, Coverage, and Access Under Thailand’s Universal Health Insurance Program: An Update After Ten Years," Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, Springer, vol. 13(2), pages 157-166, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:aphecp:v:13:y:2015:i:2:p:157-166
    DOI: 10.1007/s40258-014-0148-z
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