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Thailand healthcare delivery system
David Hughes,
Samrit Srithamrongsawat
The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior and Society, Pages: 882 - 889
Swansea University Author: David Hughes
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DOI (Published version): 10.1002/9781118410868.wbehibs179
Abstract
This encyclopedia entry provides an overview of the recent policy direction of the Thai healthcare system. It describes the three major public health insurance schemes, and assesses the success of the reforms that introduced universal healthcare coverage in 2001-02. The entry summarises some of the...
| Published in: | The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior and Society |
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New York
Wiley-Blackwell Inc
2014
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118410868.wbehibs179/abstract |
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This encyclopedia entry provides an overview of the recent policy direction of the Thai healthcare system. It describes the three major public health insurance schemes, and assesses the success of the reforms that introduced universal healthcare coverage in 2001-02. The entry summarises some of the research findings on the functioning of the UHC scheme undertake by the Health Insurance System Research Office with the participation of the two authors. |
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| Item Description: |
Encyclopedia entry published both online and in a six volume printed set. Samrit Srithamrongsawat is the Deputy Secretary General, National Health Security Office, Thailand. |
| Keywords: |
Thailand, healthcare system,social health insurance |
| College: |
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
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882 |
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889 |