CHAPTER 16: Evidence-Based Health Financing Reform in Thailand
Author: Mr. David Coady, Mr. Benedict J. Clements, and Mr. Sanjeev Gupta
Language:
English
Keywords:
BOOK; spending; health system; health outcome; cost; EAP country; health spending; OECD health data; Health care spending; Health care; Insurance; Global; Asia and Pacific; Europe; East Asia; Africa; health status; health financing reform; health policy; health infrastructure; technology assessment agency; Health care reform; Southeast Asia

Abstract

Thailand is a lower-middle-income country in Southeast Asia with a GDP per capita of $4,720 in 2010. Complete geographical coverage of the health care infrastructure was achieved through an intensive investment in public health care infrastructures by the early 2000s, although an inequitable distribution of health resources remains a problem. Public hospitals, mainly owned by the Ministry of Public Health, accounted for 75.6 percent of total hospitals and 79.8 percent of total hospital beds in 2005 (Wibulpolprasert, 2008).

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The Economics of Public Health Care Reform in Advanced and Emerging Economies
Author: Mr. David Coady, Mr. Benedict J. Clements, and Mr. Sanjeev Gupta
ISBN:
9781616352448
Publication Date:
01 Jun 2012
Publisher:
International Monetary Fund
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781616352448.071
Pages:
380