The response of providers to capitation payment: A case-study from Thailand

Health Policy

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 163-180

  Mills, Anne ^a   Bennett, Sara ^a   Siriwanarangsun, Porntep ^b   Tangcharoensathien, Viroj ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^c Health Systems Research Institute   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Capitation; Payment mechanisms; Private sector; Social insurance; Thailand

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; MARKET; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL INSURANCE; THAILAND;

CAPITATION FEE; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL-PHYSICIAN RELATIONS; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PRIVATIZATION; SOCIAL SECURITY; THAILAND;

EID: 0034059958     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8510(00)00059-2     Document Type: Article

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